REVISION: I'TS NOT SAD THAT I DON'T SEE LITTLE DOGS AT OUR SHELTERS-I'm glad that there are so very few that wind up there - I WAS doing too many things at once as I typed. Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynda" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:03:13 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] hello chihuahua lovers and friends Sadly I rarely see a 'lilttle' dog in any of our shelters...Pittsburgh is over populated with pittbulls and big dogs. There are rare occassions that I'll see a chi (or any small breed) at the shelter - but as soon as it is posted (if it gets posted at all-some are adopted before they even get posted) - the dog is gone next day. A good thing for the little dog - but sadly the bigger dogs still do not get adopted and may spend their days at the shelter. Lynda "I wish my book of life was written in pencil … There are a few pages I would like to erase" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Croft" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:59:41 PM Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] hello chihuahua lovers and friends It would be good if that could happen. But there are some very real costs to transport so many dogs and to who knows how far. If the shelter sending them had to pay – they probably wouldn’t. If the shelter receiving were to pay for the costs – they probably wouldn’t. I have heard of people that have tried to adopt from a faraway shelter and even wanted to pay the transporting fees, and the shelter refused that because they couldn’t inspect their homes. Good pet parents can live in many types and values of homes, but what is important is the love and caring that is practiced in that home. I have checked the local shelter – when looking for a friend – and there are not a lot of Chihuahuas here. I do thank all of you who have adopted from shelters, and to those of you that have an entire household of rescues, I give you even more applause. Where I live, I can only have two pets…not just dogs, but pets. That is not only something enforced by my community, but the City only allows three pets per household. With my disabilities, two is about what my limit would be anyway. I got Desi for Dolly to play with, which actually has helped me in times when I have been chronically ill and chronically in pain. Judy, I know that you have a huge heart and I do thank you for taking in the strays and those from the shelters. But across the board, many people cannot have more than one or two, and here in the Las Vegas area there have been so many foreclosures that have added to the overpopulation of the shelters. I believe that my neighbor’s dog, Mandy, was with an elderly person and she was given to someone who didn’t really want her, but didn’t want to tell the owner (if she had gone to a skilled nursing facility or something) that they didn’t want her. Instead of trying to find her a good home, they left the gate open so that she could run away. She ran and ran and ran and was found wandering along the side of a highway. (I have a friend that has some psychic powers and she relayed the info about her previous homes). Mandy was not even spayed and was ‘approximately two years old’ per the shelter information. The vets don’t think that she ever had a litter. The overpopulation is really from a great source of experiences. The over breeding of the runts to runts bring a higher price tag for the breeders that are really breeding pups with some serious problems. I think that the Beverly Hills Chihuahua movies probably has provided many a child with the puppy that they want and then they either don’t train it right and it become a mean little pup or the children lose interest after the first few months and then it goes to the shelter much like packing up your things for a thrift store and you don’t have to worry about it anymore. I would like to see those that are being foreclosed upon to even give their dog away rather than leaving it in a situation that very well could, and has, resulted in pups dying of hunger, thirst, and the heat. Every responsible pet owner needs to have a plan – no matter what their age – of who will their pups go to if there is a tragic accident or just passing away from natural causes. It does no good to be a good pet owner and not have a plan for what will happen with your little sweeties if you can no longer care for them. So the problem is more than just over breeding. There is a lot about responsible ownership that is also a factor in why so many dogs – chis and otherwise – are in the shelters. I cannot adopt another while I have Dolly & Desi, but I do donate some of their toys and outgrown clothes, and even some dog treats to the local no-kill shelter. