Dharma
Just reading your post and I also have a beautiful eight month old Yorkie named Izzy. At about the same age as your puppy is right now, Izzy also had an hypoglycemic attack, which put her in Intensive Care for 24 hours. If not for the information on Yorkie Talk that I obtained reading other posts I think I would have certainly lost Izzy to the hypoglycemic attack because when she began seizuring I filled her with all the corn syrup I could get into her and rushed her to the Vet, which was an hour drive away. The vet after doing blood panel tests and Glucose testing determined Izzy was hypo with a blood sugar level of only 2.4, which she contributed to saving Izzy's life with the corn syrup, as it was what put her sugar up to 2.4 Prior to Izzy's attack, I was noticing that she was quite tired after the least amount of excercise, at times her head would droop, as if she was just tired. I took it as her being just a little puppy. Izzy was also a finicky eater in the beginning, she ate a morning meal and after that we would have to play with her to eat much during the rest of the day. We were feeding her Wellness at the time. After the attack we began her on Caesar wet food to try and get a little weight on her and to build up her fat stores. When a young Yorkie is so active and burning energy if they have no fat stores to go to, then they can go hypoglycemic very quickly. Our Vet told me that if I did not have quick thinking and had not given Izzy the corn syrup, we likely would have lost her. I also found that Izzy was having problems with her trachea and coughing alot, however, now at eight months that has seemed to diminish also. After Izzy's attack I began giving her Vetopet (you may call it Nutrical in the US) every day or if she has missed a meal. My opinion on these young yorkies is that their meal times have to be regulated at exact times if you wish to keep them from going hypoglycemic and supplemented every day with Vetopet supplement. Now at 8 months Izzy is a little garbage can and is dancing by the time her meals are ready as she is so ready to get fed. No more finicky eater......Just two weeks ago Izzy had her spay, which was put off several months after her hypoglycemic episode. I was quite worried about the surgery, so after researching and getting as much information as possible, I requested that a glucometer be done (little low at the time before surgery), and she be given IV Glucose before surgery as she had been fasting for 12 hours. I also wanted Isoflurane anaesthestic that is best for toy breeds such as Yorkies. This may not be used as it is more expensive than what they normally use on larger breed dogs, etc. I also specified that Izzy be monitored during surgery also, and as it happened her heart rate dropped far too low and her sugar levels low while under anaesthetic. So, they had to give her an IV Atropine (for her heart rate) and another IV Glucose after surgery. She fared the surgery well otherwise with special attention paid to the hypoglycemic problem. I think you should very much try and get your Yorkie to eat at scheduled times and to use Vetopet or Nutrical on a daily basis until your puppy gets older and builds up fat stores. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reply back to me. I am now a Yorkie Mom and more and more up on whats happening when it comes to my Yorkie's health, training, etc. I look forward to hearing from you.
Debbie & Izzy 