Beware of Queen Yorkies Palace
 

We got our yorkie from Queen Yorkies Palace in Denver, CO in July of 2008. Now, about a year and half later we discovered that our dog has severe liver problems.

We took our yorkie to the vet to get is teeth cleaned. During the routine blood check (to make sure it was safe to put him under) the vet discovered abnormally high enzyme levels in his blood. Suspecting liver problems the vet sent us to a specialist. After an expensive exam and ultra-sound it was concluded that our yorkie had an unusually small, under-developed liver with smaller-than-normal blood vessels throughout it. In addition, he was diagnosed with a liver shunt.

It will cost upwards of $2500 to repair the shunt. The underdeveloped liver and small blood vessels are genetic defects that cannot be repaired. Due to these problems our dog will now have a shortened life-span as well as future high medical and medicine bills.

I called Queen Yorkies Palace and asked Walt what he was going to do about it. He stated that since it had been over a year since we purchased him that they would do NOTHING. I called back later to demand that I get my money back and if I didn't I would post bad reviews about Queen Yorkies Palace on the Internet. Walt told me to "go ahead and do it".

Walt and Linda led us to believe that they bred their yorkies themselves. After doing further research it now appears that they buy their puppies from puppy mills and then resell them to unsuspecting consumers. They therefore are NOT breeders, but BROKERS of these little dogs.

PLEASE do not buy from this broker. We are obviously very attached to our yorkie now so putting him down is not an option. We will now be stuck with higher medical bills the rest of his shorter life. Please to not fall into the trap of buying a genetically defective dog from Queen Yorkie Palace like we did.

Sorry, but I also wanted to include my email address. Stockman20@gmail.com.
Please email me if you have and questions as I truly don't want other people to fall into the same trap as we did!!

So sorry about your baby.

I did an online search and found that their website has been taken down....?

Wonder if they are still in business.

Thank you, WalnutHill! I'm pretty sure they're still around unfortunately (they answered the phone when I called to complain).

Walt and Linda are back at it again. My dog had avascular necrosis and needed hip surgery at 6 months of age... they did nothing, really nothing. No returned calls nor e-mails. Truly uncaring of the dogs they sell. Too bad there is no way to shut them down and prevent others from the heart ache of owning a dog with preventable health issues..

Hubbard55: Where are you planning on going for the shunt surgery? If you are in Chicago, you are within driving distance to Tennessee. (I know Middle TN is 12 hours...so about 2.5 more to Knoxville). You can get the surgery and all necessary testing done there for around $1800, last time I checked. If you can, this is a GREAT option, they are the most reasonable AND the best when it comes to this procedure.

There should be lots of information about UT and Liver Shunts here as well as in the Yahoo Group:
Liver_Shunt_And_MVD_Support : Liver Shunt & MVD/HMD Support

Highly recommend you join this group, if you have not already.