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judy Moon Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 5:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] hello chihuahua lovers and friends Well, maybe some could be transferred? Judy Moon, a prayer warrior for Christ "May grace and spiritual peace be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ." Jewell, Mary, Martha, Dakota, Becky, Nicky, Gabby, Joy (dogs) Dark Angel, Peter, Paul, Leah, Sarah, Tag, Ruth, Esther (cats) Libby, the parrot From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of sheila Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] hello chihuahua lovers and friends On the other hand not all shelters everywhere have an overabundance of chi’s. Some hardly ever get any at all. From: Susanne Defoe Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 11:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] hello chihuahua lovers and friends I work at a shelter here in FL and last week we got 12 beautiful Chi's from a breeder who became ill and could no longer care for them. There were 9 longhaired ones and 3 short haired. They were beautiful and all younger than a year except 2 who were a year old. I am so happy to say we adopted them all out to great homes(we hope). I was in heaven being able to play with them too. My point is that you can find purebred young Chi's without baggage in shelters. Sue On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Peggy & The Girls < [email protected] > wrote: Thanks Ann. I just hope that others can understand how important it is to help save some chis, by being aware as to how bad the situation really is. Peggy -------Original Message------- From: Ann Banks Date: 1/16/2012 4:55:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] hello chihuahua lovers and friends Some very good thoughts Ann sent from Ann's IPAD On Jan 16, 2012, at 3:13 PM, Peggy & The Girls < [email protected] > wrote: Why would you want to bring more puppies into this world, when Petfinders has over 14,000 chis that need homes?? Statistically speaking, if your dog has 5-6 puppies (which is the avg) somewhere along their life, 2 to 3 of them will end of in a shelter, or die before they even reach 3 years old. Plus each one of these puppies are capable of producing there own puppies within the first year. So now within there first year of life you have the mommy, and an average of 5 of her puppies each having 5 of there own puppies=26 chis within the first year. Six months later the females are in heat again, and the cycle starts all over again. Now you have an avg of 51+ chis by the time your pups aren't even two years old. Now you can see why there are so many unwanted chis on Petfinders. The odds are that most of your grand-chis and great-chis will end up in a shelter and be Euthanized. Unless you are breeding for show to improve the breed, and give out breeders-terms along with the sale of your puppies, which states that each puppies has to be spayed or neutered before it is 6months, or you have the legal right to take back those puppies...Then please do not breed! We don't need more pet-quality chis in shelters. Please have your baby spayed now, and by doing so you are allowing others in shelters a better chance of being adopted and saving your pups and there pups from being in a shelter and killed in the future. Do you know that more then 85% of the chis in shelters are from irresponsible pet owners and not puppy-mills? That is a fact, call any shelter especially in CA, TX, KY, OH and they will verify it. Right now TX is so overloaded with dogs, especially the chi, that for the past two weeks they have literally been having a daily Euth day, instead of twice a week!!! It's more then horrible!! The rescues across the states including NY are overloaded with chis. They tried to save as many chis as possible from those states and had them shipped to NY, so now we are trying to find a couple of hundred homes for them, but thousands of more homes are still needed. Please reconsider and think of the future of the chi population. Are you willing to keep track of each of your puppies for the rest of their lives, to ensure that they are not needlessly bred too? Are you willing to hire a lawyer to back up your no-breeding terms upon the sale of each pup? That's what a responsible breeder would do. Please think out what the future holds for each one of them! These are not good times for this breed, just not enough homes for them or for the next generation to come. If you love the breed, then Don't Breed, Adopt instead! Peggy & The Girls Don't Buy, Don't Breed Adopt & Save A Life! <chiDrawing3Mini.jpg> "Until there are none...Rescue One" -------Original Message------- From: JACQUELINE H Date: 1/16/2012 1:46:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] hello chihuahua lovers and friends I'm sorry i have not post in this group much.I'm looking for anyone who lives near Albany NY who has a breeding male chihuahua who would like to breed with my tri color female chihuahua.i don't have much money but if the stud dogs owner would like to have the pick of the liter for stud fee.i want to breed molly 1 or 2 times be for i spay her shes 4 years old and very sweet i would to get a few puppies from her thank you all No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4747 - Release Date: 01/16/12
