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Originally Posted by shawnzeppi  2 of our 3 yorkies have had this grim disease. We are currently dealing with the diarrhea and the blood tests to monitor albumen levels with our 3rd Yorkster, and of course the special diet with no fat and prednisone dosage. If there is a way to screen for this and breed it out, it would save our pets and owners so much pain and worry. |
I am so sorry. I hope your pups get stabilized and it can be managed for a long time.
I hope they do find genetic markers for this so that at least the good breeders can monitor their breeding pairs for it. Unfortunately, many breeders don't bother to do genetic testing so it will never completely be gone. We just need to educate people not to buy puppies from breeders who don't test.