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12-26-2007, 06:56 PM | #16 |
Lovin' 2 Girls Donating Member | Forgive my lack of knowledge; but, what happens to the Yorkies that are not rescued?
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12-26-2007, 07:29 PM | #17 | |
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Private breed rescues take them in for life. Sometimes very old or ill dogs can't be adopted out and are often adopted by their foster parents or just remain with them unofficially. Yorkies who are turned into no kill shelters stay there until they find their new home. If a Yorkie ends up in a kill shelter, they can be euthanized after a period of time. Fortunately, many private rescue groups have already arranged with local shelters to be called when a Yorkie is turned in and they make arrangements to "pull" the dog and put in their care. | |
12-26-2007, 07:45 PM | #18 | |
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Most of our little rescue's have already had their hearts broken, bones broken or just plain ignored and we have to heal them and help them transition to a new life. A reputable rescue has already put their hearts into these dogs along with their own money to make them well again and we have to always think of the pups first. For some of these dogs another mistake could cost them their life so finding the perfect home is what is most important.
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12-27-2007, 01:08 PM | #20 |
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| Cindy and Jenn, You two are both so eloquent at explaining rescue. The unwanted yorkies of the world are very lucky to have you.
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01-15-2008, 04:03 PM | #21 |
Living life with yorkies! Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Indiana
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| I have to agree it is very frustrating that we are being turned down because we have a child
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01-15-2008, 05:40 PM | #22 |
Living life with yorkies! Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Indiana
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| After reading i do understand why it is in the best interest of the dog not to be with children but it is just hard to imagine that people like myself and others will have to wait years to able to rescue a yorkie
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01-15-2008, 05:54 PM | #23 |
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| 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 |
01-15-2008, 06:02 PM | #24 | |
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01-15-2008, 06:39 PM | #25 | |
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Thank you Nicole for being there for these little ones.
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01-15-2008, 06:45 PM | #26 | |
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Wonderful post.
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01-15-2008, 08:19 PM | #27 |
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| 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.
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01-15-2008, 08:27 PM | #28 | |
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01-16-2008, 02:11 PM | #29 |
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| I love adopting from rescues but had such a hard time doing so that I am not going to do it again. I love persian cats, so I thought that I would adopt a persian from a rescue near me, well the requirements said must be in san bernadino or riverside county...I am, 2nd must currently have a persian and or have knowledge...I have a red tabby persian and have lots of experience. Well my husband and I applied for this cute blue and white van and the lady emalied me back saying no that we are too far and we didn't own a house. Well after informing her that we were actually closing on a house in a week and that we are in the county she still said no. That poor cat remained up for adoption for 7 months!! Needless to say I now only get my persians from a local breeder. Recently though we had a child who is now 2, so we wanted to adopt a dog....it took 6 months before we found an awesome rescue who said that she would never deny an application without meeting the applicant and seeing how the child interacts with the dog. I wish more rescues were like that |
01-16-2008, 02:20 PM | #30 |
Living life with yorkies! Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Indiana
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| QUOTE=Brianna2191;1678714]it took 6 months before we found an awesome rescue who said that she would never deny an application without meeting the applicant and seeing how the child interacts with the dog. I wish more rescues were like that[/QUOTE] I wish they were all like that...........that place deserves
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