Blucrest Yorkies - Bohemia, NY

[enzosfamily]

Hi, anyone on here get a Yorkie from Blucrest? We got our Enzo from there - he will be 10 on Sunday!

[ourfirstyorkie]

I haven't been on YT for a long while but I wanted to reply to your post. I am happy that you have a healthy pup! And Happy 10th birthday to your Enzo.
We got first pick of a litter a few years ago from Donna. We fell in love hard. Our pup was the perfect Yorkie specimen. She was beautiful, wasn't nippy, didn't bark and she was so loving. Unfortunately she had a few things wrong with her. The first was easy to diagnose and treat. That was Legg-perthes disease. The second was very expensive, fairly long and very traumatic for me and my young children. She was born with her "lower unit" malformed. A very heartbreaking long story short it means that she would forever soil herself. Very very very heartbreaking. I would bathe her several times a day. It didn't matter if I let her out 40 times a day, she would ultimately urinate wherever and deficate wherever...even in her bed. . We heartbreakingly surrendered her to Donna. Donna sent us away with nothing. She basically said that the problems with this beautiful baby were not the result of poor breeding. I have to wonder.
That being said, I am the furmom of 4 awesome furbutts who are healthy,happy and amazing!

[enzosfamily]

Oh I am so sorry to hear that! You must have been so devastated. While my darling Enzo is 10, we have had ongoing health issues his whole life. When he was young he vomited chronically (now resolved) and at 4.5 years old, he had his first seizure. He has higher than normal bile acids but an MRI proved no exterior shunt on his liver but believed to have interior shunting. He also has grade 2 and 3 luxating patellas.

I chose to treat him completely holistically for his seizures - and now he has them about 4 times a year but gets monthly laser, chiropractic and now accupuncture treatments and daily herbs and homeopathic treatment. I also make all of his food. His care is not cheap lol but he has a lot of spring in his step as he tries to keep up with his 2 yr old Morkie brother.

I personally will never buy another dog again as I volunteer with a wonderful small dog rescue and most likely would choose a mix instead of purebred (due to this experience) but we will see what the future holds! Love my two furbabies so dearly!

[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by enzosfamily

Oh I am so sorry to hear that! You must have been so devastated. While my darling Enzo is 10, we have had ongoing health issues his whole life. When he was young he vomited chronically (now resolved) and at 4.5 years old, he had his first seizure. He has higher than normal bile acids but an MRI proved no exterior shunt on his liver but believed to have interior shunting. He also has grade 2 and 3 luxating patellas.

I chose to treat him completely holistically for his seizures - and now he has them about 4 times a year but gets monthly laser, chiropractic and now accupuncture treatments and daily herbs and homeopathic treatment. I also make all of his food. His care is not cheap lol but he has a lot of spring in his step as he tries to keep up with his 2 yr old Morkie brother.

I personally will never buy another dog again as I volunteer with a wonderful small dog rescue and most likely would choose a mix instead of purebred (due to this experience) but we will see what the future holds! Love my two furbabies so dearly!

You had me in total agreement, with not wanting to BUY another dog, but would choose a rescue....great idea, socially beneficial, and wonderful for some little innocent pup that has been left to a rescue situation.

BUT, then you correlated your bad experience with that pup being a purebred, as opposed to poorly bred. I want to assure people that may be reading this post, that it is a myth that purebreds are automatically cursed with health issues, whereas mixes or "mutts" are the picture of health. That is just not true. There is a HUGE difference between "purebred" and "poorly bred"....these terms are NOT synonymous and are not interchangeable.

I am so sorry you are having the horrific issues you are having with your precious Enzo. These issues are not because he is a purebred but because of congenital /genetic birth issues, some of which could be considered breeding/breeder related.

[Marhcarter]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

You had me in total agreement, with not wanting to BUY another dog, but would choose a rescue....great idea, socially beneficial, and wonderful for some little innocent pup that has been left to a rescue situation.

BUT, then you correlated your bad experience with that pup being a purebred, as opposed to poorly bred. I want to assure people that may be reading this post, that it is a myth that purebreds are automatically cursed with health issues, whereas mixes or "mutts" are the picture of health. That is just not true. There is a HUGE difference between "purebred" and "poorly bred"....these terms are NOT synonymous and are not interchangeable.

I am so sorry you are having the horrific issues you are having with your precious Enzo. These issues are not because he is a purebred but because of congenital /genetic birth issues, some of which could be considered breeding/breeder related.

I used to be one of those people who touted the superiority of mutts over pure bred dogs, but after being a member of YT for several years and absorbing the wealth of knowledge offered here, I now concur with the above statement. In fact, I was extremely disappointed when my veterinarian made a comment once implying that mutts were hardier and healthier dogs.

[enzosfamily]

I understand and fully agree that of course not all purebreds have issues and mutts are certainly never a sure thing. My dog's seizures might be very well due to an adverse reaction to a vaccine when he was little.

My personal opinion is that I most likely will get another mix someday but as I said in my last post, who knows - ? Yorkies own my heart but when Enzo started getting sick I was devastated - I still cry about it so you have to respect that I certainly, personally, have the right to be a little concerned about getting another purebred or maybe even more so finding a breeder. I have spent thousands of dollars treating Enzo for the last almost 7 yrs. We drive two hours to our beloved Vet who saved him. Every month we take him for some kind of treatment - happily. I have dedicated a great part of the last seven years seeking vet after vet - ones who think outside the box and are interested in trying new methods of holistic treatment as the conventional vets I saw first were disinterested and just wanted to try quick fixes that could further damage his liver.

Has it been a relief that my two year old Morkie (rescued from a puppy mill - talk about poor breeding practice - sad) luckily hasn't exhibited any health issues yet? Absolutely - is there a guarantee he won't? Of course not - I always say that I was meant to have Enzo because I will never stop trying to cure him and he has provided such an education - home cooking, vaccine avoidance, prevention through chiropractic treatments, holistic herbs, laser treatment, etc. Enzo is all Yorkie - I love his personality and the most loyal friend you could ever ask for.


I am sure there are wonderful breeders out there and I know there are tons of purebred Yorkies living long healthy lives. I fully expect Enzo to be with me as long as possible and will stop at nothing to make it happen.