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Here is my personal opinion on this subject. Don't breed her. I say this from my heart and my reasons behind it are I am taking care of a litter of 4 puppies that was born to a Yorkie mom who had to have a c-section since her pelvis was not big enough to deliver the puppies without having problems. Cost of c-section was close to $800. Mom would not nurse after having the babies so they had to be bottle feed. Cost for formula was $23 (which the can lasted about 2 weeks in the beginning and a week as they got older) and another $20 in various sizes of bottles to carry them till they were weaned. Mom decided to crash 12 hours after surgery so she had to go to ER Vet and receive IV, antibiotics, blood transfusion and stay the night....Cost $2578.00. Day 2--mom was picked up from ER and taken to her vet (which is cheaper) to get continued IV fluids and antibiotics....cost $120. Went home and later that night mom's stomach started to swell and she was glassy eyed. Went back to ER Vet and found out her whole stomach was infected (Uterus, Stomach and abdominal wall). Stayed night again and received 2nd blood transfusion, more antibiotics and told needed emergency surgery....cost $2346. Next morning (day 3) mom had to go to her vet for emergency surgery and was given less than 20% chance of survival. Surgery went fine...cost was $768. Other expenses were tail docking and dew claw removal on day 5.....$160. Vacinations are $130 for 4 puppies. Not to mention the dog food for both momma and the puppies, potty pads, well vet check ups that both momma and puppies had to get. Dewormer for puppies. In the end we do have 1 healthy momma that still has to have 1 more surgery to remove the urinary stones that came from the breeding and 4 healthy puppies.

You say she is your baby....why would you want to put her through the possible problems that can and do happen? I am not saying that your little girl would have any problems but are you prepared to lose her or put out the money to save her and the puppies if something goes wrong. Problems don't always happen durning normal office hours and the ER vets are extremely high in price but they did save her life. She SHOULD NOT be here today if it wasn't for the 2 vets that took care of her and all the prayers we received from YT.

By the way...this little girl belonged to a 22 year old who thought it would be "neat" to have puppies. Do you think she had the $8000 saved to use to care for momma and the babies??? No!!! Luckily she gave her away before all the problems came along and the lady who got her managed to come up with most of the money and I have taken them from there and paid off the rest of their debts and now coming up with the money to pay for momma's final surgery.

I share this with you so you can see a real life example of what can and does go wrong. These dogs can go downhill real fast and there is no time to sit and wonder what should be done next.

If you still want to breed her then find a mentor and do all the necessary testing ahead of time. Also stock pile money cause emergencies do happen.

I commend you for asking questions first and learning before you jump into anything. That says a lot about your character.

Best of luck in your decision.