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03-22-2004, 12:00 PM | #16 |
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| How is Blondy doing? I hope he's okay, and am saddened to hear about your situation. Best wishes to you both! |
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03-29-2004, 05:27 AM | #17 | |
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Also, I am so sorry for the problems you are having with Biggie [he sounds like such a sweet baby]. We too searched for several months for our Yorkie and almost did what you did. My husband found a breeder in Dallas [has a really slick looking internet site!!] we had chosen the puppy that was exactly what we were looking for and he told us that she would be flown INSIDE THE CABIN to the airport closest to us since we didn't have time to go down to Dallas and pick her up. He told us that he had a deal with American Airlines to do this and even gave us a flight number! The same day we were going to wire him the money for the puppy we were so excited my husband called down to Lambert [St. Louis] to find out exactly where to meet the flight and American Airlines didn't have a clue what he was talking about!!! They told him that animals that were traveling alone would be placed in the baggage compartment!! We were mortified! He was furious and called the breeder and told him that if he lied about delivering the puppy he could also be lying about everything! We were heartbroken! He kept searching until he came up with our "angel" vet who just happens to be only 45 minutes from our home in Alabama and she referred us to our breeder in Marietta, GA! Toto is absolutely perfect so far and it makes me furious to hear what happened to you! There should be laws to protect innocent people from breeders like the one you dealt with! Please keep us informed on his progress and we will keep him and you in our prayers!
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03-29-2004, 10:55 AM | #18 |
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| bettyanne: I've heard they are full grown at 18 months. But I think the growth slows down at about a year or so. So your Toto still has a bit to go. |
03-30-2004, 03:58 AM | #19 | |
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__________________ Toto's Mom - http://www.dogster.com/?206581 Yorkie Rescue Colorado - http://www.yorkierescuecolorado.com/ "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits." -- Albert Einstein | |
03-30-2004, 09:09 PM | #20 |
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| First of all sorry to hear about your baby. I know how hard it is to see them ill. I love my guy so much that I still wake up in the middle of the night to check if he is breathing. He is two years old now. About the growth question, they reach full size at 6 or 7 months. The standard weight is between 3 to 7 pounds. If they exceed that weight they are considered "Silkies" . These guys are 8-12 pounds. If there are any other questions let me know, I'll give you whatever insight I have. We all know that a good, happy, and healthy Yorkies makes a happy owner! Keep us to date with Biggie's health. |
04-01-2004, 01:07 PM | #21 |
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| Well Mr. Biggie will be 6 months old in 2 days; his health seems much better. After several bouts' with hypoglycemia at first, he seemed to almost 'outgrow' his weakness. His cough is still present, but seems a bit less frequent now. We are still working on potty training as I am probably not as diligent as I should be....I feel like I'm gone so much it's hard to be consistent. I am going to a potty training class in a couple of weeks at Petsmart; hopefully they will offer some good, new suggestions!! Biggie weighs a whopping 2lbs. 1ounce now; and crazily he seems so big when I look at tiny puppy pictures!!! I must need another one |
04-01-2004, 02:26 PM | #22 |
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| Well good to hear blondy! If you are away a lot, I'm sure Mr. Biggie would enjoy some company! Good luck on potty training. It sometimes gets frustrating, but once they get it down, you'are all good to go! |
04-01-2004, 06:16 PM | #23 | |
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Again, we are so happy to hear your baby is better!!
