Many potential puppy parents just fall in love with the furry faces and don't realize what health risks shorkies are at risk for. Make sure your Shorkie breeder is open and honest about the Shorkie breed and does not hide this from you!!! Any Shorkie breeder claiming that the breed is not at risk for health issues is not being truthful. They should know exaclty what health risk shorkie puppies have.  Mix breed dogs are NOT healthier!!

#2 The Adults being bred

The Shorkie breeder said all her breeding adults  dogs had been seen my their  regular vet so that must mean the dogs are healthy and will produce healthy puppies. The breeder you are considering has had their lines for many year and had no problems so there must be no problem in the lineage anywhere

MYTH!!!!

Regular vets for the most part are not experts in the field of breeding or reproduction.  Due to this they may not feel they have the right to tell a client not to breed or may feel that they will lose business by doing so.  Sadly enough even if a vet did tell a breeder not to breed the breeder may not listen and only give into the parts of the conversation the breeder wanted to hear.

No matter how good a vet is it is impossible for one to tell that a dog being considered for breeding is clear of genetic disease by just doing a routine examination.  Genetic testing that has been developed to weed out these issues call for the qualifications of a specialty veterinarians that are qualified to do the testing not just a regular vet.

You would think that Shorkie breeders that have been breeding for a while would take the money they make from the puppies they produce and get the proper genetic testing done. This would clearly be in the best interest of the Shorkie puppies being reduced and save so many families that adopt shorkies the heart break of a unhealthy puppy

It is devastating to encounter genetic disease  of any kind in any breed, . Families around the world  have their hearts broken when their furry family member is  crippled goes blind, found to be deaf, dies from heart problems, or is suffering  with some other gentic issue that could have been found if the breeder did the proper genetic testing .   we believe at the Shorkie Club Of America that Shorkie breeders that want to be responsible test; irresponsible ones do not test. Pure and simple

When Shorkie breeders take part in conducting genetic screening it is because we are dedicated to the ethical and healthy development of this breed. We are reducing the chances that our Official Shorkie Puppies will not be affected by the diseases that plague the shih tzu and yorkie breeds

MYTH!!!!

The American Kennel Club is only a registry. AKC registration does not guarantee you a quality and they cleary state it on their site  sire.

So just because your Shorkie Breeder has AKC dogs does not mean they are quailty and should be bred

The AKC does not register shorkies or approve of mixed breeding

It is not based on health and keeps no records of health. It is up to the breeders to individually screen their potential breeding adults