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suzcrawford · 03-20-2021, 06:46 AM

I want to start off by apologizing for the length of this post. I am so confused and need help from folks that understand Yorkies. I lost my precious 12-year-old Yorkie on Sep.11, 2020. She was not only my baby, my best friend but my constant companion. She was by my side at all times. She was there from a time of house full of 4 little boys to them growing into men, moving off to college leaving us empty nesters. She was a tough little girl. We didn't know she was sick until it was too late. She died of kidney failure. She had been for her well-check with normal bloodwork 7 months before. Also, our boxer mix who only knew life around Holly (She was 4 when we got him as a puppy) is grieving to the point of losing weight (our vet ran ALOT of test confirming the only thing wrong is he misses his Alpha Holly telling him what to do), and he is experiencing extreme separation anxiety. He has been put on medication for depression. Our vet told us to get him a bossy puppy like Holly because he is so skittish he needs an alpha. So began our search for the perfect Yorkie. We have spent months checking out breeders. Of course, there are 6month plus waiting list almost everywhere. We are on those waitlists, the shortest we are #21 and the longest #45. Then I came across a breeder on puppyfind.com. She is wonderful. She communicates everything. She has a 1lb 9-week old female puppy (we were concerned with her being so small, but her parents are 4 lb each. She isn't being sold as a teacup but everything I'm reading this morning sounds like she is) we were supposed to pick her up last night. The breeder called yesterday and said she had diarrhea. She took a stool sample to her vet and said she still had roundworms but it wasn't quite time for her last deworming. We decided to wait until morning to go pick her up. At 6;30am I received a text, she had been rushed to the vet. Results were her stomach flipped, According to the breeder, the vet said she caught it before it was too serious. She is still at the Vet. From what I've read this is life-threatening. My question is anyone's thoughts on this and should I back out of getting this sweet puppy. I have seen her. She is very tiny but beautiful and when I saw her she was very playful and seemed very smart. I just don't know what to do. I didn't intend on buying a teacup because I have read about health issues. If you were me, would you pass on this little one and wait for one on the waitlists?

03-20-2021, 06:46 AM	#1
suzcrawford YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: High Point, NC USA Posts: 4	Need help from folks that understand Yorkies I want to start off by apologizing for the length of this post. I am so confused and need help from folks that understand Yorkies. I lost my precious 12-year-old Yorkie on Sep.11, 2020. She was not only my baby, my best friend but my constant companion. She was by my side at all times. She was there from a time of house full of 4 little boys to them growing into men, moving off to college leaving us empty nesters. She was a tough little girl. We didn't know she was sick until it was too late. She died of kidney failure. She had been for her well-check with normal bloodwork 7 months before. Also, our boxer mix who only knew life around Holly (She was 4 when we got him as a puppy) is grieving to the point of losing weight (our vet ran ALOT of test confirming the only thing wrong is he misses his Alpha Holly telling him what to do), and he is experiencing extreme separation anxiety. He has been put on medication for depression. Our vet told us to get him a bossy puppy like Holly because he is so skittish he needs an alpha. So began our search for the perfect Yorkie. We have spent months checking out breeders. Of course, there are 6month plus waiting list almost everywhere. We are on those waitlists, the shortest we are #21 and the longest #45. Then I came across a breeder on puppyfind.com. She is wonderful. She communicates everything. She has a 1lb 9-week old female puppy (we were concerned with her being so small, but her parents are 4 lb each. She isn't being sold as a teacup but everything I'm reading this morning sounds like she is) we were supposed to pick her up last night. The breeder called yesterday and said she had diarrhea. She took a stool sample to her vet and said she still had roundworms but it wasn't quite time for her last deworming. We decided to wait until morning to go pick her up. At 6;30am I received a text, she had been rushed to the vet. Results were her stomach flipped, According to the breeder, the vet said she caught it before it was too serious. She is still at the Vet. From what I've read this is life-threatening. My question is anyone's thoughts on this and should I back out of getting this sweet puppy. I have seen her. She is very tiny but beautiful and when I saw her she was very playful and seemed very smart. I just don't know what to do. I didn't intend on buying a teacup because I have read about health issues. If you were me, would you pass on this little one and wait for one on the waitlists?