Oh goodness. I am so sorry. Poor baby. Brendarash gave you a good suggestion. A phone call would not hurt at all. I would give them a call and see if they can help you. Good luck to you. I know this has been a hard tough decision.

Joli is a very, very sweet pup. She simply does not know she is a dog...that of course is "my" diagnosis. :) My guess is that because she was sold by the breeder at such a very young age (5 weeks of age), she simply did not learn to be a dog. What she does is not the normal squabble that you see with pups...she really fights to hurt. It took a few days for her to show her stuff...and boy did she show it! I am not one to over react to fighting...I have had many different pups...she is a toughie! Bless her little heart. She does not know better.

We are looking for a home for Joli. If I could, I would foster her; but I cannot....I only was keeping her long enough to evaluate her. I will not rest until we find the perfect home for Joli. She will be happy living life as a princess with NO other dogs. Anyone adopting her must be committed to her and her welfare only for the rest of her life. We have had two previous pups that were like Joli and they both found absolutely wonderful homes!

I hope that all of you will pray for her to find her furever home. I do believe in the power of prayer. I have a lead right now on someone, but I need to speak with them after I check their vet reference on Monday. Ashley knows that we are not giving up on Joli.

Linda you are a doll. I know you will find her the perfect home. :)

As some would say: a crocodoll. :D;):p But the pups love me...so hey..not all bad, eh?

I do hope we can find her a great home....even people here should keep her in mind. You never know when you might run into someone who might be a great person for her! :)

Any rescue that is ever posted here is always with me until I know they have found a home. I mention them to all of my friends. I have told so many people I know about all the rescues and will continue to do so till they all have their furever homes.

Awwww, I don't think you are a crocodoll! :D The pups love you and you love the pups! You do what is best for them. Who can argue with that? Thank God there are people like you who are willing to go above and beyond to help these little furbutts!!

agreed you are one in a million linda! im still working on size L!! hehe.

Are you only wanting to rehome her in your area, or would she be able to go to another state. I can't take her as I have a female yorkie and 2 kids, but I thought about putting it on my fb page.

It might actually be easier to rehome your newest dog and allow Jolie to stay - as an only dog.

Jolie has issues that your younger dog does not. It should be easier to rehome the dog with no issues than the dog that does have the issues.

Just a thought if you absolutely have to rehome one of them.

We are constantly walking a fine line with Lucy and Ringo - not giving one more attention, etc or we will have spats as well. Had I brought another male home to Ringo - it never would have worked.

Best of Luck

PS: Just saw LJ's post and looks like you might have a lead on a new owner for Jolie. I guess I should read all the threads prior to posting!

i thought the same as you, I know you don't want to let either go, but it might be easier to find the one without all the issues a new home. it is sad either way.

I know my situation....
 

Like I have said, I didn't make the decision lightly and if I absolutely have to I will rehome Somi instead. But she just went through LP surgery and I wouldn't think of rehoming her until she is completely healed. Also, my roommate has two cats that Joli does not particularily get along with. And I go home to visit my mom as often as I can given it is a 6 hour drive. And with Joli attacking her two maltese it makes the trip less than fun. It puts extreme amounts of stress on me to go visit my family.

I have quite literally maxed out any amount of credit I could aquire to pay for Somi's surgery and have no money to pay for a trainer or meds for Joli. I didn't have money before Somi's surgery and now I don't even have any more credit options either. Joli needs more care than I can give her at this point.

Also, I have always seen myself as a multipet person "when I grow up" and though I would definitely give that thought up for Joli I would not give up having kids which I plan on doing in the next few years. I love her very much and go out of my way a lot for my pets, but I would not decide to not have "real" kids because of an agressive dog. But since I feel like it would not be safe for her to be around kids I could never have kids with her. She needs to go to a home with grown kids or someone who really doesn't want kids.

I really don't know how much longer I can deal with this situation and really wish people would stop trying to make me feel bad for the decision I have made. I did not just randomly wake up one day and decide "I don't want my dog anymore". I have been dealing with this since November and realized we couldn't keep living with the amount of stress it was causing me and danger Somi was always in not to mention the amount of stress and constant adrinaline Joli must have.

Thanks to all the people who have been helping me, but if you are just posting to tell me to do things differently please just don't post.

also, her name is JOLI. It is based on the Korean word for sleepy because when we got her at 5 weeks she slept a lot and my bf is Korean and I wanted to give her a Korean name. it is not Jolie which is french. A common mistake, but is one of those little things that gets irritating.

Ashley, I do know how much you love your girls....and I can honestly say that I don't know what I would do if I were in your position. Having met you and after seeing how well you take care of your girls I can say that I am certain you have not considered this without a lot of thought.
Try not to get upset by others' posts...they don't understand.
I spoke with someone tonight who is thinking about Joli....but there are no promises. I believe there is a solution...just hope it comes soon for everyone's sake.

Great Yorkie Rescue League in MidAtlantic area
 

All 3 of our Yorkies came from YorkieRescueMe.com. They do take dogs from other areas. They keep the dogs in foster homes until they find a permanent home for the dog. All of our Yorkies have/had issues: Zoee had food and pollen allergies and she was given so many steriods that she became a type 2 diabetic. She was owned by a VA familiy who did not have the time to give her the proper care and attention she needs. Mama Leeza was a puppy mill mama and she might not ever learn to pee and poop outside having lived in a cage where she did everything for years. Her paws were so not used to grass, decks, patios or sidewalks that she got cysts on them, but she is much better now. Our boy Darby was born with an underdeveloped left eye and eye socket. He has no vision on the left. He came to yorkierescueme.com from a rescue league in TN that got him from a puppy mill, but teh TN league had trouble placing him. Darby was in foster care at yorkierescueme.com for 10 months until we saw him and thought he would like to be with our two girl yorkies. If you can't find a home or a rescue league, try yorkierescueme.com.
All the dogs are kept in loving homes. We met all the foster mothers for our dogs at their homes and they are very perceptive and understanding. They would place your dog in a home where its needs would be well met and they charge an adoption fee to adopters. They have yorkies of their own and gave us a great background on each dog, its needs, and it habits. Their are lots of people for whom one Yorkie is enough. Good luck and I hope everything works out for the best for you and your dogs.

