Vet Bills.

[Cassandra]

Thanks Mike, your word 'link' is the best way to describe it.

Since my wife & I didn't have any children between us, our Yorkies & cats were like children to us.

The Yorkies are extra special insomuch as they were with us from the very start.

Anyway, some positive news is that I've found out why our Yorkie stopped eating & seemed to be losing her spark.

She has lost quite a few of her teeth, which the vet said wasn't a problem, & health wise it isn't. However, it did mean that she couldn't pick up her food from her deep doggie bowl so she was wanting to eat but couldn't get the food into her mouth & then gave up trying.

She must have been really frustrated that she couldn't eat her food but neither could she tell me why she couldn't.

So once I realised I now cut up her soft pouch food & put it on very shallow dinner plate so that she can use her tongue to push it into her mouth & she's now eating again & she's got the spark back.

I dread to think what could have happened if I hadn't twigged what the problem was.

Such simple things and of course they can't tell us. My friend Annie had the same problem with one of her Yorks a few years back. They erected a cam to watch the food plates and noticed it's sister York, then started pulling the food from her own dish to the floor, so her sibling could eat! My little one is a 'Biewer' a German originated Yorkie breed, namely a 'Tri-colored' version, but she's a very small (6lbs).

She had a 'hanging' front upper canine about a year ago and stopped eating too. The Vet advised leave her to her own devices and let it drop out, meanwhile to 'hand feed' her with Chicken or Liver strips. A week or so later I found the tooth on the floor. Trouble is she wanted the hand feeding to continue.

I couldn't resist her at first, she's very clever this tiny thing, at playing me for a complete co-operative plonker!

[Michael Rolls]

how absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!
Phil = so glad to hear your news

[Cassandra]

how absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!
Phil = so glad to hear your news

Yes Mike, nowadays almost an appendage. Just likes being with me all day and night! She travels around in a pouched shoulder strap carrier, made courtesy of the local saddler! Very much the midget matriarch, she keeps the other two in order, although Albert reviews her protests with a certain 'Highland Disdain', which is very amusing to watch. Has definite barks for whatever task she expects me, as her Butler to perform. Is intuitive and instinctively knows when I'm unwell, or upset etc. The best of the three as a 'house-dog', her hearing is like 'Jodrell Bank', with huge ears compared to the rest of her, which can rotate a full 180 degrees!

[Michael Rolls]

lovely!

[Alex]

Who'd have thought such simple solution ? so glad she's ok now Phil and Cass ! what a little treasure 💕

[Diasi]

Once again, thanks for all your good wishes.

The transformation has been quite dramatic, from being sat in her bed, listless, to being first out of the traps & sat in the middle of the kitchen waiting for her food tonight & later coming up for her treats.

I suppose, despite the stress, that fact that she stopped eating got her to the vet two months before her next due checkup & a couple of issues were diagnosed earlier than they otherwise would have been.

Cass, that little pooch is gorgeous!

[Cassandra]

Thanks Phil, I'm really so glad your little one is now OK. They (Yorks & Biewers) are such tough little creatures that when they're 'offside' they tolerate discomfort with such stoic application that they can kid you into thinking they're OK when in fact they have such small constitutions, the reverse can apply.

I got her from a very eccentric lady breeder. She was German National Puppy outright champion, but grew up too small to breed, or show. So eventually she gratefully accepted my offer to buy her. She is truly tiny, but thankfully not by in-breeding, just the luck of the draw. So she's always been very healthy, apart from her dental loss (es) and my they do pack a lot of teeth for such small dogs!

They get to mean everything I've found as I know you feel towards yours too.

[Diasi]

Thanks Phil, I'm really so glad your little one is now OK. They (Yorks & Biewers) are such tough little creatures that when they're 'offside' they tolerate discomfort with such stoic application that they can kid you into thinking they're OK when in fact they have such small constitutions, the reverse can apply.

I got her from a very eccentric lady breeder. She was German National Puppy outright champion, but grew up too small to breed, or show. So eventually she gratefully accepted my offer to buy her. She is truly tiny, but thankfully not by in-breeding, just the luck of the draw. So she's always been very healthy, apart from her dental loss (es) and my they do pack a lot of teeth for such small dogs!

They get to mean everything I've found as I know you feel towards yours too.

They do indeed mean everything, which is why we try to give them the best lives that we can.