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Buster Brown · 02-14-2011, 09:49 AM

Please consider that if you do bring home this dog you will be facing an approximate bill for $1500.00 - $3500.00 per leg to correctly fix the LP. Your dog with the grade 4 LP should get surgery perhaps in both legs as it is bilateral (usually occurs in both legs) If you do not get surgery it will lead to arthritis and pain for the dog. So please consider it for you first dog. With that is it wise to budget a second dog with the same expensive issue? Buster has LP in both back legs we just had surgery in October for the left one and down the road will possibly have to do it for the right. He is doing great after surgery but it was expensive and 4-6 weeks of confinement after. Yorkies may be predisposed to LP but is a result of improper breeding practices as reputable breeders try to breed out this genetic issues. I would reconsider.

02-14-2011, 09:49 AM	#7
Buster Brown Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Toluca Lake, CA Posts: 5,491	Please consider that if you do bring home this dog you will be facing an approximate bill for $1500.00 - $3500.00 per leg to correctly fix the LP. Your dog with the grade 4 LP should get surgery perhaps in both legs as it is bilateral (usually occurs in both legs) If you do not get surgery it will lead to arthritis and pain for the dog. So please consider it for you first dog. With that is it wise to budget a second dog with the same expensive issue? Buster has LP in both back legs we just had surgery in October for the left one and down the road will possibly have to do it for the right. He is doing great after surgery but it was expensive and 4-6 weeks of confinement after. Yorkies may be predisposed to LP but is a result of improper breeding practices as reputable breeders try to breed out this genetic issues. I would reconsider. __________________ CarolynBuster Brown "The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything." Last edited by Buster Brown; 02-14-2011 at 09:50 AM.