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Originally Posted by Yorkie_Love  I bought a young Yorkie female earlier this week. She is ADORABLE. She is almost a little rescue, but I feel calling her that is a bit unfair to the people who bred her. She is VERY underweight, skin and bones under her long coat. She has LP pretty bad in her right rear (her breeders did know about this and it was one of the first things that they told me about. It didnt show its little head until recently, she was going to be a dog that they were going to show....so they said....and then she started limping. Her dad is from a very well known breeder who OFA's, but I am not sure they OFA'd her mom). I was sold her on a strict contract, which I am totally ok with, that I would never breed her. They didnt give me her papers, or even a copy of her pedigree (they have been burned with people taking puppies on a contract and then breeding them anyway). But they did show me her papers when I picked her up. I paid very little for her, only $300. I am having the surgery done on her LP next week.
So my concern, even though it is slight, is that I paid even ANY money for a dog who needs surgery (and a pretty expensive surgery) right away. She is getting some baby teeth pulled as well. She is SO underweight too.
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Hi welcome to YT, sometimes even good breeders have dogs with this problem. At least they are trying to make certain no one will breed her, and maybe charging something so they can ensure themselves the animal won't be used for unethical research or bait for dog fights. I hope all goes well with the surgery, is that the little girl in your avatar, she is a cutie.
Btw, what is "OFA's"?