Hi Marc. Welcome to YT. 9 weeks is young. I'm not sure if your breeder mentioned it or not but you should have Nutrical on hand. I would give you a ribbon size of it a couple of times a day. This will prevent her blood sugar from going down too low. Especially at night if you take her food and water away. How much does she weigh?
In so far as potty training - Yorkies are tough. Don't get discouraged. Some (Very few though) will train by 6 to 8 months of age while other take a good year to fully train and some yet take even longer. I have five and I have never had any expectations of being potty trained until atleast after a year and atleast for me, it's been pretty much on target. My toughest was Noel and she's now 4 yrs. old and I can finally say she's fully trained but she has some issues as she was a puppymill dog that was abused. For the most you will see your training pay off after a year old.
In so far as feeding what are you feeding your pup? I like Chickensoup for a puppylovers soul. It's a 5 star food wich is very good. They rate the food in stars with 1 being the worst rating and 6 being the best. I free feed the dry kibble and then at night I feed the canned chicken soup or I boil chicken, carrots and brown rice. You may have to do the wet food a three times a day as she's young.
Also, I'm not sure if your breeder mentioned what to use as far as walking etc. You want to use a harness rather then a collar as Yorkies are suseptable to collapsed tracheas. And you don't want to give her her shots all at once. My vet reccomend spreading them out. Another words if you give one shot then wait two weeks and go back for the other. Yorkies as many small breed dogs have a higher rate of reactions to shots.
Another suggestion I'd make is to get a big wicker basket and fill it with her toys and maybe a bully stick. If you find she's chewing tell her no no and take her to her basket and offer her one of her toys. Believe me it does make a big difference and I know mine love the basket idea as they always know where their toys are as I keep the basket in one place and near where they spend most of their time.
I'm not sure what else. I wish you the best with your new baby.
Elaine |