This is Athena, sometimes "Nina" for short.
Athena became a part of my family on January 27th, when she was but 5 weeks old. Here is the story of how I came to adopt her,, and why I got her so young.
A good friend of mine had two yorkies that had pups. 8 beautiful babies. it was the mama's second litter. They didnt mean for them to breed, but well, it happen. She had planned to sell the pups when they were old enough, which would not be until they were 10-12 weeks old. But things didnt turn out as planned.
When the pups were 4 weeks old, their Mama came down with an ear infection, and so my friend had to take her to the vet. It wasnt serious, but needed vet attention. Everything went well at the vet office, the vet prescribes some meds for mama and sent her home. On the way home a drunk driver ran a red light and t-boned my friends car. My friends friends car was totaled and she received some pretty serious injuries, but she was going to be ok. Tragically however, her fur baby, Athena's mother, did not survive the accident.
So now, on top of healing from her own injuries and the tragedy of the lost of her beloved pet, my friend had these 8 pups with no mama, and having to figure out how to take care of all them. She couldn't do it on her own, and had very little help at home.
So she asked for the help of her good friends, ones that she trusted completely. She chose friends that she knew had pets and whom she had seen first hand that they took good care of them. She asked us to take on the pups. My friend kept one female, the daughter of the beloved girl she lost in the accident. I took Athena. The other pups went to good homes as well.
I want to give her the best life I can despite the tragedy. I know there is a lot I have to teach her, im just looking for help on what an how to do that. That is why I joined YT. As you can see, this happen suddenly and with out warning. I didn't expect to be getting a new puppy of any kind, much less one so young.
Although I am new to the Yorkie breed, well and of all terriers, I am not new to dogs an puppies. I have had them, raised the my whole life. But Terriers are something new for me, and I have never had to raise a puppy so young without its mother. I also have a 14 month old Shih Tzu, which is the first toy breed pup I have ever gotten. Until then I always had medium size to large breed dogs. I only had one dog in my lifetime that had puppies. So with things happening as they did, and so unexpectedly, I really didnt have time to prepare. Im doing the best I can. So far, I think were doing pretty well. I am working closely with our vet, and I have done a lot of research, an I come here to read an ask questions when I need answers. I just want to give Athena the best life possible. My family and I love this little gal, as does her big brother Zeus ( our Shih Tzu ).
Meet Athena.
5 WEEKS OLD
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