HELP Yorkie found now what????
 

GRRRRRRR and :-(
Today I was traveling home on a very busy highway about 15 miles from my home. I see traffic stopping and going and then notice a little dog confused and running throught he traffic.
I stopped the car and had my son go see if he could help the dog.
It ran straight to him , we got him in the car and noticed it was a yorkie ( overgrown with hair, mats and scared to death)
SIne I was in a hurry I decided to bring him home and call the vet and dog pound tomorrow as well as advertise him on the radio as found. We got him home and I was able to better look him over. We immediately put in in a tub to saok and then I started to peel off the layers if hair and dirt.
The more I combed to madder I got.
This dog was matted clear to the skin with sticks and weeds stuck in his skin. Under his eyes his eyes had teared and matted so long I ad to cut the hair from unter them, I was horrified to see that he had a sore where it had been like that for so long that it had an awful stink as well. At that point I was not worried what the owners thought of me clipping him. He could not wait a week to be groomed. I had to SHAVE him almost completely off ( I am not a groomer either so he looks CRAZY) Any way, the dog seems well fed but old he has the signs of age in his eyes as his eyes are getting cloudy. He has some missing teeth. When I got to his feet I cried as did my two teens. They were horrified.. This poor dogs toenails had eitther grown clear around and the dpg was walking on them under his pads or they had grown into the skin and the skin had heled over them. They were a good 1 inch long.. He is neutered and seems very loving but very scared.he seems to miss his family but He could not have been in their home with him with the amount of grime I washe doff of him including the big dried on mat of poop that had caused sores around his butt. and would not allow any other poo to be excreted.
He does not look great but I know he feels good. I dont know if he is losing his hearing or if he is ignoring me LOL.. he seems to be looking for his people or maybe another dog.
I ahve him in a wire kennel in my workroom but now I dont know what to do with him. I cannot keep him and I am unsure who might want him. I feel so bad as I was excited to get him back to his owners but now I jsut wnat to beat the crap out of them.
Me and my kids imagined when he was a puppy he was loved and played with and then jsut forgotten the older he got.
He layed so still when I was brushing out his hair and loved getting a bath.
He is an oldie but a goodie.
Now what do you suggest?
I clipped his nails down far enough to where he wasnt walking on them and he seems freaked out that he can walk now. Some of them had even grew sideways..
I am located in Utah and dont really know of a rescue near me.
Let me know what you all think I should do with this guy.
If I didnt have my other 3 I woudl keep him but , I have too many now...
Bon

BLESS YOUR HEART ~!!!!! that poor little guy and I think if you do a post here in the RESCUE Section maybe you can find someone close that may want to give that sweetheart a good home....in the meantime what about putting up some flyers to see if you can find his home ???...there may be people looking for him but it sounds like he's been gone a long time to be in that condition....

He must think he's in heaven with you and BIG HUGS for saving him !!!!

God Bless you for taking on such a project and giving him the loving care that he needs right now. Good luck. I am sure there is a yorkie rescue in your area!! Plus everyone on YT is a wealth of information

That poor thing! I don't know of any rescuews in Utah sorry. I hope that you do find one. He sounds so sweet I hope he can find a great home!

Bless you a thousand times for what you are doing for the poor neglected baby!!!!!!!!! I wish I could say you should do everything to find the owner, but after I read your description of his wretched condition, I fear he is better of without them. Please do everything you can to find a Yorkie rescue not to far from your area. We should all keep bumping this thread until someone from our YT community in your neck of the woods, can give you more info relating to a rescue.

Huge hugs to you for comforting this aging furbaby!!!!
Lauren
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Awww Bless you for taking him in. I bet he was so scared running in the traffic and all. with being that ungroomed its hard to say or know if He had been lost for a long time or if thats how his owners left him. Makes you wonder if theres someone thats been out looking for him for a long time. I hope if there is that you find them and I hope if they left him like that that they are never found. I bet hes feeling so good now with the bath and hair cut and having those nails cut. I would hang up a few flyers but not give any information out about him. let the callers describe him if he is theirs. Do you have any pic's of him?

If you go to Petfinder.com and put in your zipcode on the search and just leave it generic for dogs (don't list a breed) there are several that come up. They will list the nearest ones first. Then just click on the shelter/rescue (instead of the dog available) and they will have info on the shelter. Good luck. You did a good thing! That poor little guy!

If you contact one of these shelters they may even be able to give you info on others that may be nearer, but not listed.

Thats how my friend found a shelter near her and got her dog. :smile:

could you drop an email to the united yorkie rescue to get a suggestion from them? I am sure they will help you out.
that was very kind hearted of you to pick him up and take care of him like you have. :thumbup:
I forgot to add , if he is neutered he may be chipped too. get him to the vet and see if he is. I could not immagine any of mine out there lost and scared. poor baby. I bet someone has been looking for him for a long time.

My god the poor little guy. That was great of you to take him in. I hopr you find a good place for him and he gets a good home. Please keep us updated.

