Thank you for the response, Wylie's Mom. Sadly, my girl passed away last night along with at least one of her litter mates. Last I heard from the breeder, they had lost two of the girls and were expecting the last one to pass away soon. I am just so upset. I don't understand what could cause these three seemingly healthy, happy puppies to suddenly pass away. Breeder says they were all fine when he went to work and he returned home to find that all the puppies were not doing well. Says he thinks the mom may be neglecting them and she is starting to run out of milk. She is a first time mother and she seems to not want to stay still for them to nurse. They were 7 weeks old yesterday. Seems hard to believe that they can just take such a bad turn literally overnight when so many puppies are sent home with new owners at 8 weeks. I was not going to pick her up until she was 12 weeks but I know many do not wait. I have had 4 Yorkies but now feel so nervous about a new pup. Is this not uncommon?
I am so very thankful that I had not told my boys about his pup. I had planned for her to be a surprise. They are desperate to add another Yorkie girl to our family. Thank goodness I do not have to tell them such heartbreaking news. |