Since I am the not so nice one~I just have to say congratulation! You have now bred your Yorkie 2 times and she has by your own admission sever LP. You have now passed this CONGENITAL defect on to an entire litter of puppies. Furthermore, your vet is irresponsible as well if he is condoning breeding a Yorkie with Luxating Patella. A responsible breeder would have had her spayed and made into a pet so that this would never be passed on to another dog! She need surgery to correct this problem that is extremely expensive and very painful. Do you even know what Luxating Patella is? Let me compare it to someone with bad knees and how painful it is to a human. I feel so bad for that little mommy pup and her babies! Dogs can be "in love" but they are not human and do not need to show their love to each other by breeding! It was your responsibility as her owner to not let this happen. It doesn't matter if you are keeping the puppies and handing them to family members. Now you have not 1 Yorkie with LP but an entire litter that will most likely because it as well! Surgery to correct LP is about $3,000 and it sounds like your little girl needs it to correct her problem immediately. Plus now you have also brought into the world 3 more pups that will carry this defect. So let's take the $3,000 and multiply that by 4 and you have a $12,000 "accident because they are in love". I really don't care if a few on this board think I am not playing nice in the sandbox! This is so unconscionable that I am beside myself! This is why I feel that anyone who allows their dog to breed she be held accountable for their defects ie LP in this case. So if you have $12,000 to fix all of the new problems that you have just allowed to create then excuse me for voicing my opinion. The total lack of responsibility is what has my head spinning! The more information that is being divulged the more upsetting this truly is~once again.
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