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Originally Posted by britt1005

JUST SO YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN FACT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS LEFT A COMMENT ON HERE THAT MAKES ANY SENCE AT ALL TO ME ... I WILL BE RESEARCHING IT MORE B4 I GO ON AND DO IT .. BUT THE WHOLE THING ABOUT EVERY ONE TELLING ME TO GO GET ONE AT THE POUND WASNT RIGHT TO ME MADE ME FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS WOULD RATHER ME GO OUT AND BUY HER A BABY INSTEAD OF LETTING HER GET HER OWN ..

Hon, thank you for reading my comments with an open mind. I appreciate that. I think you might want to ask yourself, WHO wants the baby?? Her? or you?? Believe me, your little girl isn't thinking like a human does.. I want a baby... I know that when we get a sweet purebred pet that we would love to have more of them.. It is an inticing idea to breed our own babies. I can tell you from experience that puppies are hard work and you will find that although the mom may or may not want to stay with the puppies.. I had to lay down in the pen with them to get mine to stay with them. Within a few weeks it is not MOMMY who wants to stay with the babies.. it is YOU that will have to. It is really hard on the moms. If that is what you want to do, I really think you should breed her to another yorkie. And you really should have her tested by the vet and make sure that the male is tested as well. The last thing you want is to have unhealthy babies. Not all yorkies can carry and birth babies. The vet should look at her structure and make sure she is the right size to havev babies without hurting or possibly killing her. Especially if you try to breed her to a maltese. If the maltese has a bigger head for instance, the puppies might not be able to pass thru her birth canal. I don't think anyone is trying to make you feel bad, it is just that we are passionate about yorkies and we want the best for them. And believe it or not, we want the best for YOUR yorkie as well. Please , if you have your mind set that this is what you plan to do, please speak to your vet and ask him questions about all we have said on here. Make sure she safely can have puppies..... Make sure she doesn't have anything genetically wrong with her that can produce unhealthy babies.. Same for the male.. for the sake of YOUR baby, make sure the male has been tested too. Good luck

PS in answer to your question, the female will tell you when she is ready. She will not allow the male to tie with her until she is ready. That is usually between 9-12 days after she starts bleeding.