I was looking on here because I just lost my 18 1/2-year-old dachshund. I LOVED HIM SO MUCH!!!!!! But now, reading what you wrote, that is so true! I think I will wait a while before getting a dog again, and it will probably be a miniature dachshund! You really have to watch their backs. I paid seven thousand to fix his back, and thank God he could walk again! Thank you for opening our eyes!

Heart problems is a common cause

Aww sorry to hear that. I’m glad you and your Yorkie are very close and love one another

Could possibly be a collapsed trachea. It is very common in the tiny dogs. I lost mine last year. She was 13 and weighed 3 lbs. she lived about 6 mos after diagnosis. We would sometimes have to hold her upright and fan her in face to keep her breathing. When they cough it is a different sounding cough. Please have yours checked out. A good vet will recognize it immediately. There are some meds to make them more comfortable but , unfortunately, it is not curable. Good luck with your fog. I hope it only has a bad cold or post nasal drip from allergies.

I feel your pain because we just lost our Teacup at 3 years old and we’re still crushed. We want another one but I think that we’ll most likely get a standard size Yorkie that will have less health issues and life span is double.
Our Vet advice was to stay away from Teacups due to health issues so as much as we really want another Teacup we can’t deal with another lose.
So I feel your pain and your not alone!

I’ve read as much as I can about Teacups after losing our first Teacup and unfortunately she only lived 3 years and had to put her down.
My story is at the top of the page about what happened. But article after article says they live 7-9 but I see some people on here have had great like and their dogs are 10.
I loved our Teacup and would really like another one but our Vet told use after putting down our Teacup to stay away from them because they usually have a lot of health issue because there so small. Some people get lucky but we weren’t one of those people.if you buy one I recommend getting pet health insurance on your Teacup. I had Embrace Pet insurance and my son has Nationwide Pet Insurance. This is just a suggestion because you will eventually need it.
The day we lost our Teacup we got billed $2,400 which $240 was for an individual cremation.
The Teacups are so much fun and so dam cute but I don’t know if we’re going to take another chance buying another Teacup. We may just go back to buying a standard Yorkie so we have her 11-15 years and lease health issues.
The key is finding a quality breeder which I have found very difficult in my area and I really don’t want to ship the puppy.
I wish you the very best!
Jim

See handed her to me and she was lifeless and I text my vet and she said bring her right in. They got her in and her temperature was low and her sugar level was very low so the vet got her sugar up to 320 and recommended an ultrasound so we took her to the ER.
In just that 20 minute drive her sugar went from 320 to 75.

After meeting with the ER Vet she basically said almost the same thing that she was extremely sick.Both the Vets agreed that she was leaking the protein from any food was eat.
I guess looking back maybe that’s why she never gained any weight in 3 years.

So now losing her has just broken my wife and myself.I never would’ve imagined losing her at 3 years old.
I’m happy to see many of you have had your Teacups for many wonderful years
With you fur baby!
Not sure what our plan is after having such an awful experience. We would love another Teacup but we really don’t want to go through that again.
Unfortunately we may switch back to a normal size Yorkie and hopefully prevent another heartbreak again.
But our Teacup brought us such great joy and so much laughter and love.
We had her cremated by herself and we brought her back home.

I have a 2yr old yorkie and I had considered breeding her but after reading the comments I’m having second thought and I’m thinking about having her sprayed. I don’t have a clue where to start to have her reproduce I love her so much and don’t want to hurt her or be made to suffer. Can you please reach out to me via email hopefully you could give me some much needed advice. Right now I’m leaning toward to having her fixed