[kjc]

Hmmm, okay. I have been a Vet Tech for 25 YEARS. I have worked in clinic, Emergency Medicine, Orthopedics, Surgery, Dentistry, and Nutrition. I scored the highest grade on the Hills Nutrition Challenge at the Animal Hospital since it's inception. The hospital I worked at is a teaching hospital, so everything (all procedures, diseases, etc.) were discussed and evaluated in the greatest detail. I have saved many an animal's life by being acutely aware of and able to interpret symptoms and acting quickly to restore stability in animals experiencing life threatening consequences during their recuperation from trauma and/or surgery.

Also on this board, are many professional people. There are countless Vet techs, Nurses, Professional Breeders to name a few. And the group of experienced Yorkie owners, who give you the benefit of their many YEARS of experience owning, living with, raising, vetting, caring for, and loving this very unique breed of dog.

If you can find a vet with even a spec's worth of knowledge about this breed, compared to what you have right here, good luck.

All we do is give info to people to help them keep their dogs alive and healthy. When the majority of us say something is not a good idea such as running with a 10 week old puppy, this is not our opinion, this is fact. Many of us have seen the results when owners make the wrong choices and cause their dogs harm. It is not ever a good thing, and ends up causing the dog unnecessary, preventable injury and pain, and costing the owner money and time (for the vet).

Many of us have tried to help you and your puppy. It is certainly your choice to heed the info and warnings given, or just go do what you want, regardless of anything we have told you.

The thing is, who suffers in the end: the puppy, you, and us.

The puppy because he will have the injury.

You, because you will have to provide nursing care at home, and be cleaning him longer when he can't walk to go potty by himself because you decided running with him was fun.

And us, we suffer too, because out of all of these educated people here on YT, not one of us could figure out what to say to you to get you to understand and grasp the severity of the consequences your puppy will face when you choose to ignore our advice.

And we know, as you push your unrelenting will on this poor unfortunate dog who has no choice but to trust you, that you will learn by doing, at his expense, and then, only then, you will feel bad and think, I should have listerned. Look at my poor puppy now. And you may come on here and tell us, and seek advice, and we will help you still, but when we log off, we cry.
We cry for your puppy.
And we cry for you.