So it turns out...
 

That my puppy may have Atlantoaxial Subluxation. She has an occasional cough, so she had x-rays done to check for collapsed trachea, but there are no signs of that. The vets did notice the possibility of her having Atlantoaxial Subluxation, although it could have been the position she was in is just making it look like that. She would need to have x-rays done in the proper position, and would need to be put under for this. I don't want to have to put her under more than needed, so I think I'm going to wait until she's fixed in a few months time. I have to keep her relatively calm (good luck), and watch for any difference in her walk, or the way she holds her neck, etc. I'm really hoping she doesn't have this, or it could mean her having to wear a neck brace, or have surgery depending on the extreme.

Has anyone had any experience with this before?

Welcome to YT. I sure hope it turns out she doesn't have this. If it ends up she does there are a few others on here who's babies have it. You may want to do a search.

Thank you.
Here are a few pictures of Marley.

Welcome to YT! She is adorable! I hope everything turns out fine!

Marley is beautiful! Thanks for sharing pictures.

I'm sorry to hear about your poor baby. There are many people on here who know so much, I'm sure they will be able to help. She is a doll, absolutley adorable!

Prayers coming your way.

Marley is beautiful!! Welcome to YT!! I'll be praying for your baby

She is so so so cute! Will be saying a prayer for her.

She is so adorable. Hope everything turns out really positive for you and your furbaby.

I'm so sorry to hear this:eek: MyBabe4Me's baby has this and he needs a cart to get around now:( Please seek out a specialist for this, as it can be fatal if their neck decides to just go sometime:cry: Whatever you do, don't let that cutie jump up or down from furniture or get too wound up.

Hugs to you:girl_hug:

Welcome to YT... sorry to hear about your lil furbaby - hopfully things will turn out okay in the future...

What a sin.

Hopefully it turns out to be nothing, she seems fine now but I guess you never know.
Thanks for the support everyone, I appreciate it. :)

AW what a cutie hope everything turns out ok keep us posted

OH Hon ,
I am so sorry to hear that your sweet baby might have AAI/AAS. I have a lot of experiance in this department. I do not know if you have done any research on this if not if you go to Babybear's web page on Dogster you will learn alot. Please if you go to his page please click on the diary section. This is not a congenital defect to mess with. My babybear broke his neck and we did not know that he had AAI/AAS. So please do not let her jump up or down cross a floor that is tile, wood or any flat surface she might not want to anyways. Please consider the special xrays they will save her life. This defect can be a death sentance if not caught in time. I do not want to scare you but I do not want to see you go through what I have with Babybear. He is my heart and sole, but we have come a long ways in a year plus. He is now in a wheelchair to walk he walked in his wheelchair and now has freedom before he was on the floor, couch or were ever I would lay him. Please check out his web page. check the whole thing You will get a lot of information and hopefully you will under stand how serious this defect is. Please treat your pup like it was a china doll because they can break their neckes that easily.Babybear only jumped off my lap and that where my hell started. Sorry if I am scaring you. But I am very worried about AAI/AAS pups if they do not get the help they need ASAP.
Welcome to Yorkie Talk. I am sorry you are going through this with your pup. Give your baby sweet kisses and belly rubs. Here is Babybear's webpage:
http://www.dogster.com/dogs/136060 Pm me if you have any further questions please. Do not hesitate. I am on a lot if you do not hear right back from me I am most likely doing a therapy for Babybear or working with him in his cart. I will be gone during the day tomorrow for about 5 hours but will be back to answer any questions.

Aww what a sweetie he is. I'm still reading through his diary, looks like he's doing better and better. I'm trying to be as gentle as I can with Marley, but it's hard because she's a crazy puppy. I don't wanna take all her fun away from her, but if she does have it I don't want to take any chances. I'm going to look into finding out sooner, because I don't want to worry for months if it's nothing, and if it is something then I want to know so we can do what we need to.

Can I make a suggestion to you?? If you don't have one go to a second hand store and see about buying a baby playpen so when she wants to run around she is in a soft spot just in case she falls she will not injure herself. Yes please get her tested sooner. The meds they use to put them out for this are not as strong as the meds they give them for surgery so it will not last as long. Please keep me updated. I am really worried and I tend to be a worry wart when it comes to AAI/AAS pups. I will keep checking back to see how things are going. Like I said please if you have any questions ask. I am also with another group that has many AAI/AAS pups on it if you are interested I can send you the group name. I am a monitor on that group and can send you an invite. Just let me know.
Give Marley a belly rub(gently lol) and Babybear says to please send some yorkie kisses to her.

Saying a prayer for you and beautiful little Marley - I love that name, my brother used to have a sweet Great Dane named Marley

I believe my 4 year-old yorkie may have collpased trachea. I took her to the vet and he hinted that this might be the proplem however he treated her for kennel couh with a round of antiobiotics (clavimox). Anyone with any information on collapsed trachea or how to more precisely diagnose this sad condion please let me know! I hate for my baby to be sick.

I have an exercise pen that I keep her in when I'm not there, and I took apart her crate because I kept it in there and she loved to climb on top, so now it's just a bed. I'm going to call my vet today and try and figure something out for Marley. I'd love an invite to that group as well.

Yorkiesmiles: Thanks, as soon as I saw the name I knew it was perfect for her!

AUBLUE: Marley had to go in for x-rays to check for collapsed trachea. Like your Yorkie she was on clavamox, but it wasn't stopping the cough so that's when she had the x-rays done. They don't see any problems with her trachea, but as she still has an occasional cough, there's the option to do an additional x-ray where she swallows something and they x-ray her trachea as it goes down. I'm sure your vet will have plenty of information for you.


Thanks again everyone!

Marley is such a cutie! I'm glad you are getting lots of good information and hope you will keep us posted. I agree with you that looking into sooner would be a good idea. I know I would be worrying constantly until I knew more!!! Good luck! :)

I've never heard of this condition, but I'm sure you are worried sick... I just went through a scary injury with Pippa, and I was so scared I thought I would vomit.

Pippa and I send healing thoughts to you....:hug: