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Originally Posted by Zeus is Loved  Glad he's coming along -- I knew he would! We just got a second Yorkie from the same man we got Zeus from, and I am going to have him x-rayed around 10 months at the suggestion of the vet, since we had the LCP with Zeus. We sure hope Perseus doesn't have it. The man said that Zeus is the first Yorkie he's ever had that's had LCP. My vet said the same thing as yours, as well as the orthpaedic vet that did Zeus's surgery. Once of those kooky things that just happens sometimes. We have a vet hospital at Miss. State University which is less than 30 minutes from where I live; however, I was told the ortho vet that did Zeus's surgery was really good. We decided to stick with him, and what do you know, my boss knew him. He also studied at Miss. State. Good luck with a continued easy recovery!  |
Be sure your breeder is kept right up to date so he can be watching that breeding pair closely....I also had it show up in ONE puppy, after breeding that same pair at least 6 times....never had it again....and that one lady has a litter mate of the pup that had the LCP! No evidence of an issue in that other baby! Your breeder is absolutely correct! This is NOT a genetic issue, they do not really know WHY it crops up suddenly......I had a 16 page research study conducted by 3 major vet schools on this....I lost that paper when my computer crashed last year....never was able to retrieve that research and it was priceless and a wealth of knowledge....