One last point I want to make is that I don’t know if a topline problem always leads to clinical signs of things like spinal cord compression, etc., and gets to a point where surgery may be needed. I suspect though that it doesn’t in all cases. Yorkieloverz, I’m really sorry that you and your yorkie are dealing with this. I’d be very upset too if any of my dogs needed a surgery to fix that.
One of my dogs does have a topline that can faulter. It mostly happens when she’s scared or nervous and her tail is tucked, etc. When that happens she’ll look roachy. She’s also just a touch down in the front. But those are things that I certainly hope won’t ever lead to clinical symptoms of any issues.
It was actually a fairly big deal when I was showing her cause she’d always be nervous at shows. So the comment before in this thread about a handler hiding a fault, I know exactly what they’re doing - they’re probably making sure the dog is leaning slightly forward and has more weight on their front legs when stacked. And speeding the dog up when the judge has a side view of the dog. Those are things I had to do to try conceal her roachy topline when she was so scared and nervous. I’m thankful though that she doesn’t normally look like that all the time, and it doesn’t seem to affect her health. But now I gotta research this cause I’m curious. My other yorkie has an unbelievable topline that never faulters. Even when he’s trying to curl up into a ball to go to sleep, topline still nice and straight and solid. |