[Lovetodream88]

I wanted to add that a lot of issues can be managed and the dog live happy and healthy. Mine had Luxating Pattella in both back legs as well as one of them having a partial ACL tear both of these were fixable and although she is still recovering from the knee surgery on the second knee ( just has a little limp occasionally) she is no longer in pain and needing pain meds everyday. She also has mild collapsing trachea and has since she was a pup but it has not gotten any worse in her 7 years and she has only had a flare up of it being irritated once which required steroids for a week. She does not have to many ct episodes as long as I remember exercising her out side when it's really hot is not a good idea. She has hypothyroidism but once it was figured out and she was put on medicine that is really pretty cheap and now her symptoms are gone. She also has IBD which is caused by food allergies (which are rare) since going on a prescription food she has not had any of the issues. She was diagnosed at the end of allergy season so I am unsure if she has environmental allergy's too or if it was the food causing problems but hers are pretty easy to treat with an allergy medicine and bathing weekly. She is slightly chubby but I feel at this time she is pretty healthy and feeling good. I will add that my yorkie came from a puppy mill so many of her issues are genetic and caused because of that. With reputable breeders you can still have issues pop up but it's not as common as dogs that come from bad breeders and or puppy mills. There are many things a dog and or yorkie can have but most are treatable and not a death sentence for the dog and they can still live very long happy healthy lives.