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07-23-2005, 12:14 PM | #24 | |
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| Silky Terriers are not big Yorkshire Terriers Quote:
Yorkies were originally bred in England from various types of terrier, including the Skye Terrier, Leeds Terrier and Maltese. At first, the Yorkie was a much bigger dog than today, but selective breeding of the smallest ones has shrunk them over the years. The Silky Terrier was originally developed in 19th century Australia primarily from the Yorkshire Terrier and the Australian Terrier plus other terrier breeds such as the Skye and Cairn. A Silky has a wedge shaped head (longer muzzle and flatter skull) while a Yorkie has a more dome shaped head and a shorter muzzle. A Silky is a little longer in the body than tall at the shoulders but a Yorkie is about the same length in the body as it is at the shoulder, giving it a more square shape. One thing they both have in common though, is that they are loving and devoted companions! | |
07-23-2005, 12:22 PM | #25 |
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| Again According to the SPCA, dogs (including yorkies) grow until they are a year old. As in humans there are exceptions, but the dog does not stop growing until a year, it may be a very small amount, but he does grow until then. They say that most humans quit growing at age 16, I grew the most between 16 and 21 (4 inches, which since I come from a family of munchkins was appreciated). No set rule, but on the whole, it takes a full year to achieve full growth. |
09-25-2005, 03:12 PM | #26 | |
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hi i have had my wee jaz for 5 yrs he was 10 weeks old when we got him he has had a persistant cough for his hole life and seems to be getting worse over the passed few months after a visit to the vet and a steroid injection then antibiotics he seems a wee bit better but still does the coughy chokie gagging thing when he is excited i just joined the forum about half an hour ago and have had heaps of usefull info but i think his problem is a collapsing trachea as he did have kennel cough a few years ago and it cleared up with antibiotics and i used a baby cough bottle that my vet advised "tixilix" or just a simple linctus as it eases and lubricates the throat have you tried this? | |
09-25-2005, 10:10 PM | #27 | |
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| An Xray is absolutely required, as are many other procedures. CT can vary greatly in it's degree and it requires an xray to find out how bad it is. Your pup might do fine with some lifestyle changes, medicine, or may require surgery. However this can't be known until some tests are performed to determine the degree of the problem. I suggest seeing a vet who specialises in small dogs, or at least getting any vet's second opinion. There's lots of treatment options and the diagnosis of CT shoudl come with at the least, a degree. For example a 1st degree collapsed trachea can be treated with lifestyle changes. A third degree requires medicine ususally. A 5th degree is ultra serious and surgery might be called for. Is it thoratic? I mean, how much of this dog's trachea, and which parts, have been collapsed? There's a lot of info you should be getting here. Here's some things you can do to help: Make sure he is WARM, especially in sleep. Try a heated crate and keep it on as much as possible. Do you smoke? Cigarette smoke is TERRIBLE for CT pups. It inflames their throat and cuases more collapse episodes ( when he's honking like that ). I have a dog with CT and I had to start smoking exclusively out doors and as far from him as possible. Has he been tested for other respitory problems? It's odd that your young dog is this problematic, and frankly it's a really bad sign. However sometimes young dogs with the soft trachea defect will have CT episodes when a second problem is there. Kennel Cough, Flu, Cold, and other such infections could be bringing this on. Unless he's had lots of bloodwork done to check for signs of an infection, and also some other tests for various other tracheal issues, then your diganosis is not complete and you need a better vet. If all your vet did, was massage his trachea, hear him honk, and then say "Yeah, that's CT", then you need to go elsewhere. That's only enough to create a clinical impression and not enough for a usefull diagnosis. If he's honking for an hour, the case sounds very severe and I shudder think what the poor pup is suffering. Another thing I wanted to address was this: Quote:
