Congratulations on the new addition. My advice would be to teach your granddaughter the "yorkie shuffle"...In our house, we have ended up shuffling our feet when we walk so that we don't step on Chloe. She weighed just under two pounds when we brought her home. Now she is close to four at almost five months. There was a heartbreaking story of a new puppy dying from being stepped on on this board when we first got Chloe so we were extra attentive to this detail.
We have a very active eight year old, but he is very mature for his age, too. We talked over and over about how delicate these little puppies are, how you have to be careful not to drop her or let her jump from your arms, and how you have to make sure not to step on her. Of course, when she is zooming around the house at break neck speed, she doesn't appear very fragile!
One other thought, we had a bout of hypothermia and hypoglycemia and had a little trip to the vet. She wasn't used to sleeping by herself, and we ended up buying a heating disc from Petsmart to put in her kennel with her every night. Her crate is on the floor, of course, and the warm air rises. We didn't think of that, and the blankets we had in there were not enough. This little disc goes in the microwave for a few minutes and stays warm all night. She loves it, and we haven't had any other problems. We used Karo syrup when she would get the shakes...just a little on her tongue. She outgrew that pretty quickly.
And...last but not least...because she was so small, she didn't do well with her puppy shots. She would get very sore and yelp if you touched her for about two days. She wouldn't walk. I'd have to carry her to her bowl and carry her outside. We talked to our vet and they ended up giving the following shots separately and prescribing a medication called Traumeel. It's a NSAID...kinda like aspirin and motrin. We gave her just a tiny bit...like 1/4 cc a couple of times after her shots and we didn't have anymore trouble.
Good luck. I hope maybe some of this helped. Tell your baby to enjoy her new furbaby! |