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Originally Posted by Lady of Yorkies I have questions too. But I am not an inexperienced breeder. I have bred Poodles and Cocker Spaniels. I was not in the mind frame I am in now and I am very worried about doing the wrong thing. To me Yorkies seem more fragile. I am on more than one Yorkie forum and most of the time when I ask a question I feel like I am being yelled at. There is no way I am going to let the person I feel is yelling at me know that I feel like they are yelling at me.
It is easy to misinterpet what is being said when you can't see the other persons face. And if you say the wrong thing because you think this person is yelling at you they might clam up just when they really had something you need. |
We were in the same position you're in when we whelped our first litter. We had years of experience breeding working breed dogs. We lost babies that first time because exactly as your intuition tells you, they are very fragile. They need to be kept warm and you need to be SURE they are nursing the first day especially, but for sure for the first three days. We had "tinies" the first litter weighing just around 2 oz. An experienced toy breeder would've brought them through but we misjudged. To our everlasting shame.
I didn't want to fuss over the mother too much, but the first 24 hours you need to take charge and make sure everyone's nursing and feels nice and warm to the touch.
Needless to say, if I can help you avoid these same mistakes, it will feel very, very good.
CJ