I have also spoken with the president of the YTCA, and the nice lady in charge of Yorkie Rescue and the Collapsing Trachea website. They all agree that untill more research is done, there is very little breeders can do to eliminate this defect. Most specialists see this as a polygenic disorder, which means that many different genes combined in a complex pattern of heredity create the weakened cartilege that leads to CT. In this pups case, the Collapse might have been triggered simply by the stress and horror of being air shipped. The pressure differentials could be sufficient trauma on a small dog to lead to a collapse event. If this occurs in a place where the animal is upset, the CT cycle begins as the dog pants hard in stress, leading to more collapses, leading to more stress. I would not be so fast to villify the breeder. Other than giving prospective breeding pairs a trachea massage to determing if a mild collapse symptom is allready present, there is nothing they can do. Retrospective reporting of symtomatic dogs is being considered, but there is no official guideline or understanding of how to breed this out. Research is being done to identify ways to test for the defect before a collapse occurs, but this is not yet available. Estimates of the propagation of this defect in the yorkie breed range from 20 to 100 percent. This is the reason that we often use harnesses instead of collars. It's not, as I have often read "because their small tracheas are so delicate", but because we don't know if a given pup may cary the defect or not until it's already developed a collapse. We use harnesses and halti's as a "just in case this dog has the defect" measure, hoping to reduce the stress and trauma on the trachea, to prevent a CT episode. I hope this helps. Here's the thread where I discussed this with the breeders, and my sources for this info: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18164 | |
09-30-2005, 03:03 PM | #28 |
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| Blondy 50, I just want to tell you about my experience with bad cough, because I know how you feel right now. My Yorkie -baby girl had a terrible cough all the time for 4-5 month, since the time I bough her. Very often cough was at night (non stop). I spend so much money for vet. Visits, medication, chest X-ray , CT scan, antibiotics and treatments. My poor little girl was taken a LOT of all different kind of antibiotics and cough medicine but nothing was helpful. I was sure that it was Collapsed Trachea before we did CT scan (found no Collapsed Trachea) but my baby was dying of that cough. Cough was getting worst she was in the hospital for 3 days, getting medications, IV therapy, some kind of treatment, she was not eating, not drinking just coughing and coughing … I want to tell you that saved her life, because I’m sure this is a good advice for you maybe for somebody else too. One of the vet. Doctor told me this cure that’s really helped. Nebulizer with Gentamicin (liquid antibiotic for inhale) and Albuterol- bronchodilators. What I did is I found a empty plastic box (any grocery or other store or even at the garbage ) then I wrapped it with a clear wrapping paper (I could see my baby inside) and put it up side down to stay my baby inside (to make a small closed area) Then made a hole in plastic just to put in the end of nebulizador (for steam medication to go in) and I was giving this nebulizer treatment for 15-20 min twice a day for 10 days. On 3rd or 4th day my baby stopped coughing at all, but I continued giving her this treatment for 10 days (all together) . Believe me it works because I went through everything and this is really helped. I even bought nebulizer machine because it was cheaper then go to the vet twice a day for 10 days. You can ask your friends and borrow nebulizer machine for 10 days, I’m sure somebody should have it. Then you need to buy only Gentamicin antibiotic liquid it comes in syringe 2,5ml, but not for injections, for nebulizer-inhaler, so your baby will inhale it and it will come directly into his lungs. And Albuterol for nebulizer also. I remember I paid 20$ for 20 dozes of Gentamicin in vet clinic. Blondy if you live in New York, I can give you my nebulizer machine to borrow and I even have few vials of Albuterol left I can give you. I also made a picture of box how it looked and my yorkie girl was inside getting treatment just for you to have an idea . I’m sure it will help. One of my friend had same problem with his dogs and he did exactly like I told him and it’s also helped him too. And also I remember that vet Doctor said that immunization for Kennel Cough not supposed to be given if the dog already have a cough at that time, even a little, because it will make the cough worst. I don’t know how about you, but this is exactly what was happened with us, I thought immunization will prevent, but my god was getting worst and worst after immunization because she already had a cough at that time. O.K. Good luck to you and I wish your poor baby will get well soon! http://foto.radikal.ru/0509/6a22eba02ca2.jpg http://foto.radikal.ru/0509/cef9d29d981c.jpg |
10-01-2005, 04:18 PM | #29 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: cherry hill
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| Hey Just be careful your little doll doesn't have that canine flu that is going around. It supposedly mimics kennel cough. Look into this please! |
10-02-2005, 09:12 PM | #30 | |
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