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Hi & Thanks to everyone for your posts. I took my poor baby into the vet this morning, and THANKFULLY IT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS OK!!!Yeah! My vet is a small animal specialist, and she was not able to feel any broken bones on my puppy or any dislocations. She gave me some anti-inflammatory/ pain killer pills & said to watch her over the next few days. She should steadily improve with bearing more weight on the leg. If she does not improve in this time, she said we will xray to make sure the top of the hip is not fractured. My little Sophie is in good spirits today and playful. That is good! She is also putting the leg down :)
So far as the kid part goes...THis boy has been at my house for the past 3 months every week. He knows not to pick up the dog, and this has not been an issue until now. He has dogs in his home, but not a Yorkie. I do know now, that the dog cannot be alone with the boy (or even my own kids) without what I would call "active" supervision. I thought as 5 year olds, they could be at least trusted out in my backyard while I did dishes through the window...If you have kids you now what I mean. If you don't, you may not understand and think I was not supervising...I was, it was just not enough in this case. I think as a parent of many children, you do as much as you can to give them your undivided attention, but there is always that 10% you are unable to give. (What do you do if you have to go pee or put in a load of laundry?) Of course, that is when something happens. It's not even a matter of IF, but WHEN. Kids are just immature & don't make good decisions much of the time..they have to be taught. Hopefully, Jack learned a lesson from this.
So...I am feeling better about continuing to watch the boy, but I am going to watch him/them like a hawk now, and not let him even pet the dog without my direct supervision.
I just read through all the posts and some of you have really gotten HOT on this subject! You have also twisted the issue in some cases. I would hope those are able to give constuctive criticism & not blame...Live & learn, and don't judge these children, or me. Again, thanks for all of the supportive comments, & I'm just glad my dog is looking to be OK. :) :aimeeyork

Well said! You are so right.

I am glad your little one has been seen by a vet and is okay

Yayyyy I am so happy that your puppy looks to be ok.
Your right. You could watch children all day, leave them for a minute
and sure enough something happens. As far as I'm concerned you
did nothing wrong. No matter what the thread there are those
who pick up a word and run with it.
I am sure the little boy has learned his lesson or at least I hope so.
Glad your story has a happy ending.

I'm so glad your baby is doing better. It must have been hard knowing that the little boy threw the dog off the deck. I didn't read through all the posts, so I'll just ask have you sat down with him, and explained why he can't play with the dog anymore? I wish you the best of luck.

yay!!!! what great news!!! whew!!! just gotta keep an eye on the little rascal skin-kid...can't trust them as far as you can throw them...oh god did i say that. LOL

I pray that little baby continues to mend and completely recover.

Its a tough lesson to learn for everyone.

I understand perfectly well!You are a mother watching over your baby.She is hurt and you feel upset and angry with "Jack".

Answered Prayers, I am so glad that your baby is doing better today and that it wasn't more serious. I will keep her in prayer for a quick and complete recovery..
HUGS***********************
Sharon, PIXI & SPIKE

I am so glad your little pup is ok!

Glad to here your puppy is doing well!

I agree totally with BelwoBelwo :thumbup::thumbup:

I am really glad your baby is going to be fine!

I have seen first hand, a child that is 99.9% of the time loving and gentle while playing with Maci, do something that made me wonder "what in the world was you thinking???"...the answer is: they DON'T THINK at that age! . ... She and Maci was sitting on the couch when the little girl needed to go she absent-mindedly pushed Maci off her lap to the floor and didnt think a thing about it until Maci landed with a thud on her back and yelped!..Maci was about 14 weeks then.. I could tell by the horror look on the little girl's face she had no idea that pushing her was not a good thing!..Thank goodness Maci was startled, but fine...
Chalk it up to A LESSON LEARNED..:)

Me either! When Missy hurt her leg on a Sunday afternoon when most vets were closed, I hunted down an emergency vet and had her in the examination room in exactly 7 mins time. I was FRANTIC.

Please watch this baby. The vet I saw did exactly what yours did. He didn't feel a break or dislocation so he sent us home with pain meds. 2 days later, Missy still wasn't stepping down on her leg properly so I had her xrayed, and sure enough...it was broken. $3500 to repair it too. And that was from jumping off of my hand only 4" off of the ground. If your puppy is fine after a 5ft fall you are EXTREMELY lucky. I hope this is the case.

