I have not posted on here in a very long time but I want to share my experience with you. I am not judging you or telling you what to do just giving you my perspective. I purchased 3 very nice yorkies from very reputable breeders with very good blood lines. I purchased them with intentions of breeding them but they were also my family pets. We have had them for some time and they just were not getting it done. We didn't do this for the money, my husband has a very nice job. I wanted to put a little better dog out there in my area. I wasn't at all worried when they didn't breed I just accepted it. We started talking about fixing them all when low and behold 1 week later my male breed my 2 year old female (my other female is a little over 3) we have had them all since they were puppies. Well we took her to the vet informed him we would be needing him on stand by and he gladly gave us his cell number. Well the puppies were born 12 days ago and she did a wonderful job having them with no help. The runt came last and did not warm up for some time. I was very nervous. The next morning we had to go to the vet to get supplement to feed the little girl. She did fine for the first week but on day 8 she was going down. We had to rush her to the ER vet at midnight and she was there until 2 am. This was 120.00 along with the 78.00 to get dew claws and tails done and the special formula, nutri cal, bottle, etc. I just want to say it is not always roses and you can't always count on making money. When breeders would get on here and say they made no money sometimes, honestly I didn't believe them. Well I believe them now. I am way too paranoid about where my babies are going to end up and that they get wonderful homes. I have a couple of close friends (older adults) that want them and honestly I am going to give them a wonderful deal just to be assured they have great homes. I have also offered to help potty train them after they go home because I know that is one reason dogs of all breeds end up in the pound because they just won't potty train (it isn't a matter of won't to me it's a matter of time and commitment) Well the runt has pulled through so far and is doing great but that doesn't mean it will stay that way my vet told me they can turn on a dime. My momma has needed a lot of extra nutrition. It has been a real long and tiring task on my entire family. We have had to get up every two hours for the past 12 days and 3 of those days I was extremely sick. My husband and I both are getting very cranky from lack of sleep. We are also gone for 6 hours to my daughters practice on Friday evenings and have to pay the neighbor girl to come over and feed twice while we are away. My sister came up this weekend for her birthday and we had to run home every 2 hours from shopping, eating, etc. to feed and check on the baby.
Sorry for the long post I just want you to see the path that gets very hard at times and should be considered before one decides this is a money prospect. This is my first litter and my dogs have been through the works at the vet so i can tell you they are very healthy dogs. I love my dogs and now see that everything the breeders on here warn about and harp on is right on the money.
Just my 2 cents
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