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Originally Posted by mscat  I certainly hope my Suzi maintains her health. Time will tell. However, I do not beleive that ALL yorkies turn out to have Health Problems a few years later> Honestly, I do not, otherwise the breed would not be as popular as they are in the United States.
I agree with you , however, 100%. If it can be done always the right way all the time, ideally , this ought to be the how puppies are purchased.
So many Yorkies live a long life with little health problems, certainly w/o all the fancy testing behind them . |
Actually, it's exactly because of their popularity that Yorkies today have so many health problems. They have become a favorite of greeders.
Do you know that today's Yorkies are thirty-six times more likely to inherit a liver shunt shunt
than all other breeds combined? There is a very simple bile acids test that can tell a breeder if the dog she plans on breeding has liver disease, but backyard breeders don't even spend the approximately $75 (or less) to have it done.
Liver shunts cost thousands of dollars to surgically repair. I would never consider buying a Yorkie puppy from a breeder who didn't bile acid test.