Hypoglycemia is somethign that all yorkies are susceptible to their entire lives, some more than ohters. They are tiny dogs so there is not much reserve and they need to eat every 4 hours or so.
That said, a puppy who has had one episode should not be adopted out until he is past the "dangerous time in his development". This will be different for every pup. I got one at 1o weeks who got coccidia at 11 weeks and then developed low blood sugar because his tummy hurt and he wouldn't eat. He was on an IV on Christmas Eve and then we had to syringe feed him for a week every two hours and the vet had given up on him. Our breeder helped us thorugh it nd he is alive and healthy today at 3 lbs and one year old.
This incident was so hard on me that when I bought Ava, I refused to take her until she was 11 weeks becasue she was so little. In hindsight, however, Ava was a much sturdier puppy that Buddha and she would have been fine. I am a strong believer in leaving the puppy where someone who has experinced this before and knows waht to do...that is not always a vet because they give too easily in my opinion in some instances. it i a scary thing and takes alot out of a person. This is one of the experiences that taught me that I could never be a breeder.
I would say you should still get the puppy but let her keep him until he is 12-16 weeks old. |