[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by KimInMD

Although you may have felt otherwise, my post was not to "scold" nor "intimidate" you. You ask for information, and I gave you information. I suggested a mentor. Nowhere in your original post did you say that you had assisted and/or witnessed a whelp, and already had a mentor. That is why I mentioned it. I assumed, wrongly, that you did not have a mentor, because you ask about whelping supplies, and I thought surely your mentor would have given you all the information and a list of the things you'll be needing. Nor did you state in your OP that your dam and sire had already been genetically tested for CERF, Leggs Perthe, HD, LP, Thyroid etc. I think I read in a subsequent post that you had all this genetic testing done, so that's really good. Nowhere in the OP did you say that you were aware that many Yorkies require c-sections and that wisely, you had already put aside several thousand dollars for an emergency fund. You did not mention that you already knew your puppies would be receiving recessive b genes from off standard coloring. After I answer your post, you say you don't want "basic details". I assumed, (wrongly again) that you did need basics based on your original post. How was anyone to know you were attempting humor when you wondered if Sophie was acting odd due to losing her virginity? To me, nothing there suggested any kind of humor, so I guess I failed, wrongly, to see that. You appeared to not know that dogs do not long to become mothers. You bred your dog 4 times in two days (not great for sperm count). You counted your dam's pregnancy from the last breeding and not the first. All of these little things (and more) made me think, again wrongly, that maybe you didn't have all the basics. I did not personally attack your character, nor call you names, and according to the link you kindly provided for the YT guidelines, I do have a right to reply to your post, even if we were to agree to disagree, and therefore I chose not to delete it. Having said all of this, I want you to know that I really, honestly, do wish you all the best. I pray that your Sophie has an easy labor and safe delivery, and that all of the puppies are perfect and healthy in every way. I hope they bring you many years of joy and companionship. I'm sure they will be adorable, and that is something we can both agree on.

Quite valid assumptions articulated point by point, accurately taken from the initial post. Unfortunately, I suspect your sincere attempt to go back and explane why you took your time to respond to the initial post in the manner you did, will not be seen as "offering educated advice", but will instead be rejected as nothing more than "excuses" for offering up "non-supportive help." Shame on you KiminMD, for "assuming" there was NO mentor involved in this situation, given all the glaring points you noted in your post above. What is apparently obvious to some of us, is just, apparently more accurately, just a "mentor" that may have forgotten to mention a few points to her "trainee". Your concern the omission of these minor details, unfortunately was not taken in the spirit which you offered it. Since it is actually "all about the puppies", I too PRAY that mom and babies will be safe and healthy and not require any additional assistance. Hopefully, the posters that came on and gave her lists of basic supplies she needs to assist in the whelp, which yet again, her "mentor" apparently forgot to share with her, will also be taken in the spirit they were given, and not considered an "assault on her intelligence". I do hope, but seriously doubt, that her "mentor" has stressed the importance of selling her babies on a spay neuter contract. I can see the breed standard not only is not considered a road map which should be adhered to in order to keep the breed intact, in the OP's mind, which is apparently supported by her "mentor" the breed standard only counts with "show dogs". This misguided thought process will eventually lead to TWO types of Yorkies..."show Yorkies" and "all the other Yorkies that can actually look and behave like whatever". This concept is quite frightening to those of us that work so very hard to keep a "Yorkie looking and behaving like a Yorkie".