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Originally Posted by yorkieusa  With a savings like that and care credit, I wouldn't advise pet health insurance, as long as you continue to add to your savings. Self-insuring is a great idea.
I believe this is the sticky they are speaking about for costs of owning a dog: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...wning-dog.html
Use your search tool in the sick and injured forum to look up liver shunt and read about it. There has been much written about it. Yorkies are prone to it. That is why it is important to know if the breeder does bile acid tests on the parents. I'll let someone else speak about caring for a liver shunt pup after the surgery.
There are probably some bigger yorkies out there that will jog, but the most the majority of them can do is walk. I'll admit they all have running spurts, but I don't think you will find a jogging companion in a yorkie. They do make great walking companions. When the weather gets very hot, you will need to be careful to walk them when the temperature is at the coolest part of the day. |
Thank you for the information, as usual. Well seeing as my future baby will not be able to jog that is not a problem! Also, thanks for the heads up about the temperatures, it gets really hot here in Florida, the concrete is always extremely hot. At some of the advice given here about the age/training, I have applied for two rescue dogs (a 2year old and a 6 year old) and I will have to wait and see if either of the rescues find me to be a suitable candidate/match for the pup.
Also, thank you for the link to the sticky...I found the avg between the high and low for each category to give myself some idea of what to plan for.