My parents are in their late 70's. they go to the shelter and get senior dogs. They love Australian Shepard's and Border Collies. Right now they have a 13 yr old Border Collie named OC.good dog. Loves to go for walks, either slow or fast. He gets Mom and Dad out walking at least once a day.
\ \ /\ Alice ( ) [email protected] .( ). Sent from my iPad mini > On Jul 21, 2013, at 3:32 PM, "Gregory" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks everyone for your support and suggestions. My wife and I will keep > those in mind. We are both retired and in our 60's but it doesn't make the > loss of our beloved Maya any easier. Loveand thanks to you all. Greg. > > --- In [email protected], Alice <whiterabbit32@...> wrote: > > > > 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 > > ( ) whiterabbit32@... > > .( ). Sent from my iPad mini > > > > > On Jul 21, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Peggy & The Girls <phrpg5@...> 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 <whiterabbit32@...> 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 > > > ( ) whiterabbit32@... > > > .( ). Sent from my iPad mini > > > > > > On Jul 20, 2013, at 9:27 PM, GinbarMinPins <GinbarMinPins@...> 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 <etsu1972@...> > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
