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Originally Posted by vramsey  Thank you all for the condolences. It is horrible, but I would've hated for her to experience anymore pain than she already had. I got her for my birthday February 1st and we actually had to take her to the emergency vet 26 days later, which was just the first of many vet visits. We did not know anything at that time and the emergency vet did not check for liver shunt either. Unfortunately, the contract we have did not specify anything about genetic conditions. Boy, you certainly get an education when things go wrong. Hind sight being what it is, and knowing what we know now, we would have done things quite differently. I am still going to appeal to the people we bought her from and hope their conscience gets the better of them.....or not. The poor little thing was only with us for 129 days! |
yep why i help alot with sick ones as i learned the hard way have two yorkies with health issues
learned to do my homework upfront the next time not after the fact as it is no fun dealing with babies with health issues. I never thought i would be in vet school in getting a dog lol but if you do not do your own homework it can be scary at times. So sorry you had such a bad experience and if you need some good breeders in california pm me as liver shunt is genetic and a breeder that throws liver shunt should never breed those dogs again. A reputable breeder will test mother and father for liver shunt to try to have the best possible out come so someone such as you does not have to experience this pain and cost of losing a beloved pet
oh and sadly just as you experienced most vets are not real knowledgeable about liver shunt and why it is important to deal with a vet that is very experienced with yorkie breed as yorkies and maltese have a high potential of liver shunt mvd. My girl is mvd and at 3 when switching vets for 3rd time was the first vet that even mentioned it to me due to her skin issues as could be tied to liver and since doing meds wanted her liver checked. She had no other symptoms of liver shunt/mvd so no one ever thought to bile acid test her but this vet requires all yorkies and maltese to be bile acid tested