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Originally Posted by rants  Now I am all nervous! The breeder gave me information on low blood sugar and said to feed her 3 times a day and add Kayro to her food. She seems to be doing very well... we keep a constant eye on her and will be. She is playing well but I only let her play for 10-15 minutes then she rests again.. any other suggestions I should follow? I thought 6 weeks was standard to release from breeder? She will be 6 weeks tomorrow... the breeder took her to the vet Friday and she got her shots, she won't need any more until 9 weeks. |
No, six weeks old is not standard. The Yorkshire Terrier Club of America's Code of Conduct requires Yorkie breeders to keep puppies until they are 12 weeks old:
8) All puppies leaving the breeders possession will be a minimum of twelve (12) weeks
of age to facilitate adequate socialization as well as appropriate emotional and
temperament development through interaction with siblings, dam and other dogs. http://www.ytca.org/ethics.html
Not only is the risk of hypoglycemia great, poor Mya has missed out on many valuable lessons she would have learned from her mom and littermates had she been allowed to stay with them longer.
Six weeks is awfully young to get vaccinations, too. Dr. Dodd's vaccine protocol which has been adopted by 27 vet schools recommends that puppies not be vaccinated until they are nine weeks old. At six weeks, she probably still had natural immunities from nursing which the vaccinations have probably killed off.
