Hi, I am new to this forum and in a search for Yorkies who have dealt with chiari malformation came across your message. My little Yorkie is a rescue dog, and I also noticed that he was scratching towards his ear. Took him to the vet, and his ears were clean and not infected so he was treated as if he had an allergy. Also, he yelped once in awhile but did not show any other signs that he was hurting. When he started favoring his front leg is when my vet sent him to a neurologist. A MRI indicated vertebrae disease and chiari malformation. After weeks of treatment on steriods and pain meds, he did not improve so surgery was the next step. Long story short (and many, many dollars later)...he has just come of out of surgery and is resting comfortably. Hopefully he falls into that 80% that do not require additional surgery due to scar tissue forming. Hope this helps in finding the reason why the Yorkie is in pain. Good luck! |