Hi! I have a new baby boy too. Well, I have had him about a month, and he's almost 4 months old. I am not sure how much I can help, but I can tell you what I have experienced in the first month:
1. My baby, (Teddy) didn't poop in the right place in the beginning either! he would leave the room or go behind something. I guess he just wanted privacy. It slowly got better, but he will usually go to a pad in another room to poop.
2. Barking and whining at night? Teddy only barks and cries at night when he has to potty. I usually get up at night to potty anyway, so I always take him in the bathroom with me, and I turn on only the heat lamp so it's not so shockingly bright in the middle of the night, and I go potty and he has a pad on the other side of the bathroom that he uses if he has to go too. Sometimes he goes, sometimes he doesn't. But it works good. Then we go back to bed. Also, I don't talk to him when we get up at night so hopefully he won't think we're getting up to play.
3. Our breeder fed Teddy Eukeneuba, so that's what I give him. I have compared it to Nutro, and it has higher protein and fat, and our Vet said it's a very good food. He likes it and does fine with it.
But, my Vet said that when they are small, their digestive system is like a baby's and you shouldn't give treats or change foods. When I asked about training treats, the Vet said just give him a piece of his food. Yesterday we worked with a trainer and I hadn't planned on doing that and didn't have his food. They gave him biscuits or cookies, and by last night he had diarrhea. Today he seems ok. The one treat I do give him and that doesn't seem to bother him is the dried chicken chews. He loves them and I hear it is much better than the rawhide chews that are not good for them to swallow bits of.
Good luck with your baby! Hope this helps a little.
Family of a new baby boy yorkie
Hello, my name is carla and we are the new proud family members of our baby boy duke who made 12 weeks today. He also made one week with us.
I have a few questions if someone can help us.
1. He urinates in the right area, but does not poo in the right area. Please help us understand this.
2. About the same time every night he gets up and bark and whine for no reason. Please help us understand this.
3. Most important, we are undecided of which brand of food we should get him. Want to get the brand which will be the best for him. The ones we are considering are: Old mother hubbard, eukanuba, nutro natural choice, royal canin, or authority. Please let us know which of these or another brand which you suggest.
Thank you,
duke's family