I need help please!!
 

I have a friend with a beautiful little yorkie named Abby Jae. She is one of the sweetest girls she's just a bit of a handful to her mommy and her mommy now has a 1 year old daughter.

She is a female, spayed, has shots, was born July 1, 2008 so she's three years old. No papers and my friend would like $500.00 for her.

I know this isn't really a rescue but more or less a for sale, but it is honestly breaking my heart that this little girl is needing a new home and I just want to help find her the best home I can. If I could take her I would but I just can't do three dogs with a new baby and I can't afford $500 for her either. I don't know if my friend will budge on wanting money for her but I'm scared since it's MO someone will take her that's not got good intentions for her.

Please HELP me know what to do and how to help get this girl a good home :(

Could you post some pictures of her here?

i can when I get home. she's got pics up on facebook. she's super cute and i love her. i'd take her in a new york minute if she didn't want money and i didn't have two nutty ones already.

You might try another way. You cannot list a pup on this forum for over $300. It is very sad that she wants to sell her. :(
Thank God she is spayed.
One thing I will advise you is to make sure vet checks are done on anyone interested in her. If a person cannot show that they have taken care of their pups in the past, then they are not going to care for her either.
I hate these stories..heartbreaking when the owners give them up...even more so when they want to make money on them. :(

Rachel, I might have an idea. I sent you a PM. :)

Maybe she will come down in the price if no one wants to pay that much for a mature dog. It's so sad. So many people are buying these beautiful little dogs and finding they can't keep them. She must have paid a lot for the dog and want to try to recoup her money. I hope she thinks of what is best for the little one when picking a new owner.

we're doing everything we can to make this a good FOREVER home. and as much as i personally wouldn't ask a penny if it were me, i do understand now that the dog is biting some of her daycare kids and she's going through a very tough time financially and this is her way of trying to bring in a little money for her little baby girl and for her family and also to find a good home for abby.

I am not even going to comment on that.

But...I did send you a pm with a thought. :)

agreed.

When you need money you take on an extra job, or sell luxuries in your life like computers or cameras, you turn off cable and the internet- you don't sell living beings.

If the dog is truly biting children- it needs to be placed with a reputable rescue who can assess the behavior and find a good, permanent home for the dog- otherwise the poor thing is destined to be bounced around.

totally agree. i am frustrated to say the least. new hair extensions, new family portraits, ext ext...but needs money from the dog? not ok!

i'm just in that rock and a hard place moment where i care about my friend and her family. but i think it's crazy to expect someone to pay $500 for a rehome you need to get "rid" of. :( really sucks!!

if Sadie were honestly biting I'd do all I could to get some training help. If I knew that I had done EVERYTHING to fix it and still couldn't then and only then would I consider rehoming her and I wouldn't ask a penny to find her a perfect home. I tell Sadie all the time that she had better just be a good sister or else she would literally break my heart in pieces. I'm sure we can learn to adjust and work with her and she'll eventually LOVE her new brother and not bite him. i'll be on everyday for more advice to help me train her more and more to be a good sister.

We charge that for an adoption fee for some pups; but the pups are fully vetted and evaluated. Dental..and everything else that is needed.
If your friend has not fully vetted her pup, she is going to play hell getting that kind of money.

i know it. i told her she has to understand that people can go to a crap breeder and buy a brand new baby puppy yorkie with full AKC papers for under $200 not that i would ever ever suggest it, but it's out there. so $500 bucks for a three year old rehome is asking way too much.

She simply will not get it.

nope i think it's obvious how she views things. i still want the dog to find a permanent home. you know i didn't even pay that for Bentley. he was $350.00 from a rescue fully vetted and rearing to go. Sadie my mess was from a crap breeder in Joplin, MO and she wasn't even $500 she was $400. she was 7 weeks old brand spankin new and i'm paying for her little self more now (that's another story)

anyways i'm sure the dog didn't cost much more than the asking price anyways. just makes me sick that i can't seem to get anything through to her and it's obvious now the dog has to be rehomed.

I think the best you can do is continue to let her know that there are rescues willing to take her dog in- hopefully, if she never gets the money she is asking, she will eventually give in to that.

I know it is frustrating when friends or family don't value animals the same way you do.

This is very sad. I wish I had some ideas for you Rachel. Your friend doesn't sound like someone I'd respect or like very much. I only hope little Abby finds a nice home with unconditional love.

I would not stress too much...she is not going to get what she wants...she will have to come down on that price.

It's a shame she wants anything.

I am hoping that the people I know of might work out...I just don't see telling them to spend 500 and then vet the pup. That is out of line.

Once she realizes she not getting many offers, perhaps she will be open to some new ideas. No way she's going to get close to what she's asking.

Anyway, if she's getting hair extensions and family portraits done, what will a measly $500 cover? I don't know about in MO, but here in CA hair ext cost about $300. Hell, my electricity bill for the shop last month was near $400. What about next month when the money's gone. What else can she get rid of for some quick cash?

Rachel, I know this is your friend, but people like this make me so upset. Bf and I have been through a lot. We couldn't afford to pay our mortgage, so we started selling stuff, our furniture, our fridge, our car, canceled the tv, alarm, cell phones, internet, etc and we still lost our house. The only thing we couldn't get rid of was our lease at the old shop (which thank god we are out of now), we had no choice but to live at the shop. To a certain degree, we were homeless. Through it all, Uni still got her good food and everything, I did not for one second think of selling her, and at that point she was still not spayed, I'm sure I could have gotten a pretty penny for her, plus she's trained!

I'm sorry for the long post, but this type of thing just upsets me so much. I've been there, I would never never in a million years think of selling Uni. Having Uni with us is what got us through it all. A loving companion to lift up your spirits when you are at your lowest point in your life. I would never give her up.

btw, all the stuff we sold, that money hardly lasted us anyway.

Please try and talk with her some more. Surrendering her to a rescue is the best way she will have a chance at a real forever home.

thanks for sharing that. i am with you. i'm having a very hard time biting my tongue and not saying something very upsetting to her. i know that she doesn't need my lashing out at her right now but i want to sometimes. i don't know that i will ever feel the same about our friendship knowing that she won't budge on that silly price tag. i hope someday she will come down in price or just surrender her to a rescue. i wouldn't be able to make money off of my dogs. if i had to give them up because i couldn't feed them anymore i would, but not for money. and you bet i'd starve several days before they went hungry. they are like family to me. they are so important. seeing them each day and playing games with them brings me happiness like no other living thing does. i could loose everything i have and as long as i have them i'd feel ok because they just make me so happy and loved.

i defin think kids come first, but sacrifices have to be made for ourselves before we start to put our family pets up for sale. if someone was so down and out their child was starving or themselves maybe just maybe i'd give up the dogs, but i'd still not feel right about asking money on either of them.

This dog has been hanging out with daycare kids? No wonder it is having problems. It's just not a good idea to have small dogs around little kids. I hope she realizes her situation and gives the dog to a rescue.