[YorkOfTheShire]

I am so very sorry for your loss, that is tragic and suspicious at best.

If an adult or teen, preteen fully steps on the paw of a standard Yorkie (7 lbs or less) that Yorkie isn't going to go tearing off around the house fast as lightning out of fear. A dog of that size has the immediate reaction to lift that paw up in the air and limp around while they try to understand what just happened to their paw. If he or she stepped on it hard enough to cause your dog to be in pain it wouldn't be running with near enough inertia to cause an injury of that extent to the head; my non-expert opinion.

It would be like a human stubbing all five toes and then running full-speed. I wouldn't do that; would you? Someone stepping on our naked foot isn't even the same, as we aren't being stepped on by someone *literally* 20 times our weight.

Additionally, if the specialist doing the necropsy stated it was a "hemorrhage in the brain caused by violence against the head" ...."violence to the head" means exactly that. Hitting a spot on the head "just right" on the bookcase wouldn't bring about that finding on the necropsy report.

This is just SO very sad. I wouldn't let that friend watch your pets anymore...even if by some miracle of miracles they're telling the truth (which I do not believe they are).

To clarify: if the dog just randomly ran into the bookcase while running full-force and playing then YES I can see this happening...but I can't see it happening with the rest of the story (the paw injury).

Praying for discovery and emotional healing to you and yours.