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Originally Posted by Opium88  Wow. Maybe he is British. .. cause he sure looks exactly like your dog. Just darker. That's crazy.
Well. .. just got back from the meeting with the second puppy. They live on base so we met at a park. And oh my god did that dog need to be groomed. Poor thing looked so ragged. And he was smaller than izzy. He seemed thin to me. And through his home haircut I could see one wound that she says came from him and their other female fighting. She said he had come with a 6 month health guarantee. But he's almost 9 months now so she says it no longer applies. When asked why he was so thin she started that he is a "micro yorkie" and they have more frail of a build than"toys" like mine. From my understanding there isn't actually different degrees of yorkie based on size, right? I just wanted to grab him and walk away and take him home and feed him for the love of God. And I'm not even religious. He had a huge mat under his chin and his hair was butchered while the hair on his face was long. I know everyone is going to tell me not to buy that dog but how can I just walk away and let him continue to live in that condition with a clear conscious ? He's obviously no more than an afterthought in their home. Now I'm all stressed out. This sucks. |
I can tell you that dog came from a bad breeder and well could end up costing you a lot more then just getting a puppy from a reputable breeder. If you have the money for thousands of dollars worth of health issues then why not but if you had that much money why not buy from a reputable breeder? The thing is breeders who breed for " micros" don't care about health at all so they will breed dogs with bad genetic issues just to make sure it's tiny so they can make a lot of money on it. That's why people say that really tiny yorkies aren't healthy because most come from bad breeders who didn't care. Are you able to afforded getting the dog fixed and all the vet bills if you can't afford to get a yorkie from a reputable breeder? Luxating Pattella which is becoming very common in poorly bred dogs can cost between $2,000 and $4,000 for one knee just depends on whether the ACL is torn when getting the knee fixed or not which again ACL tear can happen more easily if the dog as LP. Collapsing trachea medicine costs my mom $60.00 for 30 days worth. Then the is hypothyroidism which is said to be genetic the medicine is pretty cheap but you have to make sure to test there blood several times the first year to make sure the medicine is the right dose and at least once a year after that. Then there is liver shunt surgery which cost a couple thousand. You also will have two dogs so that's twice the heart worm prevention mine costs $74 for a years worth of heartguard, them there is flea and tick prevention which is pretty costsly, yearly blood work, yearly fecal, yearly check up, double the food, double the toys and so on.