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I was just thinking about how a few weeks ago some older gentleman in Petsmart and I were talking about his new litter of puppies. He complimented me on Louie and how he was such a good boy and then proceeded to talk about his yorkie and how she had puppies that were available. I wasn't interested in getting one but I was curious to know if he did any health testing. So he said, "Yep. Clean bill of health. They're all vet checked and UTD on shots..." the generics. So I asked him if he did bile acid tests on his breeding parents or puppies...and he asked me what that was. I had to explain to him, the "responsible breeder" what that was! I never knew what it was until I went to a local dog show and a few members of the YTCA that I talked to handed me some literature on it and then I researched it more, asked my vet. So why not rule out at least the hereditary form of it? At least that'll save me one heartache.


I know some people have various thoughts about doing BATS but I was curious how many asked their breeder for these?