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I have a tiny little girl, and through my research and talking with others, if it's bred to be a tiny, it seems they have more problems, you know, tiny mother, tiny father bred to be tiny so they can get more money. But if it's a tiny, that is just the runt of the little, they seem to do better and have far fewer problems if any at all.
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This is an interesting point. I don't know the exact circumstances of her breeding, other than that she was bought on impulse, with no prior thought or research....and I always just imagined them buying her off a parking lot or something!
Regardless, being a total impulse purchase, I really DOUBT that they pd. thousands of dollars for her, which one might imagine would have been charged if she'd actually been BRED to be a tiny. You know?
When I get her papers, I'll try to research her breeder more.
Since this family did NO research into the breed, and didn't intend to end up with a "teacup", they also were completely unaware of any potential health issues. So they weren't guarding against hypoglycemia, etc, and yet, there were never any problems.
As for liver shunt....would that have surfaced by now? She's nine months, and never had a seizure or anything. Can I feel hopeful that any major congenital problems are unlikely? Or can those develop down the line?
A vet has pronounced her "the picture of health", however, I don't know what that means. Since the previous owner acted like she was hearing about "liver shunt" and "luxating patellas" for the first time when I mentioned them, I don't know if she was checked for those or not.