Univ of PA Animal Behaviorist
 

Hi Ashley, I think I have read [part] of the above vet’s text book - my vet loaned it to me after my dogs were getting into fights -

She is a vet, has a master's in public health, and a PhD in animal behavior? I don't remember exactly the specifics but if we are talking about the same person then I do know she has three degrees over a Bachelor's -

I just Googled trying to find her and I don't know if this is the same person but the background appears to be the same: Karen Overall
http://abrionline.org/expert.php?id=21

I don't see where she can be contacted for free but the earlier poster might be able to get that info to you - especially if you could have a referral from a rescue group and an earlier caller -

If you do decide to call her you might want to jot down notes in chronological order so you don't forget any details and accidently leave something out -

I hope everything works out for you and your girls :) Jil

~ Peace ~ Love ~ Yorkies

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I am so sorry that you are having to face this. I know how very hard it is on you.

Just reading this are there any updates on Joli, was a home found for her?
I'm so sorry you are having to face this Ashley..my heart goes out to you.

No, there are no updates. :( She has to where a muzzle or be seperated from my other yorkie at all times. She still tries to attack Somi with the muzzle on, and it still scares her so it is still very stressful.
I am about to have to move again, and I was really hoping that I would be able to find her somewhere new to live before then but have had no luck. :( I really love her, but nobody is happy in out current situation.

Not posting other than to say, please anyone when you have an aggressive dog careful where you rehome and what rescue. Aggressive behavior can be a death sentence even for a Yorkie.

I am soo soo sorry Ashley. I was really hoping a home could be found for her. Linda wasn't able to help? Perhaps another rescue?
My heart would be broken as i'm sure yours is.
Prayers for all involved.

Joli is on our website and we pray all of the time that someone will put in an application for her.
She had one really good bite but then the people backed out. :(
Honestly, it is very hard to find homes for yorkies in TX...especially special ones like Joli. There are sadly far too many yorkies looking for homes in this state....AND we have people selling them on the roadsides cheap. Disgusting ... because so many of them end up in shelters here. Texas shelters and rescues are overwhelmed with yorkies right now. We had six people email in the past three days to surrender their yorkies. I cannot even begin to tell you how awful it is.

I wish Joli was in CA. My Scoober barely passed the adoption requirements, tbh if the behaviiralist adoprion cordonator wasn't a friend of mine from rescue I'm not sure he would have.

I bit off more than I could chew with him, he's a wonderful neurotic weirdo well behaved rehabilitated dog now but as Ljane has stated finding homes in this catagory is hard and it takes someone willing to put in a lot of effort in specialty.


Is Joli in foster or with the OP?

I'd love to offer to foster her to help.

Is there anyway to have her transported to a Yorkie rescue in another state? I know that Yorkies are not as popular in some areas and she may fair better in another state. In Pennsylvania and New York there are small dog and Yorkie rescues that get Yorkies from puppy mills from out west and retrain them. There is not as much mass production as there seems to be in other areas.

Good idea. We did the same thing here shipping small breed dogs from so cal up here where there is a shortage of them avalible.

Oh my gosh. I can't even imagine what all you see. Arkansas is the same way. You can find a cheap one because of all the byb here. I wish I could take more in. :(. My son said when I get old he sees me with a house full of yorkies. Lol. I'm ok with that. ;). Hopefully the right person will come along for Joli.

Wonder if we couldn't find some members willing to help with transport if you are willing to to foster her? I know some have offered in the past.

First of all, Joli really should not be fostered in a home with other pups. She has had issues in her home...and in mine, and she acted up in another when she went there; and honestly, I don't see anyone changing how she reacts to other pups.

I would never be comfortable sending her out of state.....if there was an issue, it would be even harder to get her back to our area.

She needs to be in a home without ANY other pups. This is serious...she really has issues. I have seen others like her and we have placed a couple of them...but only in homes where they will be the only pup. Sometimes it takes longer to find a home like that, but it will eventually happen. There is a home for all of them.

I feel terrible that she is having to live as she is right now BUT she is with familiar people (her family she has known since she was a puppy) and that is imho the best place for her until a perfect furever home is found for her.

Let me add that this is Ashley's call, not mine. I am merely giving my feedback. Joli is not technically a YHR pup...we are simply trying to help her as best we can.

i hope she finds a furr ever home as the only pup soon. i know the understand the stress ashley and i will keep you all in my thoughts especially for her to find a loving home as an only furr baby as soon as possible!!

Praying she finds a home soon. There are people who want only one pup in their home. Hopefully she will be a perfect fit for that someone soon. So glad you are helping Linda. :)

I'd love to offer which would include the transport, but I have a new skin kid under 5the and I'd be an innappropriate foster for just about any dog atm.

I disagree about agressive dogs being in a home with others, continued forced socialization is what saved my Scoobers HOWEVER MOST in rescue disagree with me on that...

Somewhere out there is the perfect foster or forever home for her if everyone here networks enough that home can be found.

LJ is absoluteltly right about wanting to find a home close to the rescue for the just incase issues.
Its so hard to restrict the pool of adopters but it is necessicary in most cases.
I'm sure of the appropriate forever home came along things could be worked out.

Hope everyone starts networking and passing out the YHR link to get the word out.


LJ what is YHR adoption requirements with kids in the home?