My little Tiffany was 3.4 lbs before she tied on March 11th with my daughters Chihuahua - Ricky. This was (at first) devastating to my husband and I because Tiffany was only 10 months old at the time. I was really worried. . .sick, but then my vet made me feel a LOT better about the situation. He said that she should be just fine and that the Chihuahua puppies are usually very small too and that everything should be just fine. I took her back in at 45 days as suggested by the vet - to get an Xray to find out how many pups. This proved useless due to the fact that the puppies were so small - they couldn't get a very good Xray and just cost me $249.
Tiffany is 60 days and counting now and has not started nesting or panting. She competely stopped eating her Eukanuba dry food very early on. Since the whole dog food scare - I looked online for a good homemade dog food recipe and found one that consisted of boiled chicken (or cooked hamburger - but I use the chicken), white or brown rice, oatmeal, and carrots. She LOVED this for awhile. . .starting picking out the chicken and eating only that. So, I just fed her boiled chicken. Then she smelled our steak one evening and just HAD to have that!!! So, now I feed her chicken/steak or a combo of both now. MAN SHE IS A PICKY LITTLE (cute/sweet) BITCH!!!
I was feeling MUCH BETTER and even getting EXCITED about the litter - the Vet felt 3 maybe 4 (very very early on) and I now feel 3 (???) 2 FOR SURE!! The Vet Tech she thinks 3 as well. BUT. . .I READ ON HERE LAST NIGHT THAT SHE COULD DIE AT AN EARLY AGE FROM GIVING BIRTH SO YOUNG AND I AM TOTALLY FREAKED OUT!!!!! I LOVE THIS LITTLE DOG MORE THAN ANYTHING AND I LOST MY SASHA A WEEK BEFORE I GOT TIFFANY AND I JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN ANYTIME SOON!!! MAN, I WAS A MESS FOR A SOLID WEEK - UNTIL I GOT TIFFANY - AND JUST THINKING ABOUT IT AGAIN CAUSED TEARS TO STREAM DOWN MY FACE JUST NOW!!! ok - I'm better now. . .
ANYWAY. . .I am afraid she might have to have a C-Section and then will reject the little babies, I am afraid I could lose her, I am afraid that she might just BURST because she has gained 2 whole pounds - as of yesterday - now was a whopping 5.4 lbs.!!!
AM I JUST FREAKING OUT OVER THE MESSAGE BOARD POST I READ??
BECAUSE THE VET SAID SHE SHOULD BE JUST FINE!!
Now PLEASE!!! DON'T ANYONE COMPLETELY TRY AND FREAK ME OUT, BUT SHOULD I BE WORRIED??? WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT WOULD BE GOOD RIGHT ABOUT NOW - AS SHE IS ON HER 60TH DAY RIGHT NOW!!
ANYONE OUT THERE THAT HAS HAD A YORKIE THAT GOT PREGNANT YOUNG AND GAVE (natural) BIRTH TO A LITTER AND HAD NO PROBLEMS AFTER??
I would appreciate any and all help with this - I have only (before Sasha) bred Golden Retrievers and they never had any issues - at all. I understand with this tiny little breed - that I feel madly in love with (at first sight!)
there are different concerns because of their size and all, and she is very young. . .but COME ON!!! I just want to be HAPPY for her!!!
OH. . .and before anyone says anything about I should have watched over her and kept her away from males, etc.. . .I DID!!! I brought her in - and was putting her in the kennel as the phone rang - my daughter was taking her dog out - and they both ran into the bathroom - and BAM!! IT WAS DONE - I HEARD THAT TELL TALE YELP AND THAT WAS THAT!!! WHEN WE ALL RAN INTO THE BATHROOM - THEY WERE ALREADY FACING AWAY FROM EACHOTHER - WOW!!! HOW THE HECK DOES THAT HAPPEN!!??!! SHE WAS EVEN WEARING AN XSMALL DENIM DIAPER WITH A PAD ON!!!!! TRICKY RICK HAD HIS WAY WITH HER IN A MATTER OF SECONDS!!! LITERALLY!!! I WAS A BIT UPSET - BUT MY HUSBAND!!! WOW!!! YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS HAVING THEIR WAY WITH ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS RIGHT THERE IN THAT BATHROOM. . .HE WAS LIVID!!! WE ARE ALL VERY VERY CONCERNED - I AM JUST TRYING TO BE HAPPY FOR HER!!! I AM HAPPY FOR HER. . .THEY ARE GOING TO BE THE CUTEST, HAPPIEST, HEALTHIEST LITTER OF CHORKIES AND LIL BABY MOMMA IS GOING TO BE JUST FINE. . .RIGHT!??!
