Hi,
I am currently fostering a litter of now 7 week old pups (with mom) that were part of a puppy mill seizure. The pups were born at the mill about a day before they were rescued.
I do have to apologize as they are not yorkie pups- mom is a Pom. This forum has always been one I have looked at when we have gotten yorkies into rescue and the posters seem excellent with advice and experience, so I am hoping I can get some general info.
The pups and mom were at ICU from seizure- 2 weeks old, and have been fostered at my house from their release from the vets office until now. One of the three pups is much smaller than the others, and we suspected she may have had a different dad, mom may have accidentally been bred twice, ect. She does appear less pom-my than her siblings.
Our vet today (with the rescue, these are just my foster pups and not ones I have adopted) diagnosed her (the smallest pup) with a significant grade 5 heart murmur.
Does anyone have experience with severe heart murmurs with small breeds/ puppy mill dogs in general? I am reading a lot about people that have purchased mill dogs and then found out there was a 1-3 grade murmur but not a lot about the grades 5-6 [pup is seven weeks].
Any advice, links, anything would be helpful. Currently pup is not experiencing any symptoms other than failure to gain weight. Vets plan is to recheck murmur in a few weeks.
Anyone have any advice or experiences? Again I apologize that the pup in question is not a Yorkie but this is by far the most sensible small breed forum I have come across
