My Nugget is now 17 weeks and 1 lb 12 oz. She has been with us for about 10 days. I have two other yorkies but she is the smallest by far. She has been much easier to train than the other two were, although she does have to go pee more often and she cannot hold her poo for even 5 seconds. Once she's decided she has to go it is go now or else. She sleeps through the night.
I've not had any problems re feeding or hypoglycemia (sp?) nor am I expecting any. She's very good at telling us that she is hungry. I feed her three times a day, small portions. Periodically she will push the bowels around the room between meals and so I'll give her three or four pieces of kibble just to tide her over.
Tonight we are going to attempt our first bath. This should be fun.
I don't treat her any differently than I do the other two except to make sure she doesn't attempt to jump off anything. She has mastered the stairs in the house which really surprised us. She wrestles with Turbo, chases him round and round the house. Every now and then her sharp baby teeth nip Turbo a little too hard and he gives her what for. She doesn't play with Little Bear our 12 year old female, she seems to instinctively know that Little Bear is not well.
The vet says she's healthy as a horse and except for her tiny size is a great little yorkie. He worries about her being too small as it makes surgery etc a little more risky.
Enjoy your little angel. |