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10-01-2013, 04:26 AM | #1 |
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| How much should Cherry be sleeping? (6 weeks old) I ended up just picking a birthday for her based on the vet's guesstimate if her age- August 20. Which would make her 6 weeks today. How much should she be sleeping? She's still sleeping A LOT! She usually sleeps almost all night (from about 9-10 until 4-5). We give her nutrical before bed-though should we continue giving this to her since she's almost 2 pounds? During the day, she sleeps a lot, too. When she's awake, she's got tons of energy: playing a ton, growling! Lol, exploring. But when she gets tired after 30-45 minutes of play, she conks out for an hour or two. I'm not really worried, since she's got so much energy when she's awake, but I just wanted to make sure this was normal for her age.
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10-01-2013, 06:22 AM | #2 |
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| puppies sleep a lot, more than half the day and then all night (if you are lucky) May I ask where you got her since you are unsure of her age, I also saw your other thread with the photos and thought she looked older than six weeks, she is cutie that's for sure. Welcome to yorkie talk, with having such a young puppy it is great you found this place because there are a lot of very knowledgeable people here. Please read all the thread on caring for such a young puppy.
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10-01-2013, 06:31 AM | #3 |
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| If your estimate of her age is close, then it's perfectly normal. Zoey was about 8 weeks when I brought her home. Like Cherry, she slept most of the time but when she was up, she was bursting with energy. Playtime didn't last long and she'd get tired and sleep again. Does Cherry's eyes get watery (tears) when she's tired? If so, I'd like to suggest you wipe her eyes often. It might get infected. |
10-01-2013, 06:38 AM | #4 |
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| I see you have young children, I am sure they are like all kids and love the puppy and will probably fight to hold it. You probably know this but small puppies can wiggle so hard that I swear you would think they weigh 20 lbs not 2 lbs. I apologize in advance but LOL I am being a mom here so I am sharing some rules that might help all new yorkie moms especially those with young human kids 1. No one wake the puppy from a nap 2. No one hold the puppy without you there and without them being on the floor. 3. No one hold the puppy while on the couch, a chair, while standing and while walking. Puppies this small can die if dropped even from the distance of chair. (there are two threads right now in the RIP forum about yorkies dieing as a result of a fall) 4. Hard to get the kids to comply to, but running and stomping feet in the house should not happen now that you have a puppy. 5. put a small collar on the puppy with a bell, yorkies have a way of getting under your feet and therefore can easily get stepped on. 6. crate the puppy and get her used to sleeping and resting in her cage, keeps her safe and your floors clean. I say these things because of the numerous times I have read on here about yorkies that have died from being dropped or getting stepped on, and not only by kids but by adults as well. I hosted a yorkie party and watched a very experienced yorkie mom sitting at my kitchen table hold a young puppy that squirmed so hard he basically popped out of her arms and fell to the wood floor. Good luck the puppy stage is so much fun but LOL can also be full of challenges, take lots of photos they grow up so fast.
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10-01-2013, 06:56 AM | #5 |
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| foget my questions on where did you get her, I now recall the story about the woman lying to you on Craig's list.
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10-01-2013, 06:57 AM | #6 | ||
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I was told she was 7 weeks, but when I took her to the vet, the vet said she was 3-4. We're mostly guessing. I suppose she could be 7 weeks. But I doubt much older than that, since they start to grow their hair and look more yorkie-like around 8 weeks, right?
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10-01-2013, 07:04 AM | #7 | |
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10-01-2013, 07:24 AM | #8 | |
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A vet just told me that my 8 year old dog was in such GREAT health and condition that she would have put him at 5 years old if she had to make a guestimate on age. So the vet could actually be a few weeks off. (my proud mommy moment! )
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10-01-2013, 07:51 AM | #10 | |
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I totally agree!!!
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10-01-2013, 08:04 AM | #11 | |
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My boys slept 22hours a day until they were 4 months old. They curled up together in their little bed and just slept ALL the time! I hardly knew I had puppies for the first 2 months I had them home! LOL
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10-01-2013, 08:11 AM | #12 |
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| wow your lucky you got a healthy lil girl right there. cl is so bad....after puppy doe i will only look at the ads and beg people not to list there dogs for free on cl.
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10-01-2013, 08:18 AM | #13 | |
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10-01-2013, 08:41 AM | #14 |
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| Horrible people on craigslist, you should report them to the humane society because what they did to those babies and the mother isn't humane, glad she's healthy though. there are much more experienced breeders on here to give you great advice than I ever could, but they sleep a lot |
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