Hello everyone, my name is Claire and this is my first time posting to this community so I apologize if I'm posting this in the wrong section. I'm just hoping for a bit of advice/reassurance with my Yorkie puppy. It's a long story, I'm sorry in advance.
Okay, basically I'm a first-time Yorkie owner and so far things have been very hard. I have adopted a beautiful male Yorkie named Charlie who is currently 13 weeks old. I put a lot of time and effort into making sure he came from a good home & a registered breeder. Since I've never owned a dog before I made sure to do the proper amount of research and thought before making the decision to adopt a puppy but things have been a lot harder than I thought they would be.
I adopted my lovely boy Charlie on the 13th of November and was just so happy and excited to start our life together but things went bad very quickly. After a few days, he began vomiting up his food which I thought at first was due to the change in diet (slow change with introducing his new foods) he then continued vomiting & had mucus in his stool and I immediately rushed him to the vet. He was so, so sick and I was absolutely devastated. He was admitted for three days with what they basically described some kind of gastro and since then it's all been downhill.
He was absolutely perfect before being admitted to the hospital and now it's like he's traumatized. He was toilet trained, crate trained, wonderful when handled and now he's completely reverted back to being totally untrained. When we go outside to the toilet he won't go but instead eats EVERYTHING on the ground before I get so scared he's going to choke on something I bring him back in. Before he would never go to the toilet inside but he won't hold it anymore. He cries and whines if I'm not with him 24/7 and my poor baby is terrified of anyone coming near his face/body and it is impossible to groom him. He was given medications that we couldn't give to him because he would get so scared it was like wrestling with a small child to get him to stay still. He's got a case of fleas & ear mites which we are treating and the worst part is he's caught kennel cough from being at the animal hospital.
I can't even explain my despair and sadness that this beautiful little boy I promised to take care of has been so sick. He's been to the vet so many times now and I just feel like I'm doing everything wrong. He has a local vet who now knows his history and is treating him for everything. He's vaccinated, wormed and microchipped and will be desexed when old enough (which I am now terrified of him having done) but god this cough has me so anxious and scared. I rushed him to the vet last night because he was wheezing and hacking and they said he's okay but I just don't know how to help my baby through this.
I am especially worried about something that has happened four times now which is he shakes horribly when he wakes up in the morning & hasn't eaten. I rushed him to the vet the first time it happened as I thought it was hypoglycemia but they said he was okay. It's terrifying to watch, his whole body trembles but as soon as he gets some food into him he stops. It's only in the morning after waking up from sleeping all night. This was the problem that made me think to post here because I'm just not sure what to do or what's wrong. The vets just say to keep feeding him regularly but these episodes are so scary, am I doing something wrong?
I am so sorry for such a long post, I'm just absolutely worn down and so anxious all the time and just want my baby to be well so we can enjoy our time together. I just want him to be okay. I've cried so, so much and feel so utterly hopeless because things just keep going wrong. I feel like a terrible dog mum and just want to do right by him. I love him so much and am just so heartbroken about all of this. If anyone has any advice and could share it with me I would be so grateful. Thank you again and sorry for the huge post.