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PrincessMia · 03-10-2006, 09:27 PM

i was curious if anyone else on the board has a yorkie with a luxating patella. Mia is 3 and we took her to the vet, and we thought she was as healthy as can be. We were getting her yearly shots, with our golden retriever, and the vet held her and said "oh she has a luxating patella". we were shocked. we had never heard of this. and as i researched it can be seen at 8 weeks?! even if we had seen it when she was a pup we would have kept her, but i hate to see a dog go through the pain and a $ 2,500 surgery because of breeding! our vet told us if the mother has it or father a couple of its puppies will. is this something that is common in just toy breeds or yorkies?
our biggest problem is keeping her still we have a tri-level and the vet said to keep her from jumping and going up stairs and the darn terrier in her won't calm down! she will not calm down she just keeps jumping on furniture and things to worsen her healing. i was just curious if anyone had the surgery done on their yorkie, because we did and im afraid with her yorkie ways she'll hurt herself again!

03-10-2006, 09:27 PM	#1
PrincessMia Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: US Posts: 15	luxating Patella i was curious if anyone else on the board has a yorkie with a luxating patella. Mia is 3 and we took her to the vet, and we thought she was as healthy as can be. We were getting her yearly shots, with our golden retriever, and the vet held her and said "oh she has a luxating patella". we were shocked. we had never heard of this. and as i researched it can be seen at 8 weeks?! even if we had seen it when she was a pup we would have kept her, but i hate to see a dog go through the pain and a $ 2,500 surgery because of breeding! our vet told us if the mother has it or father a couple of its puppies will. is this something that is common in just toy breeds or yorkies? our biggest problem is keeping her still we have a tri-level and the vet said to keep her from jumping and going up stairs and the darn terrier in her won't calm down! she will not calm down she just keeps jumping on furniture and things to worsen her healing. i was just curious if anyone had the surgery done on their yorkie, because we did and im afraid with her yorkie ways she'll hurt herself again!