Like I promised here is a couple pics of my tigg man.

one with me and tigg

and the last one of him walkin down the street.

Tigger
 

Hi,
Thank you so much for sharing..
I just wanted to reach in and hug him!
You are so lucky to have a health happy baby!
I have 4 other Yorkies, just love the breed.
Tigger was the only one ever to have any problems.
I never knew how lucky I was! Hold him close and love
him like theres no tomorrows.
Here is my email address you are welcomed to contact me anytime.
Your Tigger boy will have a place in my heart..
Nell ..... juannell@msn.com

I am so sorry for your loss and thank you very much for warning us.
Tig is our Messanger Angel.

Thank you, Nell and I am so terribly sorry about your beautiful little Tigger. I have never heard of this and am so thankful that you are sharing the information with us! We Yorkie lovers try to learn everything we can about them ... not only for ourselves but for unsuspecting owners who come here with questions. Again, thank you!

That picture of you and and you precious Tigger is beautiful. He was a real cutie. I am so sorry for you loss. I is wonderful that you loved him so much that you want to help others with your new forum. His memory will be kept alive by all the babies that will be saved by knowing about Tigger. Thank you for sharing this info and I am sending a special hug for a very special fur-mom. God Bless you.

AAS - survivor
 

Hi Nell
So sorry to hear about your furbaby. I am all too familiar with AAS as my little man Sedrick is a survivor of it. I would be glad to share my experience with the symptoms, surgery and the rehab that Sedrick endured and if you'd like.

Regards
Lorraine

Buddie is a Survivor
 

My yorkie, Buddie, survive this. We found a neurosurgeon that was able to diagnose him and do surgery immediately, after visiting many doctors with no solutions. I knew something was wrong for a long time, but no one could diagnosed it. One vet said he was just doing it for attention and to ignore him. Buddie was just ten months old when he had the surgery.

After the surgery, I had to teach him how to walk again, feed him canned food with a fork, hold him outside to go potty, it was awful and just broke my heart. (and the bank! The surgery was very expensive.)

Now, 3 years later, he is doing great! He can walk and play with his little sister, Cali. He walks funny and his body is kinda curved now. He slips and falls a lot and can't jump on the couch or anything like that. He is very fearful of curbs, going from the hardwoods to carpet, etc. When standing, he usually balances on just 3 of his legs. He definitely has permanent damage, but all in all is a very happy dog.

He has just recently been playing a lot more and learning new things. We practice walking up the carpeted stairs for him to gain strength back.

I would love to talk to anyone that has a yorkie that has survived this illness and to get advice on what to do now to make things better. No one is familiar with it at all, so no one can ever help. Most vets are amazed at what I know and don't know anything about it.

Thanks for doing this!

So glad you found YT - Welcome :) - There are actually quite a few AAI/AAS babies here on YT and also at the Yahoo Group (Congential Group).

These are members that I can think of off hand, but I know there are others too....
mybabe4me
Bleu Boy Barber
2yorkiesformama

Thank you for sharing your story. I have never heard of this disease before today. I am so sorry about your baby. :(

I am so sorry about your baby. Thank you for letting everyone know about this disease. It breaks my heart for you. Know that he's in pain no more. You are in my prayers.:lovewings

:heart toMia and Karen:heart to

My little Lucy had this and went through the surgery, too. Hers was the result of a broken vertebrae. The dens broke and was pressing into her spinal chord, but she had the surgery to correct it. She also had to be held to go potty. She had to learn to walk again, too. She, also walks funny and has a curved body and stumbles and falls a lot. I call her a sidewinder. She can really move across the yard when she wants to, though. She like to play tricks on me. She asks to be picked up, but when I go to pick her up she runs a short distance away so that I have to go after her.

I don't know what I would have done without Vicki and Val. (Blue Boy Barber and mybabe4me). They diagnosed Lucy before the vet did and I had already been following the thread about Bleu and thinking it was AAI/AAS before Vicki contacted me.