Ellie has luxating patella also but it is very, very mild and she jumps ALL THE TIME, so that may not have anything to do with breeding in our case.
Brenda, have all of your adult Yorkies been bile acid tested and your lines cleared of liver disease for the last 10 generations? We don't know why Ellie's bile acids are up but they are just too high. We are trying to figure out if it is a congenital Yorkie liver issue or something unrelated.
I don't know why Ellie was sold so young and why she is so off standard. The Missouri/Michigan thing along with them being sold so young does get confusing/concerning but that doesn't mean there is a problem with it. Like I said before, I don't know but why do you sell your Yorkies so young?
In the end it doesn't make any difference anyway because Ellie is Ellie is Ellie and I am so happy to have her.
