Why was that brutal and who are you to tell me it was? :confused: How about being honest from the information that was shared.

I'm suggesting that maybe we shouldn't pick on and make to feel worse, the person who was naive in decision making and made a bad choice and because of that is now grieving the loss of her two and a half year old dog. Adding salt, being condescending, and attempting to make her feel worse is not going to help the situation nor make it better, nor bring back the dog. Instead it makes someone look like a bully..... Everyone is entitled to an opinion, there is mine.

This isn't the Grieving section this is the Sick and Injured Section. There is almost always nothing nonabrasive about sick Yorkies. My posts are for others who find themselves, as is often the case here at YT with a Sick and Injured animal.


The OP realizes too late her errors, I'm glad she came back and posted for others who come along in a similar position. That took a lot of courage. She has learned, very sadly what NOT to do and because of her words, so will others.


When your pup's behavior changes you don't wait 6 days. Vaccinations are vital to a pup, feeding a a balanced diet to a pup whether it raw, holistic, kibble based etc., is absolutely Vital to their overall health/life/death, period.


Small dogs are NOT the same as big dogs and they can go down hill fast, as was the case with this baby.


NO ONE is slamming OP, I don't agree with her on more than one front but her admonition and her genuine grief is respected by me.


IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMEONE'S POST REPORT IT. STOP TELLING PEOPLE HOW TO POST, especially in the SICK AND INJURED AREA.

No one is doing anything of the like. No it won't bring this pup back but it just might save another.


I've lost sleep over this pup, like the OP I too am grieving for the pup, and pray that no other pups suffer as this one did.

I don't tell anyone how to post. I can't help be who I am, which is kind and gentle. I don't understand the mentality of looking down on, or being condescending toward someone who is grieving, who is naive, who is new and doesn't understand how this forum works, and how unsympathetic a lot of the members on here actually are.

Why is it the some members can call people out on things that they don't agree with in a post, but yet somebody else has an opinion and they get slammed for it.

....smh....

Maybe instead of hijacking this thread you could take your concerns to ADMIN. I stand by my original statement in that sometimes the choices that are made cannot be undone. My post was the result of reading the details that were provided and it was a fact that because of making a choice to not vaccinate from information provided via Google search there was vet avoidance.

I thought not considering the dog family was a bit brash but maybe I expect to much from people.......

It was very truthful and it had to be said. This "natural" way might have been to blame for the dogs death or at least partly. If we do not point out people's mistakes they will continue to do them and that could mean more dogs could get sick. Reality is not sunshine and rainbows.

It wasn't picking on, it was educating so it won't happen again. Shall we just sit here and watch it possibly happen again?

We've all made big and small mistakes in life, some of which I'm sure we wish we could take back / do over.

I do think it's important to figure out "lessons learned" from any given situation - most especially when events lead to a tragic death.

That said, we should first and foremost always remember that we should be sensitive and kind and compassionate toward someone who lost a pet, no matter how that pet was lost.

Let's not argue who said what at this point - no fingers need to be pointed, let's just go forward and continue to educate/learn while also being sensitive to the loss of a loved one.

I'm taking it personal, I think of my words very carefully, do I regret sometimes what I say or the way I say it? Of course, I do. It hurts me very much to hurt anyone's feelings but at the end of the day this is YorkieTalk and we (I) am here because of the pups. A pup is no longer here and he suffered dearly to that end....I don't know how I could have said anything different, deaceased Yorkies is nothing to sugar coat, its not ok especially when it possibly could have been prevented. The OP was NOT aware of the dangers of almost ALL the things she was doing wrong, she HAS LEARNED because of YT, at the end of the day I waited a long time to post because I couldn't get past my emotions regarding the "family" comment, but at the same time I could not NOT say anything to the next person, I couldn't tell her "oh no harm no foul, your pup's gone, get another one....." I don't think of the pups like that....I wanted to make her aware of the errors because I wasn't clear that she knew them or was even getting clear info from the vet and to anyone else who comes along to see the thread (and they surely will)....I want them, as did OP, to learn from the errors...OP is punishing herself enough over this terrible loss, but to me I hope she finds some comfort in knowing that it was not totally in vain, that because of the errors, because of her thread, because of her pup....someone else's pup will not suffer the same demise....

ABSOLUTELY TRUE, its a truly difficult position to be in right here when a pup was lost....but it's very important to highlight the lessons here.


I too have made HUGE mistakes (remembering the grape incident well) I almost lost my Mini because of a few grapes. I'm absolutely sensitive to the OP who lost her baby, I can "hear" the guilty feelings in her last sentence...I hope OP understands that we all feel badly for her the lost pup and that we truly sympathize with her loss....that we all pray this doesn't happen to any pup again....

There are alot of threads on here about doing natural homeopatic methods in regards to things like heartworm and vaccines and even though this owner is greving the greater good was in bringing this out that there were mistakes and it probably resulted in this pups death so others dont repeat this mistake. I didnt take any of the posts harsh I just saw where they were educating in the face of this tragic loss so it doesnt happen again. Because with the popularity of natural methods on here it definitely could happen again and that would be more tragic than maybe offending this poster at this time. However I dont even think he took offense to the posts by the way he admited his mistakes andf didnt get defensive on his last post

I so agree with trying to educate while being sensitive to this members feeling. It's very heartbreaking to read the outcome of this situation. Nobody wants to see a family suffer the lose of a beloved pet.

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I just don't understand how restating what has been shared by the OPer is bullying or harsh and think of YT as a place where there is always that learning curve.