Well this is a long dtory but I'll make it short.
I live in Seattle. I was looking online at Yorkie sites because I have always wanted one and thought that it was a good time in my life to get one. I read some good reviews about Terri and I actually just started out asking her questions about breeders and dogs. She stated that she had just had a litter and when I went to her website I saw the pics with one that said she wasn't going to sell because it hqad a health issue. Well after I asked about that cute girl she said she would sell her to me for a fraction of her regualr cost with the understanding that she was the runt and her vet (not so good) said that the L hind leg was shorter. Granted Diva was only 8 oz when i got her in August and it was hard to tell what was wrong with her leg. When she tried to walk her leg looked like a flipper. It was sort of turned out and looked like it just hadn't developed.
I didnt see the house. My boyfriend lives in Connecticut and I was back there visiting when Diva became 8 weeks. So I drove to Virginia and met up with Terri at a mutual spot. She lives in the middle of nowhere.
My dog was actaully sick and had worms and other issues that I dealt with first. Then I took her to a great orthopedic vet here in Seattle. He said the leg was twisted. The knee cap was all the way on the outside of her leg and the tendons/ligaments and muscles had all grown to twist the leg and make it unusable. SO they went in and cut away all the tissue, regrooved her femur and put her knee cap in place. THen they closed the tisue arround it an hoped for the best.
We she is perfect and you would never know she had anything wrong before!
The surgery did cost my $1600. But she is so worth it, I couldn't ask for a better dog and friend. I would do it all over again if there was some way to make the surgery easier for dogs.
The next baby I get will be from a place around here. I have heard there are some good breeders out here, but I guess I would need a little better research next time.
