[WhalenYorkies]

Hello-

I have been breeding Yorkies for 7 years. I personally own 6. All of my babies are very healthy with no known problems. I just received a phone call regarding one of the pups from a litter born about 1.5 years ago. Her Yorkie is having some sort of neurological episodes. Her head bobs and she can barely walk. Really off balance and just falls over. This will last for about 12 hours and then goes away. First time it happened the vet said it was a reaction to the heart guard chewable. Another episode occured on Saturday. She took the Yorkie to the vet on Saturday evening. They gave her charcoal and fluids. Yorkie was back to normal on Sunday morning. She called me to let me know what had happened. I came to the conclusion that it must have been something that her dog ingested. Once my Yorkies attached and ate part of a frog. They all were sick with similar symptoms. Head bobbing and their balance was off. My vet suggested to induce vomiting and very shortly after they were fine. Perfectly fine. So we both assumed that she must have eaten a spider, bug, weed, flower etc. that didn't agree with her. HOWEVER... today (Monday) the symptoms were back. She took her back to the vet and he has since ruled out a liver shunt and has referred her to a neurologist (who wants to do several thousand dollars worth of tests). The neurologist did some sort of pressure point test that indicated some abnormal functionality but also found some normal functionality as well. I have called the breeder who I purchased the mom and dad from and their is no health problems there either. She has been breeding yorkies for over 40 years and said that it sounded like a pinched nerve or spinal issue. She suggested having a chiropractor or back specialist take an xray. Has anyone ever experience anything like this with their Yorkie? Any advise or suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Her baby is really ill.