I just put down my little girl this past Thursday. I had purchased her at Seaside Yorkies in Miami Florida last year. She was only 1 year & a month. My baby had a soft palate defect and suffered from recurring infections. Two months after getting her she started with what seemed like respiratory infections, she had antibiotics on and off. She had x-rays and pneumonia several times. I e-mailed and got cold response to take her to the vet she used. I did and the vet referred me to Miami Veterinary Specialists. She was scheduled for an endoscopy. The Dr. discovered that she had a short soft palate defect. The food that she ate would go to her nose and create an infection. Once the infection might clear up it would resurface because the soft palate defect would again cause another infection. The dotor tried an experimental operation to elongate the soft palate using her own mouth tissue. The surgery was not sucessfull and he told us that nothing else could be done for her and she would continue with infections and have a bad quality of whatever life she would have left. My little girl lost weight. She was weighing 3 1/2 pounds before we put her to sleep. It was such a loss for us. My husband cried. I hadn't seen him cry in years. We are devastated and angry that she was sold like that and that she suffered most of her short little life. Please be careful with these breeders. It's a big hearache if youa re an animal lover.
