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Originally Posted by Yorkieville200  Hi, Erin.
We haven't chatted in awhile, but you may remember my Kia is from Susan.
I had no idea that Loki has diabetes insipidus. Have you told Susan? I feel so bad for Loki.
Kia has a terrible over-bite, lost quite a few teeth this past summer to the tune of $800.00.
How did you find out that Susan is not breeding in her home anymore and bringing the puppies up from Iowa?
I had called her almost 2 years ago, and her puppy prices had gone up to "starting at" $2,500. Decided I didn't want to risk getting another pup with an over-bite for that price.
I told Susan about Kia's over-bite and her response was if I had bought her for breeding/showing, she would have replaced her. Gosh, I didn't want her replaced. She's irreplaceable in my heart. I guess I just thought it was something she'd be interested in knowing.
Hi, Barbara,
My Kia is tiny, 4#s. But my Sydney is a stocky Yorkie who gains easily. Her grand-dam was out of Susans lines and she, also was an easy gainer.This summer, I discovered by accident how to keep her weight down. All she eats now is Evangers canned food. She eats 3 tablespoons, twice a day, and is down to her normal 6.5#s. The minute I give her any brand of kibble, she bloats up. She used to act like she was starving all the time, until I switched her to the Evangers canned. Maybe it would work for Teddy.
Sheila |
Sheila,
I give mine canned as a special treat a few times a week, but maybe I will switch for every meal and that will help. He does gain easily. They eat Merrick canned.
I didn't tell Susan about the DI because when I called her a few days after I got Loki to tell her about the diarrhea she had the same "oh well" attitude, as she also did when I told her about his LP's. His are mild, but I work with a trainer who has her labs OFA'ed and would not breed if they threw pups with these traits. On her advice, since she said she would want to know as a breeder, I called Susan just in case she wanted to check the parents. Same "oh well" attitude.
When we got Loki I asked to see his parents for coloring. (Loki was very dark but he is now silver/blonde at 3 yrs, I wanted a dark one like Sammy is) She assured me he would be very dark (how can anyone say that for sure?) and told me that she did not have the parents at her house. She explained that an older couple in Iowa bred her puppies for her and when they were (I think) 8 weeks old, they bring them to her in IL for her to sell. They are not allowed to place the puppies in homes, only she is. This is what she tells me. If I knew what I know now I would have walked straight out of there, but I didn't and I wanted a puppy and all I knew was to go to a breeder and not a pet store. He was clean and had just had a bath, and other than that things seemed OK. But now I know puppies should stay with mom until they are 12 weeks old. Loki was 13 weeks when we got him, but he was the last one left we think. She keeps them down in her basement. I asked to see the kennels and she said no. He was 4 lbs when we got him, so again his size doesn't bug me so much, but the other stuff does...
It's not just one breeder though. Sammy is AKC and will probably need LP surgery. She came to us needing a new home so I never met her breeder, but I wish I could ask about the LP. So many just consider it to be "acceptable" and that's not fair.