Originally Posted by JJC (Post 2505020)

I'm so sorry your going through this and I hope everything works out for you and your babies. I can honestly say I understand your situation and I hope your ask lucky as I was and get to keep your babies. It doesn't sound like you have been irresponsible at all. You are being very responsible to research and look at options IN CASE it comes to that. An irresponsible person wouldn't even take the steps you are taking and would just turn them loose or over to a shelter without any thought.

I'm very upset right now. :mad: I have been in her shoes and if someone would have jumped on me I would have been even more devestated than I already was at the time. She loves her babies and doesn't want to have to give them up. She hopes it doesn't come to that but is being a responsible momma by looking at options now in case it does unfortunately come to that. Shame on you for jumping on her that way. None of us can fortell the future. Sometimes life just throws us a curve ball and we deal as best we can when that time comes. There are many people that have had to give up their children (skin or fur) due to unforseen situations.

If I had gone through life planning for the worst case scenario I would never have...

... given birth to my oldest child because his father and I later divorced causing him to be from a broken home. Oh and don't let me forget he has a medical condition. I should have seen that coming too.
... gotten married the second time and had another child because it could end the way the first one did in divorce. Everything is good but hey, I should have learned my lesson right.
... purchased a vehicle on the off chance that I could be involved in a hit and run accident that was not my fault and not be able to financially fix my vehicle right away and my deductible is above what it costs to fix it so no help there.
... gotten a job because some day I might just loose it by being fired or layed off. I could just live off the system and get food stamps. That way I won't have to adjust to a new lifestyle later on. Savings can only take me so far then I'm screwed.
... purchased a home because some day I might just loose my job and have it forclosed upon leaving my family homeless, or forcing me to live with relatives until I can get on my feet again. (Thank goodness living with my parents was an option for me when I got divorced or I would have lost everything.)
... ever been born because who knows what's going to happen around the corner. Maybe my parents should have thought better about going through with having their 'accident' and not had me at all. After all I have had a few bumps in my road of life. They could have saved me from all of that. What were they thinking!!!! :eek:

Your right... I should have planned better just as you suggested the OP should have done!

For situations such as this I have learned to 'never say never'. Karma has a way of sometimes coming up and biting you on the backside. I agree that there are irresponsible people and your level of frustration with that would be warranted in those situations but it doesn't sound like the OP is one of them. It seems she is trying to do her best but prepare for the worst case scenario if it comes to that. She could easily wait until the last minute and drop them at the pound if it came to that but she's not. She is researching options IN CASE. Save your anger for someone that deserves it because this does not appear to be one of those cases.

Originally Posted by MeganS (Post 2504362)

Are you guys KIDDING me?!! You don't know this girl OR her situation!! Who are we to judge!? This thread has made me so angry. If you are in the perfect situation where you can swear to the stars that you'll never ever ever give up your dogs - then MORE POWER to you, but everyone doesn't have that luxury. Yes, they're our "babies" but when you get thrown a curve ball, landlords don't give a crap if they're your "babies" because to the rest of the world they are dogs. It's all fine and dandy to say you'd find a way to make things work and you'd live on the streets if it came to that...but what kind of life is that? There's not *always* a way to make things work, as much as we wish there was. I've actually seen people on here say that they would live on the streets to keep their pet. That is just selfish. What kind of life is that for your baby?

Everything isn't always so freaking easy. I hope to God that none of you who've questioned this woman are ever in this situation.

OP, I'm very sorry you're going through this. I'll have you in my prayers.

Originally Posted by Pixelate (Post 2500352)

Find a local Yorkie rescue.

With all due respect, don't take in any more animals until you are in a permanent situation where will not need to give them up.

Originally Posted by allykatz (Post 2531029)

Wow, I really didn't mean for all this to start so maybe I better explain things a little further.
I don't want to give the girls away but I feel like someone else can probably give them a better home. Maybe my mind can be changed.
1. Yes, I have friends and relatives that would probably take them as a favor to me....but none of them are yorkie owners. Which translates that they have no idea what sweet, loving, devoted, smart, funny little characters they are. I don't want them to be somewhere because I was owed a favor. I want them to be somewhere where they will be loved and taken care of. That is why I came to YT.
2. Yes, I can find housing that will accept pets. I am having to take a second job to pay all the expenses that I haven't been paying....rent, utilities, rental insurance etc... With 2 daughters in college I am stretched as far as I can be. So working 10-14 hours a day, when do I have time to devote to my fur babies? They are used to having their own room, and it is theirs to do with as they please. They won't have that in a rental and would have to be kept in a pen all day in case they decide to chew (they do that very rarely now, but you never know). So what kind of live would they have? I live in a small town so puppy care is not available.
3. To the member who insinuated I was trying to recoup the money that I have spent... I don't recall saying anything about money but I am smart enough to know that I could NEVER get back the money I have invested in them nor do I care to. I have to drive 100 miles each way just to purchase the dog food, treats and puppy pads they use. My husband is a race car driver so we traveled in a motor home constantly from March - November. So we purchased everything in duplicate so we didn't have to keep carrying things back and forth. In November, we are gone 3 weeks to Florida, which means 21 outfits for each baby, since we can't do laundry. Sasha, the smallest was bumped by a car one night last November. I rushed her to a emergency hospital for animals in Little Rock where it cost me 1100.00 to have tests run on her. (She is fine now). They go to the groomer monthly at 120.00 a trip. I could go on and on, just trying to get my point across.

Didn't mean to be so long winded, but my feelings were hurt by some of these people. Thanks everyone for your messages & support and please know that I won't just give my girls to anyone that wants them. I realize that I probably won't find anyone that will spoil them like I do ( I know I go overboard sometimes) but I know I can find them a good home somewhere.