Monte was one of the many Chis in Hillsborough A S and he would have been dead in a few days. Although skinny from lack of proper food he is the perfectly behaved sound pet chi. He was friendly at the vet which none of my toy breeds are, housebroken, great with my dog pack, 4yrs old and obeidient. Why he wasn't redeemed by his owner I will never know. And he is a small guy which shouldn't be over 5lbs. Miami Dade always has several Chihuahuas as well and most end up dead. Many are under the 6lbs weight limit but many are BYB/PM dogs at 10-12lbs. But even being a 4lb and 4yr old doesn't guarantee you will live just like Monte. Chi Rescues are mostly full to capacity. Craigslist has them free to good homes which ends up being Pitbull bait but Pit people have paid $150 for one dog they used as bait and then tossed out of the truck.
Robin, the Dobe Axel CGC, TT, the German Pin Ranger CGC, TT, the Chihuahuas Alice and Monte and the MinPins HoneyB, Brutus, IMPS foster Jordan www.minpinrescue.org -------- Original message -------- Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] pup coughing From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> To: [email protected] CC: It's time for mommy and pups to be checked by a Vet anyway. They are due for their shots and first worming. Worms can cause coughing. There are many different types of worms that they can get. Not all can be seen with the naked eye. Heart problems can also cause coughing, as well as several virus's that pups can get. Also if water, food, goes in reverse because of some blockage that can also cause coughing, so can a cold, or pneumonia. It's not normal for a 6 week old pup to display coughing, so he needs a Vet to determine what is causing it. Waiting to see if it will get worse, will only end up causing him to be sicker and cost more at the Vet. If the mother was up to date with her shots, then she passed on her immunity to the pups for the first few weeks, but after that the immunity level becomes less and less and then the pups can pick up many of the canine virus's out there. Why are you breeding pet quality chis anyway? There are over 17,000 chihuahuas on Petfinders that need homes, and 80% of them are from owners who just had to breed their pet instead of spaying and neutering them. I hope you spay and neuter the parents as well as the pups before you place them in homes, as you will just be adding to the problem. That figure doesn't even include the thousands that are euthanized every day at shelters across the states for lack of space to hold them and lack of homes that want them. You do realize that within the first year of the pups lives if they each have 5 pups that's 20 more homes that will be needed. Could you find 20 permanent homes plus the ones you have? I don't think so. Statistics show that only 3 out of the 20 will actually stay in a permanent home. The others will be shuffled around, most ending up in a shelter before it's 3rd birthday and most of them will be euthanized for lack of a home. This is why there are so many on petfinders and so many being killed every day. So please spay and neuter them all. Peggy -------Original Message------- From: chargeit2him Date: 4/17/2013 11:32:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] pup coughing On March 2 we had 5 beautiful chi pups. Mom and babies are doing great...with one exception . I came downstairs this morning and one pup was coughing. My husband said he just started a few minutes earlier. (Trouble is his name) Trouble doesn't do it constantly just every now and then. Hubby said to hold off and see if it gets worse then we will take him to the vet..None of the others are doing it. Do pups cough if the have worms ? I haven't seen any of them either. How can you tell if they have worms ? Thanks for any info. Sandy
