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Originally Posted by JCBL  We have decided to accept the other puppy. I will pick him up tomorrow. He is eating, playing, and seems completely normal. He is 12 weeks old now. I am looking for another vet. I plan on having him tested for liver shunt before any vaccines and when he is a little older as I have read the test is not that accurate until a certain maturity is reached.
Now I have a new concern. I have probably spent too much time reading the sickness and health/diet forums here. Are there Yorkies out there who are healthy and do fine? I know my breeders dogs appear to have had no problems. I have spoken with the people who have dogs from the other litter and they're fine. I am hoping for a healthy, normal dog. Is there such a thing with a Yorkie?
Please don't misunderstand. We have always provided good care for our dogs. Our dogs and cats to this point have been strays or pound babies. We have paid for surgeries, and good health care, etc. I don't expect a dog to be problem free. I'm just scared after reading so many situations on here with sick dogs. I am hoping to here that there are more healthy Yorkies than not. Thanks. |
I think it is possible to spend so much time reading about sick yorkies you do begin to think there are no healthy ones out there. But take heart, there are many healthy yorkies, you just don't hear or you mind doesn't take in that the majority of yorkies here are healthy dogs. In other words, the sick yorkies stay in your mind, the healthy ones you don't worry about, so they don't stick in your head as much.
Good luck with your new puppy and hopefully you'll have many happy, healthy years together.
Btw, I've have two yorkies, one a puppymill girl with the exception of one time pancreatitis, is healthy. My boy Reno caught kennel cough once from a foster yorkie but otherwise has been perfectly healthy.