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mommadog1 · 01-28-2010, 08:04 PM

So can a regular vet do the x-rays to send to OFA or does one have to go to a special vet for this , orthopedic I would assume?

And for PRA and CERF I would assume I would have to go to a ophthalmologist correct? Not to long ago I was looking for one and there aren't very many of them. I only found one down in Olympia, its about 1.5 hours away and I have only been past Olympia, never got off and gone there..lol (state capitol)

Can anyone give me a ballpark figure of costs involved for these tests? I know the last time I had hips done on my cockapoos's there was a "clinic" through the cocker club here and I got the eyes done for 20.00.

The hips were done by a friend of mine and I have no idea where she took the dogs. I just know it cost me about 80.00 each, but this was a long time ago now.

I had a BAT done on Pennie already because she was so sick and we were doing all kinds of tests, I had the vet do that. She was normal on that though. It turned out she had Giardia.

She was sick from the 1st day we got her. Well not noticeably sick, but after a couple days she got worse. I had taken her to the vet the day we picked her up. She had skin mites really bad, took 2 treatments. And she had a bacterial infection they couldn't pin point.

Mistake I know now, but I brought her home at 8 weeks and she was 1.7 pounds and she refused to eat even the first day, had to force feed her a few times in the beginning and then it was completely, all the time. I was doing it 6 times a day. She was always so lethargic. it took 4 weeks, and a bunch of tests to finally get the giardia diagnosis. I was LIVID!

Turned out the first time they tested her for it it showed nothing. Then I asked them to do it again, dropped off the sample and that time it showed up (sent out to a lab). Buggers can be hard to find sometimes. But I was working with a different vet in the clinic and she should of ordered it be done again the next week, not 4 weeks later when I had to ask.

This is when I learned a lot more about yorkies, LOTS of research. She was our 2nd yorkie, first one is 4 now and we had no problems with her.

I was told by everyone on the yorkie list I was on that the parents should have had the BAT done prior to ever breeding them, so I asked the breeder and she said she had not done it. So that was why I asked the vet to do it. It was expensive because they are also in the vets most of the day.

She was an expensive little girl by the time we got done..hehe.. Anyhow, within a few days of being treated for giardia she did a complete 180 and was actually walking and running and playing, and the best of all, eating on her own 100% about 1 week later. Now she is a pig and is up to 3 pounds by now.. Last time I weighed her she was 2.5 pounds. she is 4 months old now.

She lost A LOT of hair though and I will be so happy when it all grows back with her adult coat. Between the mites and the lack of proper nutrition it just killed off her hair and it's not soft at all right now. I would just die if it never grew in..

01-28-2010, 08:04 PM	#20
mommadog1 BANNED! Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Posts: 1,218	So can a regular vet do the x-rays to send to OFA or does one have to go to a special vet for this , orthopedic I would assume? And for PRA and CERF I would assume I would have to go to a ophthalmologist correct? Not to long ago I was looking for one and there aren't very many of them. I only found one down in Olympia, its about 1.5 hours away and I have only been past Olympia, never got off and gone there..lol (state capitol) Can anyone give me a ballpark figure of costs involved for these tests? I know the last time I had hips done on my cockapoos's there was a "clinic" through the cocker club here and I got the eyes done for 20.00. The hips were done by a friend of mine and I have no idea where she took the dogs. I just know it cost me about 80.00 each, but this was a long time ago now. I had a BAT done on Pennie already because she was so sick and we were doing all kinds of tests, I had the vet do that. She was normal on that though. It turned out she had Giardia. She was sick from the 1st day we got her. Well not noticeably sick, but after a couple days she got worse. I had taken her to the vet the day we picked her up. She had skin mites really bad, took 2 treatments. And she had a bacterial infection they couldn't pin point. Mistake I know now, but I brought her home at 8 weeks and she was 1.7 pounds and she refused to eat even the first day, had to force feed her a few times in the beginning and then it was completely, all the time. I was doing it 6 times a day. She was always so lethargic. it took 4 weeks, and a bunch of tests to finally get the giardia diagnosis. I was LIVID! Turned out the first time they tested her for it it showed nothing. Then I asked them to do it again, dropped off the sample and that time it showed up (sent out to a lab). Buggers can be hard to find sometimes. But I was working with a different vet in the clinic and she should of ordered it be done again the next week, not 4 weeks later when I had to ask. This is when I learned a lot more about yorkies, LOTS of research. She was our 2nd yorkie, first one is 4 now and we had no problems with her. I was told by everyone on the yorkie list I was on that the parents should have had the BAT done prior to ever breeding them, so I asked the breeder and she said she had not done it. So that was why I asked the vet to do it. It was expensive because they are also in the vets most of the day. She was an expensive little girl by the time we got done..hehe.. Anyhow, within a few days of being treated for giardia she did a complete 180 and was actually walking and running and playing, and the best of all, eating on her own 100% about 1 week later. Now she is a pig and is up to 3 pounds by now.. Last time I weighed her she was 2.5 pounds. she is 4 months old now. She lost A LOT of hair though and I will be so happy when it all grows back with her adult coat. Between the mites and the lack of proper nutrition it just killed off her hair and it's not soft at all right now. I would just die if it never grew in..