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Ples · 10-30-2007, 09:14 AM

To be honest, I would seriously rethink breeding them at all. I recently bred my 2 Yorkies, both pure bred and had a litter of 3. My male was 2 years and my female a year and a half. I knew nothing other than we wanted another baby. Joy had a great pregnancy although you could see it was hard on her at the end to carry the weight of the puppies. She weighed 6 pounds. The delivery went well, but was a very traumatic experience for both my husband and myself. It is hard on these dogs to deliver. While for the most part they know exactly what to do, it is still an emotional experience. Like human beings, the contractions HURT the mom. While we have our human babies in hospitals with doctors and nurses to assist, you are on your own with only the information available on line and from your vet. We were trying to watch and make sure all was well while constantly checking our papers to see what to expect next. We had had an x-ray to know for sure how many puppies, but the process was slow. Our puppies came approximately an hour and a half to 2 hours apart so it is a LONG process. Forget about sleep that night, and it will probably be at night. The bottom line also is that it is a VERY messy business. We had a whelping box, lots of pads, etc and knew about the mess, but it is still not a fun process to clean up. Then after all that emotion, remember, the mom usually eats the afterbirth and it has to go somewhere, so be prepared the next day for vomiting it all back up or diahreah. Then, the heart break really started. Our 3 puppies were born with a rare genetic disease called hypotrichosis. We now have 5 dogs, and it will be impossible for us to keep them all. We are in the process of deciding what we can do. In my opinion, for what it is worth, breeding should be left in the hands of the truly knowlegable and experienced. I wish you good luck if you do decide to go ahead.

10-30-2007, 09:14 AM	#43
Ples Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Thurmont, MD Posts: 68	Breeding To be honest, I would seriously rethink breeding them at all. I recently bred my 2 Yorkies, both pure bred and had a litter of 3. My male was 2 years and my female a year and a half. I knew nothing other than we wanted another baby. Joy had a great pregnancy although you could see it was hard on her at the end to carry the weight of the puppies. She weighed 6 pounds. The delivery went well, but was a very traumatic experience for both my husband and myself. It is hard on these dogs to deliver. While for the most part they know exactly what to do, it is still an emotional experience. Like human beings, the contractions HURT the mom. While we have our human babies in hospitals with doctors and nurses to assist, you are on your own with only the information available on line and from your vet. We were trying to watch and make sure all was well while constantly checking our papers to see what to expect next. We had had an x-ray to know for sure how many puppies, but the process was slow. Our puppies came approximately an hour and a half to 2 hours apart so it is a LONG process. Forget about sleep that night, and it will probably be at night. The bottom line also is that it is a VERY messy business. We had a whelping box, lots of pads, etc and knew about the mess, but it is still not a fun process to clean up. Then after all that emotion, remember, the mom usually eats the afterbirth and it has to go somewhere, so be prepared the next day for vomiting it all back up or diahreah. Then, the heart break really started. Our 3 puppies were born with a rare genetic disease called hypotrichosis. We now have 5 dogs, and it will be impossible for us to keep them all. We are in the process of deciding what we can do. In my opinion, for what it is worth, breeding should be left in the hands of the truly knowlegable and experienced. I wish you good luck if you do decide to go ahead.