Thread: Yorkie size????
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Old 11-27-2005, 11:45 AM   #24
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with all the health concerns we've experienced with them (liver shunt, collapsed trachea, heartworms from before adoption, etc.) I cannot imagine what the medical issues would be with a Yorkshire Terrier 1/4 or even one half their size!
By this I did not mean smaller Yorkies were worse or anything like that, just that liver shunt occurs more with smaller ones, and collapsed trachea is more of an issue to prevent. I understand that smaller dogs require more care, I just don't want anyone to think I meant something bad by my comment
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