Also, I'm shocked that people think a 5yr old wouldn't know better, my 3 yr old knows better. A little girl dropped a teensy little pebble on our Missy at the school the other day (Missy didn't even notice), and my daughter said, "Please don't do that gain, you might hurt her". All 3 of mine (ages 6, 4, and 3) know that they are under NO circumstances allowed to pick Missy up EVER. They may sit on the floor and hold her in their lap while being supervised ONLY. There has to be certain rules when you own a toy breed dog, and they MUST be followed.

P.S. I don't feel the parents of this child should have to pay for any vet bills. He wasn't in their care at the time.

Yay! Glad your puppy is going to be ok!

I hate kids.
Can't stand them.

Damn right I wouldn't have this kid back in my house to babysit.
Not happening.

I just now seen this glad to know that your little pup is ok:aimeeyork

I have taught my kids well also , from your posts you don't sound well at all.
So for me to sit her and go back and fourth with you, what does they make me? When I said they wouldn't use their hands again, it wasn't literally it's a figure of speech, but you take it to mean that, so again, something is wrong .

I am so happy to hear your baby is going to be ok, sending prayers and lots of love OP..:D

You said it i didn't and do get well soon

Betty & micah my love:aimeeyork

[size=1]My kids know better also, BUT they have always had an indoor smaller breed dog! A lot of children don't know better because they have never been around a tiny dog. If A parent didnt teach a child not to pick up snakes guess what, a child would pick up a snake. Not all parents think to teach their children about Yorkies..We as a Yorkie owner need to teach that to visitors. Like ME, unfortunately the OP had to learn or remember that the hard way.
I too have the rule small children sit on the floor to play..Now after the fact..
...I just feel bad for the little kid that probably didnt even have a clue as to what the consequences could have been for his actions. I don't mean for this to sound like I'm being ugly so I really hope it doesn't.:D

:lol tears:lol tears:lol tears Oh god, your to funny!!

I am very glad that your pup is going to be ok. What a scary experience to have to go through.
As for the 5 yr old child , and for any child who is 8yrs old or younger they MUST be "watched like a Hawk" at all times. I taught preschool for over 20 yrs, am a single parent of a autistic 15yr old. It is plain a simple, A 5yr old child is not and can not be held resopsible for his/her owns actions . It is child development 101 . Children are impulsive, they act without thinking. Their brains are not fully developed yet to understand completely right from wrong/understand the full consequences of their behavior . This has nothing to do with how smart a child is at all. It has to do with the developmental stages children go through .
Fortunately, this has been a very painful learning experience for the childcare provider, and the price that was paid fell on the poor little yorkie . Has the vet done Ex-rays?

:D
Enough to keep you cranked up all day


Betty & Micah my love:aimeeyork

My Sentiments exactly. Elaine

I totally agree!:D

No....she just palpitated her leg.

First off Im so sorry you had to go through all this. the poor puppy. I would be taking the puppy back and make sure that they do xrays. just filling around is not good enough.
as for the boy. all kids are not the same while you have one 5 year old that may know better another child may not of been taught how to care for a puppy. No I would not hit or spank the child, but I would of sit him down and tell him what he did was bad. and how he hurt the puppy. as for his parents paying for the vet bill. IDK?? he was in your care and should of been watched at all times. so its just as much your fault as his.
some times my son inlaw comes over and does odd jobs for us hes in his 20's but if were not home at the time and I know he will be entering the house, my babies will not be any where in any room he will need to be. Im to afraid he will step on them. accidents happen and I try not to take a chance. I wont even let him or any one else hold my dogs unless their sitting down, I know theres a chance that they might jump out of their arms. so nope.
I hope your little one has no broken bones and heals good.

And you're more than obvious that causing trouble is the only reason you joined this thread. If that's your goal, start your own thread. I'm sure your bs isn't what the OP intended. Be an adult and please, give it a rest already.

To the OP. So very glad to hear your baby is going to be okay!

Wow so much heat in this thread!

Well it's good to hear that your puppy is ok. I normally don't let any kids even touch my dog just because some have gotten a little out of hand before. Some don't understand that there's times when a dog doesn't want to be touched anymore or at all, even if I ask them not to. Still all in all, very glad to hear that your little one is doing better.