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Sherri -- I hope you have a copy of Florida's Lemon Law. It is a fairly good one protecting the buyer. The breeder may be responsible for some of the vet bills. It will depend on how the vet writes it up. Hopefully she willjust come up with the money, and not make you take her to court for it.

I am glad that you are getting a handle on little Basil's problems but concerned about the surgery. I hope you will take her to a specialist before surgery is taken seriously. Better to get a good 2nd opinion.

I think some of the problem could well be because she was taken away from mom & siblings too young. YTCA recommends never removing puppies from their mother before they are 12 weeks old. That extra month with mom, getting some nursing in here and there, and still bonding with mom, could well have matured her little digestive system enough to have prevented some of this problem. There may be something bigger that is of a genetic nature, not sure, as you don't say. But most of the time when I read these sorts of problems, the puppies were sold too young. I am a firm believer that yorkies need a MINIMUM of 12 weeks with their momma! They need to continue getting their milk. It just gives them a much better start. 8 weeks is just too young. This is the breeder's fault -- they should know better.