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Originally Posted by uruwashiix3  Its cold outside in the 30's and I'm worried he might get too cold or something. He's got a vet appointment this week. But the neutering thing. Gremlin is my christmas gift from my boyfriend and he doesn't wanna get him neutered, he's planning on studding him out.
But what do you bathe your yorkies with? Something that I can easily get from petsmart or petco. I'm not really into the whole ordering it online.
Right now I'm feeding him puppy chow, is there anything better? Maybe eukanuba for yorkies or "blue" |
Welcome to YT! You'll find lots of great information here. Check out the health and diet section for suggestions on feeding- puppy chow (or anything you buy in the grocery store) is a really poor food choice. Yorkies have sensitive stomachs, can have food allergies and are prone to developing pancreatitis- so a healthy diet is a must. The food may seem like it's expensive at first, but with higher quality foods, you end up feeding less per meal and you will end up with a healthier dog (meaning less in vet bills). I alternate between Blue Buffalo and Taste of the Wild.
I hope you think long and hard before you decide to stud him out. You first of all need to know if he is a good representation of the breed. Then you will need to have his hips and knees certified. Then you will have to have him checked for STD's. Then you will be on the hook for half of any guarantees offered by the dam owner if one of the pups has a congenital defect.
Breeding isn't done for fun or just because you want to. It's a serious business and the sad truth is, the vast majority of the health problems we see in today's yorkies are due to irresponsible breeding practices. Do you really want to add to that?
Then, you have to take in to consideration that an unneutered male is going to have more behavioral problems than a neutered one (marking, going nuts if there's a female in heat in a large radius, more likely to try and get out). There are also health risks involved with not neutering.