This pic is from today. It pretty much looked like this yesterday too. If this was a huge raging bruise like it appeared before it would still be traces of it in some of the darker areas. There is nothing there. Just a small finger tip sized amount of darker skin near his breastbone that I honestly can't see well due to a tuft of hair right over it. To the naked eye everything that looks purple in the pics actually looks more red.
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/pic...ctureid=139741
(Sorry not sure how to make the pic show up in the post directly)
Anyway, point is I'm not trying to argue about this. IF it was an accident by the kids or by the baby then we are already on guard about that. The kids weren't alone with him, by the way. and this isn't the first time in his 5 years with me that he's been over there, or around kids. I have 10 nieces and nephews. He loves the kids and loves to play with them and sleep by them. Accidents do happen. We have rules. Harness comes off immediately now, just in case he was yanked. The little ones already aren't allowed to pick him up and they don't. Nephew knows not to let puppy to jerk and pull on leash if he's walking him outside.
If it WAS A RASH then I have to be on guard for this to happen again and to try to identify what caused it. Maybe I never will. Point is, it matters whether this was a bruise or a rash.
My point in posting was because i was having a hard time finding images for rashes or even bruises on pups on the web that looked like what I was seeing.... so I wanted to share in case someone else needs this and to get perspective from others about what a rash or bruise looks like on their yorkies.
My dog has never had an injury or bruise or rash before aside from something with his poor little butt after a terrible kennel experience. So this was new territory for us.
Thanks for concern, well wishes and opinions!! And thanks for reading my novela length posts!