Just a suggestion of doing that with humans and there'd be outrage. It's not right treating animals as if they don't have feelings. I didn't know there was only 3 days in shelter for pregnant dogs. That's sad. Wish I had a big enough place to house some of those slated to go down.
\ \ /\ Alice ( ) [email protected] .( ). Sent from my iPad mini > On Jul 21, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The CA shelters give the preggie ones, or mom's with pups, 3 days for a > rescue only to pull, or they are all pts on the 4th day. Most of the shelter > strays that are preggie or have pups, have no way of knowing who the father > is. Since the winter, chis on Petfinders has increased by over 1500. We now > have over 18,000 chis that need homes, and that figure doesn't even show all > the shelters or rescues that do not list there dogs, or show the thousands > that have been put down. I have seen 2# chi's in the CA shelters just like > the FL shelters and they too are put down due to lack of space and rescues > are overloaded. It always gets worse in the summer and then again around the > holidays. So heartbreaking....... > > Peggy > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Robin Gordils > Date: 07/21/13 15:38:31 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Collapsing Trachea > > > Yeah, the Puppy mills are probably buying the ones on Craigslist. There have > been 3 preggo ones on there in the last month. > > > Robin, Dobe Axel CGC, TT, German Pin Ranger CGC, TT, Chihuahuas Alice CGC and > Monte CGC, MinPins HoneyB, Brutus, and IMPS foster Jordan > > Www.minpinrescue.org > Www.chi-rescue.com > Http://chihuahua.rescueme.org/Florida > > Alice <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So sad rescues are turning away the pregnant ones. I can think of all kinds > of things that could happen to them having been turned away. I'm glad I'm > able to care for 2. Wish it were more. > > \ > \ /\ Alice > ( ) [email protected] > .( ). Sent from my iPad mini > > On Jul 20, 2013, at 9:27 PM, GinbarMinPins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So sorry to read of this. Out of the hundreds of toy breeds I myself and my > friends rescued only one had trachea issues and my vet said it is usually > trama more then a defective gene. I know a BC who has one from damage from a > chain collar. My toy breeds get walked on harnesses and my larger dogs on > pinches unless at a show then a fur saver that would be less severe then a > reg chain. Adopting an older pup or adult would lessen any medical problems. > And the rescues here are turning away pregnant bitches and entire litters of > purebred Chis. > > > > Robin, Dobe Axel CGC, TT, German Pin Ranger CGC, TT, Chihuahuas Alice CGC and > Monte CGC, MinPins HoneyB, Brutus, and IMPS foster Jordan > > nbsp; www.minpinrescue.org > > www.chi-rescue.com > > Http://chihuahua.rescueme.org/florida > > > -------- Original message -------- > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Collapsing Trachea > From: Gregory <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > CC: > > > > > We were devastated last week when we had to put our 10 year old female chi, > Maya, down. She started caughing a couple of years ago and the vets told us > that it was a collapsing trachea issue that would get worse over time. > > The caughing got worse 3 months ago and the vets gave us medication that > helped for a little while. Unfortunately, last week our beloved Maya took a > turn for the worst and Sunday she crossed over the rainbow bridge. > > We will be looking for another chi in the future and will contact several > breeders. I was not familiar with this problem when we got her and the other > generations of chis that the breeder had ranged in age from 3 to 13 and none > had this issue. Are there anything that we should look for next time when we > go to view puppies to possibly avoid this problem again or is it something > that just happens. My wife and I are still heart sick. Greg > > > >
