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Originally Posted by mollymccagain  We just had 3 beautiful healthy little puppies~but one is blue. I have been reading everything I can possibly read about them~sadly it looks like there is no guarantee that he'll be ok. I am not going to sell him~and am definitely not putting him down. I read in a couple of sites on the net where the breeders said to put them down before you get too attached 'cause they are only going to have health/skin problems and 'cause greater heartache later when it has to be put down. I just can't do it!! & feel I will let nature take it's course with this little guy~unless I can see he is in great pain and suffering from his condition.
I just didn't find much out there about what happens to these little guys as adults~just a lot of mixed 'opinions' but not a lot of pics or progress reports!! I am trying to follow the story on here about another 'blue born' named 'Mac'~and so far he is doing great~which gives me hope!!  I will post some pics of our 'little blue' and try to give updates as well. Here he is just a couple of hours old. |
I would definitely NOT put the little one down either! There are so many success stories it is well worth the try to hang in there with him. It is the smart thing to keep him yourself and be aware that his life may be cut short. But whatever time he has, you both can enjoy it!
One important thing is to make sure not to breed either of those dogs again. Some may say just make sure not to make the same pairing (in other words they could continue to breed just not with each other) again but I feel like this is important enough to just go ahead and spay & neuter both sire and dam. Either keep them or sell them for pets. some may say... if you had champion puppies out of many good litters with the mom and the dad had never been tried before (or vice versa) then maybe you could try the proven one with a mate that had been successful before. I say it is NOT worth the chance to continue distributing that bad gene out in the yorkie gene pool to continue putting the possibility out there for this to happen again. You just do not know how many puppies will result from the mating of your dog that have the good potential to have that gene that causes blue-born pups. Not worth it. It is much more important to try to keep the gene pool clean and free of potential defects that can lead to heartbreak and early deaths.
So PLEASE have both dam and sire spayed and neutered.
I wish you the best with this little one! I pray he can enjoy years of good health!