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01-06-2014, 11:51 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Fort Worth, TX
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| My little girl wants to be a mom! Hello all! My little 3 year old Baby Girl is going into her 5th heat (i think) and we want to have puppies. I rescued her from a situation where her 88 year old human owner was being abused. We got my elderly friend to safety and I took the last pup so she could keep her one little precious doggie (my baby's mommy). She has been a TOTAL BLESSING...OMG I love this dog so much!!! My new husband and I want to have the joy of pups since we can't have our own children Does anyone have any advice as to how to pursue a good stud, reasonable fees, correct protocols and care? We live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. I have read up on the pregnancy and delivery information, plus my 88 year old friend taught me everything (she allowed her dog one litter per year). I'm new to this site and very excited to meet fellow Yorkie lovers. They truly are the best breed of small dogs on the entire planet!!! In my humble opinion, blessings...BabyMom |
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01-06-2014, 01:49 PM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| If you really love your girl, I recommend not breeding her. Pregnancy and delivery is really hard on a small dog. You have to consider if you are 1) willing to risk losing her, 2) financially prepared for a costly c-section, 3) prepared for potentially costly vet care and round the clock care for puppies. When I was a kid, my cat had kittens. She did it all on her own and everything was great. I was shocked to learn here how much more difficult it is for dogs, especially Yorkies. Even experienced breeders experience a lot of death in their puppies and breeding girls. My heart couldn't take it. The good breeders do costly genetic testing and exhaustive research into breeding lines to try to prevent producing puppies with genetic defects like LP, Legg-Perthes, and worse. Read the breeders section and reconsider if you really want to do this.
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01-06-2014, 02:06 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Mesquite, TX
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| My best advice is DONT DO IT. Anything that can go wrong will, and you will end up with a C-section, a mom who doesn't want to take care of her puppies, you will be bottle feeding them every hour on the hour and it will take its toll on you. (and will cost you close to $3000.00 for C-section, medication, etc and that's not even counting vaccines) Trust me! Its better for all if you don't. You know nothing about this dogs lines, you know nothing about breeding in the short time you've had her and honestly, if you love her so much, you will not want to see her go through this. I'm going to be blunt here- puppies will not replace your need for children. And as someone who has bred their female and had it all go wrong, I can speak with honesty when I say its not worth it.
__________________ "You've never learned to live until you've done something for someone for which they can never repay you."~Ralph Hall. Last edited by McheleM; 01-06-2014 at 02:08 PM. |
01-06-2014, 02:24 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Michele, can you post a link to your thread or the post where you shared everything that happened with your little girl? Just so the OP can see where you are coming from.
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01-06-2014, 03:02 PM | #5 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| If you love her that much don't risk her life because you could end up with no puppies and no mother dog. Just get her spayed and buy another puppy it will end up cheaper anyway. When breeding you need to make sure you are breeding good bred dogs, you need to know there lines for many generations back for many reasons one to know if there are any health issues and also to know how big the dogs and how big and puppies where, genetic and health testing is very important, its also important both dogs are AKC registered, that the female is over 5 pounds and that the male is less then the female, that you have a mentor to be there with you when the mother is going into labor to make sure every angle is covered and that the mentor knows what to do if a baby gets stuck or something else happens. Are you prepared to not get any sleep for having to bottle feed these babies if there mom dies or rejects the puppies? Do you have several couple thousands of dollars for emergency care, regular care, tail docking, dew claw removal and so on?
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
01-06-2014, 03:03 PM | #6 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Also would like to comment on the little of the thread dogs would be completely fine never having puppies they don't have the same wants that humans have.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
01-06-2014, 03:29 PM | #7 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| No, your little girl does not want to be a mom!!
__________________ Annie, Mom of Dolly Teena & RIP Sweet Roxie |
01-06-2014, 03:52 PM | #8 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Seattle
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| If I were you, I'd do the research somewhere other than a public forum. Contact multiple vets and other reputable breeders. Unfortunately, in a pubic forum, you are going to get a ton of opinions and personal experiences that aren't generally what you are looking for. If this is something you want to do, just know that there are all of the same risks in having puppies as there are with having a baby yourself. (I'm sure you know that.) Sadly, as much as I want to love this forum because I am a yorkie lover and keep trying to find the good posts, I've not seen much "love" to new comers with different wants/views. Stick to the "fluff" posts about clothing and potty training.
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01-06-2014, 04:00 PM | #9 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Land of Oz
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| I feel your pain.. Dr's told me I could not have kids so I got my little boy Guinness then I decided I needed a little girl to complete my family so I got my Stella... Somehow I managed to knock myself up and added another girl to the mix and trust me when I say she does not want to be pregnant cause it sucks!!!! Haha I say adopt.. Go find a little big that needs to be rescued but don't risk your little girls girlish figure and her innocent little boobies that would never be the same.
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01-06-2014, 04:01 PM | #10 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: England
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| It's so much more complicated than you can even dream of. Then again, you'll likely go ahead and do this thing anyway, so please just make sure you have a big bank balance to take care of the endless expensive things you'll likely have to do to keep your precious girl alive through it all.
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01-06-2014, 04:11 PM | #11 | |
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__________________ Alisha mommy to Guinness Stout 7 & Stella Artois 5 & Teagan 4 Guinness & Stella proud Teapot Club Members | |
01-06-2014, 04:33 PM | #12 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: new zealand
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| Please listen to everyones advice Dont put your precious girl through it, adopt a new puppy or 2
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01-06-2014, 06:44 PM | #13 | |
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Here ya go. Also, there are other stories out there that don't end in "happily ever after". I got lucky- I have midwifery experience, I had a breeder on speed dial, as well as the other breeders and member who stepped in to help, and I am thankful for that. But given the option, I would prefer not to put my girl or any other dog through this.
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01-06-2014, 07:07 PM | #14 |
and molliluv too! Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Irving TX, USA
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| I agree with every thing said here. If you really want the experience of puppies you can offer to be a foster mom for a local shelter. They always need people to help house momma dogs with young pups or young pups without a mom. This way you are helping save lives. Especially if your little girl has already been 'abused' as you say, don't you think she deserves to just be loved as a family member? I don't have children, my clock has been ticking lately but believe me when I say I get my fill of "babies" working at the animal shelter. You can volunteer and care for puppies or foster, its a great way to help animals and get that 'baby' fix.
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01-06-2014, 08:34 PM | #15 | |
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