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Originally Posted by ClassyGal  I am new to this forum and I am so glad I found it! I have a 3yr old male yorkie Wicket and a 10month old female yorkie Coco. I had planned on breeding them when Coco was 2-3, but apparently they had other ideas. Despite all our efforts during her first heat she ended up pregnant. We kept them separate for sleeping and outside time. When they were together coco had a doggie diaper on. Apparently it wasn't enough. I didn't find out she was expecting until Dec. 21. I had suspected for a week or so, but didn't have it confirmed until then. Turns out she only was having one pup which is why it was so hard to detect; he came Christmas morning by emergency c-section. She was pushing for almost 3 hrs by the time the vet took her into surgery. (I called him when no puppy showed after an hour.) The vet said b/c he was the only puppy he got all the nutrients and was too big for her to have on her own. I'm happy to say they are both doing really well now and we call him Rudy short for Rudolph. What I'm worried about now is Rudy seems to be really big! He is 7 days old today and weighs in at 1.2lbs. Mom is 5lbs and dad is 7lbs. Will his weight even out as he gets older or will he be larger than mom and dad? Also is there anything I should be watching for in Coco since she is so young and we didn't know until the end? I'm really worried that this might have caused her life long harm. I did not want this to happen to her this young. I can't get over the thought that my puppy had a puppy. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! |
There is your answer, and I agree. He is big because he was the only one taking in all of the nutrition she was providing for a litter of pups.
Just turns out it was only one, big healthy plump pup!