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Originally Posted by Baron  Unless you actually know people that have these off color dogs and they are healthy and live long lives, I would not state that they are no more prone to health/genetic problems than the standard yorkies. I do know of some that have the gold yorkies and one person had problems with a pup that was gold, although she did survive and is a beautiful little 3 year old today, but the twin to the sick pup just died with out having had any prior indications of being ill. She ended up showing as having an enlarged heart, and from onset to demise was only a little over 24 hours. That is not normal.......... I have seen others although I do not know how long they live, or how old they are. There does not seem to be illness with any of the parti yorkies that I have seen so far, and I have not come across any of the choclate ones. The few blue puppies I have known about died shortly after birth or within a few months. For some reason, the blue do not survive long at all. |
How sad for the loss. We do hear of these losses on YT too frequently with completely standard colored Yorkies also. I know people that breed different breeds and have lost entire litters for no good reason bred from AKC dogs that fit the standard for that breed. I recently sold a Yorkie puppy to someone that has a 5 1/2 year old Chi that has to be put down due to extreme health issues. So very sad for such a young dog
. So many circumstances must always be considered when/before/ or instead of placing "labels". Typing can be so misinterpreted sometimes, as I am not debating anything here. Only stating what I believe and/or know.
I stick to my guns about Goldens only carrying as much health risks and issues as the standard colored Yorkies.