[gemy]

I actually thought there would be more to it than what the show outlined.

The marketplace special here in Canada outlined a lot of other serious issues, starting from a perfectly well dog, being ddx'd with this or that or potential illness.

Over vaccination finally seems to be getting into the public awareness, and the more educated the public from authoritative sources the better the health care they will demand from their vets.

Dentals I am a couple of minds about, I do wonder about the repetitive long term affect of putting under a general anaesthesia for the toy breeds, and for senior dogs.
I would like to see more studies researching this aspect. For senior dogs, just what impact does anaesthesia have on cognitive faculties, and how often are their complications from anaesthesia on elderly dogs?

And of course a prime question in my mind is; Yorkies are notorious for bad teeth; why is this so? And is this something that breeders should seriously take into consideration prior to breeding dog a/b or c?

In some breeds bite/teeth are so important that we have DQ's on any other bite than a scissor one, and also DQ's on missing teeth. Why do so many Yorkies have to have baby teeth pulled? Does the holding on of a significant number of baby teeth impact the adult teeth negatively - say at the root level. Or does the constant rubbing of the baby tooth against the permanent tooth wear the enamel very quicly on a new adult tooth?

Those are interesting questions that I personally don't know the answer too.