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Originally Posted by celstu1  I didn't get a health guarantee when I bought my boys. They were $750 each and came with the paperwork for me to file them for AKC. I did not register them since I had them fixed and had no intentions of breeding, showing, etc. They were just pets. Her vet gave them a clean bill of health, and my vet did too for the most part. One of them had a heart murmur, but it was not horrible and it closed up within a year. I know I was lucky that they are so healthy, you could be too. Or not. I respect breeders very much and all the work they do to ensure a great pup, but I don't think hobby breeders are bad people breeding bad dogs either. If you cannot get a health guarantee without jacking up the price of the pup, then take the pup to your vet (maybe she'll pick up the price of that) and have him examed there for your own comfort. Make sure the vet checks for yorkie/small breed congenital things. However some won't be known at this young of an age yet. I think there is a test for live shunt and for LP, along with some other tests to make sure he is healthy. |
He'll be too young to get a bile acids test to see if he has a liver shunt. He has to be 20 weeks. That's why it's important to get a health guarantee. If she tests him at 20 weeks and he does have a shunt, she'll be out of luck. She'll also be out of a lot of money in diagnostics.