Hi! I am new to this site and I am new to owning a Yorkie puppy. I just got Maggie (CKC reg) about a week ago. She is now 12 weeks old. After reading info off the internet, I now realize that most breeders wait until the 12th week mark to sell. I did not realize that until now. Anyway, I signed a paper saying if anything was wrong with her, I would take her to the vet within 48 hrs of buying her. Well, she was due for her next round of shots this past week so I decided to wait and just take her then. That was my mistake. When I took her to the vet, they said she has a 4 out of 6 heart murmur. The vet said it is more than likely not something she will grow out of. I have gotten really attached to her and love her to death already. I don't want a new puppy but I talked to the breeder b/c the vet said it was probably hereditary and I thought she needed to know. She said she has never had that problem and she would get her vet to check out the parents real good. She didn't offer to give me another puppy(didn't want one though) or help with any of the vet bills, which I guess is my mistake for signing that 48 hour contract. I am doing an ultrasound in about a month to see how bad and what the cause of the murmur is, but I just wanted to know what others thought and how bad this really is? She doesn't really show any signs right now, however I have noticed she breathes a little fast. But she plays and naps all the time so I don't know exactly what normal is. Anyone know anything about a grade 4 murmur???