I just did a quick search and found these rescue related links for Utah:
http://www.pet-ark.com/orgs.pl?j=org...&oC=UT&g=&oT=1
://www.infodog.com/fancierpages/rescue/pages/041999c.htm
http://www.netpets.com/dogs/dogresc/breeds/dogyork.html
http://www.yorkiehavenrescue.com/
http://www.bestfriends.com/

The last one I just added, as I think it is based in Utah; found it on an earlier YT thread.
I will keep looking and see what else I can find.

Please contact a Yorkie Rescue.

Please DO NOT brig him to a pound and/or shelter, he may not get adopted within their 'very tight' timeframe and then they could just decide to phts, how sad :(

Thank God for you and your family. I'm touched by this story. So many people these days have such busy lives. I wonder how many people saw this baby out there and thought.."Oh look at that poor little dog", but did nothing about it and drove on. You should sleep well tonight knowing that you helped this little guy, and that your teaching your children kindness and caring toward animals. Good Luck in your search for a forever home for him. I guess it is possible he's been gone awhile to get in that shape. I can't imagine someone letting their dog get that bad. Someone will be blessed to have him, and you will be blessed to have saved him.

Good on you! What a great thing you did for that pup. I hope you work something out, and find a great place for him to go.

You are that babies guardian angel. What you did was fantastic, God Bless you for it.

Bless you and your family for rescuing that baby! Good luck finding him a rescure or a great home!

Bless your heart. You are wonderful for helping this little guy like you did. I agree please don't take him to a pound or shelter. He would be one of the older ones that unfortunately usually don't ever leave probably.
maybe he has just been lost for so long that is why he was in the condition he was in? I am hoping that was the reason for it. Hopefully there is a loving family out there who lost him a while ago and will find him through you and reunite a happy family. Trying to look on the brighter side here for his sake. Could you post a pic of him?

I too wonder how many people sa wthe poor baby and never stopped to pick him up. A breeder once told me she saw a very small dirty Yorkie on the side of a country road and asked her husband to stop and pick it up and he said he didnt have time. She said she will never get that off her mind leaving that poor bbay behind.
I would of made my husband stop, but I know my husband would be the first to of stopped, I dont see how people could just leave it knowing it was lost no houses in sight. so sad.

Just checking in. He has finally been resting. He was a little restless last night. I took some before pic in case someone got pissed that I shaved him jsut so I would have proof of his horrible hair/skin. His skin around his eyes was so nasty I dont hink I will ever get that smell out of my mind.He has never been on a leash I dont think.
To be honest I dont think he has been lost for a long time. The town he was found in is not very big and he was very well fed. I really think he has been being fed etc just not cared for otherwise.
I want to find his owner if he is lost BUT not if he has been with them all of this time. He is so neglected. If I met them I would probably lose it on them.
Being lost is another thing altogether.I dont want to see him sad or missing anyone.
*sigh* I will post an after pix ( do not laugh at him, I really am not a groomer at all but had to get that stinkly matted hair off)The before pic are on my daughters camera and she is sleeping

I empathize with your heartsickness as my new little Harry was not in too good of shape when I snatched him out of a kill shelter. As for his wandering, I would bet he's just happy to be safe - NOT looking for the owners who let him get this way. Please be patient and very careful when trying to place him. He deserves so much more than what he's had to endure. I'd take him in a New York minute if I were closer. I just love the older ones; spoiling them rotten their last few days/months/years here with us. God bless you for taking him in.

What a great thing you did. Poor little thing must have been terrified and is very thankful to you for saving him. I would love to take him but i am all the way in ohio. I already have five, so what's one more. I hope he finds a forever home where he can be happy

Joan

aww that was nice of you to take him in like that...and whereever he came from has no excuse in leaving him the way he was found...that is terrible how his toe nails had grown into his pad...he must be in a lot of pain...poor baby!

I'm sitting here crying. His eyes look sooo bad. I wouldn't give him back...ever. They don't deserve to have him. It just makes me sick to see this.

Bless your heart! What a heartbreaking story. It sounds like the little guy still has some spirit left in him, thankfully. You are wonderful.

I'm sure a rescue group or someone in the rescue forum will have advice. Please keep us updated!

What a great thing for you to do. He must feel so safe right now after what he's been through. I wish you could keep him, but understand. I hope you can find him a wonderful home with someone who will really love him.

OMG I can see how bad his little eyes are and he must feel sooooooo much better now - You really REALLY touched me with this post and that baby will be loved for the rest of his life if all goes well - he didn't deserve to be so alone and now he's not. Thank you for what you did. That really was awesome

He is soooooooooo cute!! How wonderful that you have taken him in...you are such a caring person! :)

Tammy

If the dog has been missing along time I can understand his condition, but you said, he seemed well fed. There is no excuse for sores on his body from neglect. I would try & place him in a good home, from what he has been through so far, he deserves that. You have done a great thing taking him in & caring for him.

You are a kind soul. Thank you for rescuing this poor lost baby. Hopefully you will be able to find him a home where he will be loved and taken care of.

Hugs to you both :ghug: