[DallasYorkie]

Hi everyone,

Ok, so this is our first Yorkie, actually for my family, first puppy, dog or pet in general (do dwarf hamsters count?) We have had lots of almost heartbreak and worry about her.

So let me give you the background;

We bought her from a breeder in Florida and had her shipped to Dallas. Her Health paper says she was born on 4/1/13. She has had two sets of shots including her Kennel Cough.

Sunday:She arrived Sunday afternoon the 30th via Delta and was happy and go lucky. She nibbled on her kibble (Canin mini puppy) and drank her water when she felt like it.

Sunday Night/Monday AM: 2AM she's whining and barking, so I go in and comfort and talk to her, but was told DO NOT pick her up..teach bad habits. She is ok for a couple more hours then whines again around 5, but then I am up at 6 so I went ahead and got her out carried her around, played for about 10 minutes, then let her rest.

Monday AM: She goes for her wellness visit, all seems fine, healthy happy and pissed off at me for letting this guy shave her butt for going potty (she had been sort of biting at her rear, which went away mind you after the vet did it) 1.5lbs. She is fine so far and I put her down for a rest again at around 1230 once we get back.

Monday 2PM: I find her near comatose, looking at me but cant move, soft whine, covered in drool (suspect a seizure) and she just keeps looking at me so I grab her and off to the vet (I have a pretty fast car and good flashers) we get there quick and the vet immediately pumps a couple of syringes or syrup in her mouth, then does blood work. Blood sugar lever of 16...holy crap..then they force feed her via syringe of a/d critical care.

Monday PM: So now we are on a syringe feed and water of a/d critical and karo/ped/water mix. 10cc's each, every 3 hours.

Tuesday AM: She now has a discharge from her nose, she wont eat on her own and has to be syringe fed. Pretty lethargic, but not completely, just tiring quick. I take her to vet and now she has an upper resp infection, they don't specifically say kennel cough because she isn't doing any coughing yet, just nose discharge.

So now she is on Clavamox for the infection, still syringe fed, wont eat or drink on her own. 10cc of everything including Nutical twice a day. Will walk around and likes to be held but rests a lot.

Wednesday: Same routine until evening, of course after the vet closes, hacking, cough, spasm and gagging. So wife reads about potential Trachea collapse, so of course, taking now chances (on go flashers and gas pedal) off to the Pet ER I go. Vet looks her over and announces all is well except Tracheobronchitis (otherwise know as Kennel cough right?) But heart, temp and weight is all good, no loss of weight.

Ok so at this point I live at the vet and my house has puppy food splatter all over..worse then your kid throwing food from their high chair!

It is now Saturday night, tonight was the first time I got her to eat some boiled chicken and rice with a bit of chicken broth but not much. I have been able to get her to eat about a 1/2 tablespoon of yogurt but she will not go near her water or her kibble or any food I leave down.

So at this point she is eating every 3 1/2 hours, and other than this past meal where she ate some chicken, she is still syringe fed food and water. I tired baby food and she will eat it, but in a syringe. She hates so many different kinds of food its crazy or atleast she won't eat them but I am sure her sore throat has something to do with it?

Here is my real concern, that I am feeding her to much, when I do the calculations, 10cc of both food and water equals 80ccs in a 24 period..to me that seems almost excessive on a 1.5lb pup?? I am doing the pea size Nutrical twice a day, plus her .25ml of Clavo. I am literally giving her 2.7 oz or 11% of her body weight in food AND water mix EACH, every 24 hours? Am I off the mark, should it be really half that each meal, 5cc of each? Just seems that I am stuffing her for no apparent reason??

So I would appreciate any guidance anyone has on if this makes sense, and other tricks to get her to eat on her own. I am cautious of things like cheese or peanut butter because she is SO small, but I am not saying I wont, just looking for some guidance.

We have been trying to follow the book, and we talked to vets and the breeder and they all seem to be relatively on the same page but I need to get her to start pulling out of the emergency effort and I feel like when I am with her that my feeding and that makes it worse at this point.

And how effective is cottage cheese? What does it actually give them that she might be missing? I read varying messages on it.

Thanks so much!!
Patrick