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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

You have a female that is not a reliable breeder. To follow the above suggestion that you "must leave this scared, confused, unreliable bitch ALONE to whelp by herself" is absol;utely ludicrous. There are bitches that will "come around" on their second litter, and become perfect little mommas, but YOU have to be very knowledgable in what is going on and why. From what you have already posted, you can not even say with certainty what went wrong with that first litter, as you did not autopsies to determine cause of death. If you are accurate in your assumption they died from "hypoglycemia", (which means they essentially starved to death) the very least you should have done was to learn how to tube feed newborns, and how to care for abandoned babies. Then you should have concentrated on your bitch. You say your dog is "not that sociable". That is a personality fault and NOT something you want to pass along to puppies. I think you really need to reevaluate your motives for breeding at all, and why you would ignore these glaring red flags in this bitch. You need to devote the next couple of years AT LEAST, and become as knowledgable as possible in breeding dogs. Then you need to invest good money in good strong bitches, and you need to have bankrolled at least $5000.00 to cover any emergencies you may encounter. To proceed as you are doing, is irresponsible, unethical, and unconscionable. You are defiling the respect of ethical breeders, the Yorkie breed itself, you are tormenting your poor bitch and quite possibly endangering the health and well being of any litter she may have. Wait until she starts eating the puppies because she is terrified and confused....just how is THAT going to affect you? She can eat them as she has them, or she can eat on them overnight, so that when you go to check on her in the morning, you find bits and pieces of body parts. Your bitch can NOT be trusted.....DO NOT leave her alone to whelp by herself, but she needs to be attended by someone that has a clue what is going on and can recognize red flags when this bitch beats you over the head with them.

I said let her birth on her own, not to leave her unsupervised.
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~rootk001/whelping.htm