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: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com
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 <whiterabbi...@gmail.com> 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.
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( ) whiterabbi...@gmail.com
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On Jul 20, 2013, at 9:27 PM, GinbarMinPins <ginbarminp...@aol.com> 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 <etsu1...@yahoo.com>
To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com
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
