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Originally Posted by lovemymisty  I have a yorkie who weighted in at 4.6 pounds at the vet back in may. She got hooked up with a friends dog while pup sitting and well she had the pups aug 1. the first didnt make it I am guessing it sufficated because she didnt open the sak and the second one we were able to open the sak and help it to breath because she wasnt doing it. She did however take care of the third one.
Im wondering why she didnt do anything with the first 2 and if she is ok to have another litter seeing as she is only 4 pounds and i would just like more information. We are keeping the pup that we had to bottle feed and care for that night and the other is going to a friend. We are not trying to become breeders and pay our mortgage by her having pups by no means but I do want to make sure that she will be ok..
She is taking excellent care of both pups now.
any advice would be great and thank you |
As you found out, whelping a yorkie litter does take human intervention and not doing so does result in loss of puppy lives. There are so many things that one needs to do as each puppy is whelped to insure they have a good start and chance for survival.
As others have stated these next few days and weeks are crucial, to the mom and the pups. So many things can go wrong, so you must keep a 24 hour round the clock watchful eye. For the next 12 weeks your life is 100% devoted to this mom and her pups.
As has already been stated, there is so much in determining whether a girl is healthy enough to carry a litter and whelp. Your girl is much to small to breed. One thing thing that people don't consider when breeding one this small, is how many pups a bitch will concieve. Carrying 2 or 3 may not be a problem, but what if she concieves 5 or 6......her reproductive system is much to small and may not carry them to term, resulting in a whole different set of complications.