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bjh · 10-31-2009, 07:52 AM

I pray your little girl will be okay. Most likely she is just sick from eating a different food that she was not use to. You have to use a lot of caution with these little ones when it comes to diet. It is not that unusual for a expectant momma to go off her food but most of the time they will start eating again. In my 13 years of raising yorkies I have never had a expectant momma that was a picky eater that required any special food. She needs a good basic kibble and from there you can add a few things to entice her, like cottage cheese, hard boiled or scrambled eggs, a little boiled chicken and rice, etc. On occasion I will have one do a little vomiting and dry heaves so I will just give them a little karo syrup and water to settle their stomach. One canned food that all of mine like is the canned Pedigree Healthy Digestion, it contains chicken and brown rice. I always avoid any dog foods with beef in them because that always seems to make mine sick.

I know you are worried about your girl. Around 28 days is a critical period in a dogs pregnancy. It is during this period that she could possibly absorb her pups. Under nutrition and over nutrition can both cause birth defects and problems for the unborn fetus.
Birth Defects in Dogs.

Please keep us updated on how she is doing.

10-31-2009, 07:52 AM	#6
bjh Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 7,959	I pray your little girl will be okay. Most likely she is just sick from eating a different food that she was not use to. You have to use a lot of caution with these little ones when it comes to diet. It is not that unusual for a expectant momma to go off her food but most of the time they will start eating again. In my 13 years of raising yorkies I have never had a expectant momma that was a picky eater that required any special food. She needs a good basic kibble and from there you can add a few things to entice her, like cottage cheese, hard boiled or scrambled eggs, a little boiled chicken and rice, etc. On occasion I will have one do a little vomiting and dry heaves so I will just give them a little karo syrup and water to settle their stomach. One canned food that all of mine like is the canned Pedigree Healthy Digestion, it contains chicken and brown rice. I always avoid any dog foods with beef in them because that always seems to make mine sick. I know you are worried about your girl. Around 28 days is a critical period in a dogs pregnancy. It is during this period that she could possibly absorb her pups. Under nutrition and over nutrition can both cause birth defects and problems for the unborn fetus. Birth Defects in Dogs. Please keep us updated on how she is doing.