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Originally Posted by rzrpretty  Really, I'm no better than her. That's a pretty strong statement.
Answer me this... where exactly did you get your Vet License? Cause I didn't realize I was chatting with a group of Vet's. I should really go back to my fur babies doc and demand my money back because she apparently doesn't know what she is talking about and obviously doesn't have clue about small dogs.
I own a car, that doesn't mean I'm going to tell you how to care and drive yours!
just sayin....... |
You mentioned in an earlier post about wanting to learn all about the breed, prior to deliberating impregnating your female.
I am going to suggest a few things:
a) Please spend some time reading in the
sick and emergency and the health forums here, to see most of the problems that the Yorkshire Terrier breed has.
Then after doing this: take a really serious look at your "potential" breeding pair.
1) CT= Collapsing Trachea - Do you know if it is in their line? If so how prevalent is it? Do either of your two dogs have this condition?
2) LS = Liver Shunt - Without having preformed the BATS testing, which is a specific test on Liver Function, you have no idea if either of your two have healthy livers. This must be done prior to breeding, and should be done on any Yorkie so that you know what you are dealing with, and if she is pregnant right now, all pups from the litter should be tested at 16wks. Some forms of this disease require very expensive surgery, and some forms can't be cured only managed through diet/meds.
Also as this is a recessive polygenetic condition, the fact that your two are clear of LS (if indeed they are) doesn't mean any pups borne from them will also be clear.
3) LP=Luxating Patella - again what has the vet evaluated their knees at? 0/0 0/1 1/1/ Grades of LP go from 0-4 with 0 being clear. The more severe forms of LP often require surgery; again an expensive and painful condition for any dog to have.
These are what I refer to as the big 3. Some sources indicate that the combined prevalence throughout the Yorkie breed is about 30%. That means a one in three chance, especially knowing nothing about the lines you are breeding from, that one or more of these "pups" will suffer from one or more of these conditions.
4) PRA = Progressive Retinal Atrophy. All breeding dogs need to have this condition tested for; and by the way a general vet can not do this test. It must be tested by an opthamologist.
This forum contains many good articles and information on the Yorkshire Terrier breed, as well you might go to
www.ytca.org to see what the USofA National breed club has to say about health ,standard of the Yorkie breed etc.
Finally Last but never Least, in my opinion temperament is also very key in making breeding decisions.
A timid, shy, and nervous dog, is Not the right temperament for almost any breed to be bred.
I wish you the best of luck with your two.