02-07-2008, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Ladymom  I know her weight came up in your other thread about breeding.
Do you know if her breeder screened her dogs for liver disease before breeding them? Yorkies are thirty-six times more likely to have a liver shunt than all other breeds combined. It is inherited so reputable breeders should screen the parents before breeding them. Even then, a shunt can still show up in a puppy.
A Yorkie can appear very healthy, but failure to gain weight is a symptom of a liver shunt. To be safe, you should have bloodwork and a bile acids test (BAT) done on her. Just bloodwork alone won't tell you whether or not she has a shunt.
A BAT is a very simple and inexpensive test, about $40-80 depending on where you live. Because of the high rate of shunts in Yorkies, Dr. Center, one of the leading authorities in the country) recommends that all Yorkie puppies have a BAT done before going to their new home.
Hopefully everything is fine, but you really need to get that test done to rule out a shunt. | Please do this. 
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