[jencar98]

Rose, I'm so sorry for your loss of Teaser. My heart breaks for you, especially knowing you were trying to do the right thing when this horrific thing happened.

Having said that I do also have to comment though on testing puppies in general, after several on this thread have come out screaming about not testing and being "pressured" into testing. I too, would not test young puppies under 2lbs, and would feel unsettled about blood being drawn for any test, from the jugular vein of any yorkie, even though I know it has to be done in some cases.

I do wonder how much of any injury during this procedure has to do with the competence of the vet. Last fall Ruby had blood drawn this way and ended up with an abscess that almost killed her. I changed vets over this.

Still yet, with the incidence of so many sick yorkies (even a few from breeders right here on YT) you can't really blame people for wanting to make certain they are getting a healthy dog. And, with so many yorkies tested this way without any complications, one has to think for the most part that testing is safe......not without risks, but generally safe....just like many medical procedures. Afterall, this procedure is done hundreds of times every day and we don't hear about hundreds that died from testing.

And for those who think your health guarantee should be enough, that's good but there are many who don't stand behind their guarantee when problems with a sick pup arise. I've seen this happen too many times (even on YT). So those that keep talking about non-breeders not "walking the walk", etc. I would say there are just as many heartbroken yorkie owners out there who purchased sick dogs and they don't want to walk that walk again.

Again, I'm so sorry for your loss and don't want to come across as harsh, I would never want to hurt you that way.