Originally Posted by abbie's mom (Post 1628263)

Forgive my lack of knowledge; but, what happens to the Yorkies that are not rescued?

Originally Posted by JENNGENE01_ (Post 1628184)

I can understand why it is frustrating but you also need to look at it in our eyes. 9 out of 10 times a yorkie comes into rescue because of a child. four of fosters this year came in because of children. We aren't trying to be mean or harsh but trying to protect our little ones so they don't come back. This does not mean that we think that all children are bad just kids are kids and are not aware how to handle dogs at a young age. Of course there are exceptions and we take that into consideration. Please don't be discouraged by rescues just realize that we have the best interest of the pups first. We are not in the business in making families happy but are in the business of finding the right home for our pups.

Originally Posted by Ladymom (Post 1628334)

Do you mean the ones that are not adopted?

Originally Posted by TLC (Post 1676119)

I know it is very hard hard to understand the rules....But as stated above one has to understand that 'most' of the time, these Yorkies have literally been to hell and back, now while they are still good dogs, they can exhibit behaviors from their horrible past. They need lots of time to heal and they need the space and the right family to learn to love and trust.

I know it is very hard to envision, b/c for the most part ALL of our Yorkies are our BABIES, loving, playful, cuddles and kisses. But these 'abandoned and abused Yorkies' have NEVER had that showed to them so they don't know how to show that back.

I may not be explaining this right :(

Anyway, I have to agree with the decisions of the Rescues. I did have the honor, and YES I do mean that, of taking care of a Rescue. He was 7 yrs. old, not neutered and had been passed around 4 to 5 times. In that time he was neglected and abused. Now while he has a very sweet side, he had sadness in his eyes and at no fault of his, he was a sharp and quick biter. He was nicknamed "devil dog" (heheehehe). But without witnessing this type of behavior coming from a sweet 5 lb Yorkie, who also gave me kisses, I would go on believing all Yorkies had NO issues, and that is very nieve of me.

We have put to faith in the people that are willing to go into the pits of hell to save these poor souls. I know it can suck at times, but we can not be selfish, we must put the needs of these Rescued Yorkies over our needs. We are capable of taking care of ourselves, while they depend on human for that care.

Ok, I may be going in circles now, so I am just going to end now :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by TLC (Post 1676119)

I know it is very hard hard to understand the rules....But as stated above one has to understand that 'most' of the time, these Yorkies have literally been to hell and back, now while they are still good dogs, they can exhibit behaviors from their horrible past. They need lots of time to heal and they need the space and the right family to learn to love and trust.

I know it is very hard to envision, b/c for the most part ALL of our Yorkies are our BABIES, loving, playful, cuddles and kisses. But these 'abandoned and abused Yorkies' have NEVER had that showed to them so they don't know how to show that back.

I may not be explaining this right :(

Anyway, I have to agree with the decisions of the Rescues. I did have the honor, and YES I do mean that, of taking care of a Rescue. He was 7 yrs. old, not neutered and had been passed around 4 to 5 times. In that time he was neglected and abused. Now while he has a very sweet side, he had sadness in his eyes and at no fault of his, he was a sharp and quick biter. He was nicknamed "devil dog" (heheehehe). But without witnessing this type of behavior coming from a sweet 5 lb Yorkie, who also gave me kisses, I would go on believing all Yorkies had NO issues, and that is very nieve of me.

We have put to faith in the people that are willing to go into the pits of hell to save these poor souls. I know it can suck at times, but we can not be selfish, we must put the needs of these Rescued Yorkies over our needs. We are capable of taking care of ourselves, while they depend on human for that care.

Ok, I may be going in circles now, so I am just going to end now :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by TLC (Post 1676119)

I know it is very hard hard to understand the rules....But as stated above one has to understand that 'most' of the time, these Yorkies have literally been to hell and back, now while they are still good dogs, they can exhibit behaviors from their horrible past. They need lots of time to heal and they need the space and the right family to learn to love and trust.

I know it is very hard to envision, b/c for the most part ALL of our Yorkies are our BABIES, loving, playful, cuddles and kisses. But these 'abandoned and abused Yorkies' have NEVER had that showed to them so they don't know how to show that back.

I may not be explaining this right :(

Anyway, I have to agree with the decisions of the Rescues. I did have the honor, and YES I do mean that, of taking care of a Rescue. He was 7 yrs. old, not neutered and had been passed around 4 to 5 times. In that time he was neglected and abused. Now while he has a very sweet side, he had sadness in his eyes and at no fault of his, he was a sharp and quick biter. He was nicknamed "devil dog" (heheehehe). But without witnessing this type of behavior coming from a sweet 5 lb Yorkie, who also gave me kisses, I would go on believing all Yorkies had NO issues, and that is very nieve of me.

We have put to faith in the people that are willing to go into the pits of hell to save these poor souls. I know it can suck at times, but we can not be selfish, we must put the needs of these Rescued Yorkies over our needs. We are capable of taking care of ourselves, while they depend on human for that care.

Ok, I may be going in circles now, so I am just going to end now :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by jamiesaari (Post 1676607)

I understand, respect and admire what the rescue organizations do, but my frustration lies in those rescues that have a blanket policy of never adopting to families with children. Rather than take each Yorkie's personality individually into account, some just say "no children ... ever."

The Canadian Yorkie Rescue has this policy. Not only do they say it in each dog's profile on their website, but they responded to my email inquiring about future dogs that may be good with kids with their blanket policy of "no children ... ever."

If the Pennington County Human Society had a "no child" policy we wouldn't have Tika - who seems to think she's Hannah's new mother. Being so tiny (six lbs) and previously abused/neglected, if Tika were in a rescue with these policies we would not have had this wonderful, sweet little joy in our lives and been able to adopt her.




The relationship between Tika and my daughter, Hannah is incredible to watch. Here are some examples:

Tika stands up beside the bathtub when I'm giving Hannah a bath and watches to make sure I'm doing it right .... LOL

If I lower my voice to discipline Tika for doing something wrong (i.e. peeing somewhere besides the pee pad) she runs to Hannah - which is very heartwarming to see.

When I wake up Hannah in the morning for school, she jumps on the bed and licks Hannah's face to help wake her up.

Hannah is in bed and I'm sitting on my couch working on my laptop. For the first little while Tika was always beside me on the couch. Now she has chosen to snuggle in bed with Hannah when she goes to bed.

Children and dogs (for the most part) are a natural match as they are both unconditionally loving, innocent and loving.