Roxie was not here on Earth for very long - just 6 days. She was born by c-section and struggled form the beginning. We had to give her 2 injections under her tongue upon being born to get her going. Then she never sucked like a newborn should, so I had to hand feed her. We started with a bottle and using a dropper, but the bottle was even hard for her due to her weak condition. I then read up on a lot of material, asked breeders a ton of questions and went to tube feeding her. That helped and we did it! Every 2 hours she was feed. She hated the tube though and would cry. I did not mind that I could not do anything else but watch the clock, feed her, and then clean up the feeding stuff, because I was so attached to her. She had this inner strenght that wa unbelievable. I called her Rocky - becasue of her strength. I brought her into this world and wanted to do everything I could to save her. I kept trying to place her on her mom n hopes that she would latch on, but that was not to be. On her 6th day she turned for the worse and lost more weight and got so dehydrated. She died later that day. I will miss you Roxie - love you girl! We had a lot of hope for you, but they needed you more in heaven and now you feel no more pain. We will miss you forever. You will always be in our hearts!
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This is a message for those that decide they want to breed and know nothing about it. Breeding is so hard, especially when you loose one. It is not for the weak and things happen. I could have also lost the mom too, if I had listened to the Emergency-vet (Gainesville, GA.) I took her to first when she stopped contractions. He told me to just go back home (25 min) away and wait it out and only check on her once every hour only. Luckily I got a hold of our regular vet as soon as I left the emergency vet and he had to do a c-section. If you have a per yorkie - enjoy them for being your pet and beware if you decide to breed. Things can happen and go wrong an a split second.
T.