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Originally Posted by bonnielynn  Atticus had his neutering on Monday. Like you, I was so afraid. Like you, we thought he would be 4.5 pounds. But at 7 months he is only 3.5. Looks like that is about all he will get. Our breeder is as surprised as we are. His mom and dad are between 5 and 6 pounds.
Our vet was very careful with how much anesthesia she gave Atticus. He was really groggy the day he got home. Now he is his normal perky self, however, w/ bouts of diarrhea. We are assuming post-op reasons at this point. He came home with an E-collar and was miserable. I felt so sorry for him. I took it off to see what he would do. So far he hasn't messed with the stitches. No luck in keeping him from running around and jumping. But everything seems to be healing okay.
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I brought bentley home about an hour ago. He did wonderfully! Vet said he woke up right out of surgery just perfectly. I was soooo worried about the anestesia. As soon as we got home we took off the e-collar because 1. it's too big for him and 2. we wanted to see how he would do without it.
He has not licked at the stitches or anything. We can't keep him from jumping up onto our couches but if he get's routy and runs and plays and stuff we will put him in his playpen. So far he's just really sleepy. That could also be caused by the dose of pain meds we gave him when we got home. The bottle says 'may cause drowsiness'...
Welcome to YT! I'm sure you will find many many friends here.
Yes sometimes yorkie weights aren't always what we guestimate. :P
At 9 weeks Bentley only weighed 1.8 pounds... But we soon found out that he apparently had the doggie flu and kennel cough or just flu? idk... He refused to eat, was lethargic and finally started shaking... Well we took him to the emergency vet and they said he was fine, just try to get him to eat... Well when we got home he wouldn't eat. A few hours later he had a siezure, we found out he was hypoglycemic (from my research and help on YT)..
We then forcefed him baby food via syringe and he came back to life slowly but surely. YAY!
Ok long story short. You'll find a lot of help here on YT not only for your yorkie but the info can also be used for other dogs you may have.
Good luck!
Brittany