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Originally Posted by auntielaurie  The puppy has been buried.
I don't think I will continue breeding. I need to think long and hard about it. We may have a yorkie pregnant right now, it's to early to tell..I just don't know if I can go through all this again..I can't seem to pull myself out of a deep depression over my loss.
I live in a small town, don't drive much, have no friends to talk to about my real feelings..I had my yorkies and my that brought me joy.Now that seems like I have failed the only good thing in my life...something to look forward to..the pitter patter of little feet...anyways thanks's for the help and answering my questions without judgement!! |
Excuse me!!!!! You can throw up your hands, succomb to what is your very first defeat, and quit....but you cant do that NOW!!! You just said you may have another pregnant yorkie....you put that girl in that position, now you have to see it thru! You get something to take notes on and get ready for me to contact you this weekend....breeding is NOT for the easily discouraged, defeatists, so if you can not reach down deep into your soul and your psyche, and pull out a breeder, then you are right....you need to stop before you waste any more time, or money, chasing something you said was "a life dream, and the only thing you were good at"......You lost a puppy....we learn from what we screw up.....maybe you did not screw up, we will never know because no autopsy was done....NO MORE GUESSING ABOUT WHAT YOU DO OR WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR DOGS.......that is the FIRST thing you have to correct....from here on out, you will have any puppies that you loose, autopsied....you MUST know what went wrong so if possible you can correct it and not go there again! You can NOT keep making the same mistakes over and over and expect a different outcome....CHANGE THE METHOD!!! GET DIFFERENT RESULTS!!! When we talk this weekend, you need to tell me what dogs you have...lines and pedigrees....how did you come about these dogs. You have to start with solid, healthy, CORRECT breeding stock...this is your foundation and it can NOT be weak or wobbly. We need to discuss this "possibly pregnant yorkie"....as a breeder, you must know exactly when two dogs breed, and you get ultra sounds at 3 weeks to verify pregnancy. At day 58, you get xrays...this determines how many you have and their position.....THIS IS essential THAT YOU DO THIS....NO EYEBALLING AND SECOND GUESSING...YOU DO IT RIGHT, YOU know EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE FACING, SO YOU CAN DEAL WITH IT.......you are assimilating information that you need to PREVENT disasters from happening....you measure heads and make sure they will pass thru the pelvic ring, and you know when she has 4 babies, there are no more hung up in there....NO GUESSING, JUST FACTS!!....
You have to keep any more dogs from breeding, but you may have one pregnant now, so NO! you will NOT throw up your hands and walk off from your responsibility to that little lady....after she has her litter, and the babies are sold, you can fold up like a wet rag and give up on "a life long dream", because this takes more intestinal fortitude than YOU think you have...but you will see this next litter thru to the end. I will call you this weekend,,,9pm my time will be 7pm your time....you be ready to take notes..... you will get this done and done right....for that lady's sake that may be carrying babies for you. You grieve for that lost baby, for all the lost babies....and you fix what went wrong so it does not happen again, GOD WILLING.....