yorkie 53 days along pleas help with ????

[bjh]

Thanks for the pics. We need one of mommas pretty face too. It looks to me like the pups have not dropped yet so hopefully you will have a while to go yet.

[luckylady]

Hi, welcome to YT and congrats on the upcoming litter. Great job on posting the belly pics........from the looks of them she doesn't see to have dropped just yet so you probably have some time for more reading up on whelping. If you do are not able to keep an eye on her and/or are not keeping her confined to an xpen or play pen of sorts, then do something to block all sides of getting under the bed. You sure don't want her beginning her whelp under there and not be able to get her or her pups out from under. We taped cardboard around our bed a couple of years ago when we had a pregnant female.

Good luck to you and please keep us all posted. We love puppy watches and there seems to almost always be someone here able to help.

[yorkiemomma812]

I did just hear two heartbeats. They must e very large pups if it's only two because she is very big and over 10pounds. Maybe there is more because i see lots of movement in different areas of her stomach. I will find out next week when she has her xray. I have noticed her licking herself a lot. There is some dried up particles around her vulva could it be here mucus? Also she is breathing very rapidly. I will send a video of her breathing

[bjh]

Pregnant females will have a clear gooey discharge and it will increase as she further along.

[luckylady]

Originally Posted by yorkiemomma812

I did just hear two heartbeats. They must e very large pups if it's only two because she is very big and over 10pounds. Maybe there is more because i see lots of movement in different areas of her stomach. I will find out next week when she has her xray. I have noticed her licking herself a lot. There is some dried up particles around her vulva could it be here mucus? Also she is breathing very rapidly. I will send a video of her breathing

From the looks of her belly, I'd say she is having more than just two. My first litter 2 years ago was with a 9-10 lb female; she had a litter of four. I'm going to guess that for your girl also. I also tried listening for heartbeats back then; though I could definitely hear them, I had no idea if I was listening to one, two, or more............only the xray could tell me how many pups there were. I'm hoping to do it all again here in August. It's a bit to early to be sure, but things are looking promising.
Though a bigger female is better able to carry a larger litter, I don't think the size of the female is a factor in how many puppies she might have, but rather how many of her eggs get fertilized & not reabsorbed.

[yorkiemomma812]

Here are pic of Heav'ne and one of legacy

[yorkiemomma812]

Can I get her groomed before she whelps. She has very long hair on her stomach and her nails are getting long.

[bjh]

They both look sweet. Thanks for sharing pictures. When you get a chance you can trim the hair on her belly. I just use a little pair of scissors and carefully cut off the belly hair.

[luckylady]

Originally Posted by yorkiemomma812

Here are pic of Heav'ne and one of legacy

Aww, she looks either like my Lucky-boy (same coloring, only bigger) OR like my Lexie (whom I don't have any longer), about the same size, only lighter in color.
Here's a pic of Lexie, the day before she whelped her four pups. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/1431791-post55.html
Legacy is a handsome guy, how much does he weigh?

Saw your question on grooming............I wouldn't take her anywhere for a full grooming session at this point. You can trim the hair on her belly yourself and if you aren't able to do her nails by yourself, I'm sure you can take her to have those done......just don't leave her anywhere. It might stress her out to much & we don't want that at this point.

[yorkiemomma812]

Legacy weighs 5 pounds. He is such a character. She wont keep still for me to use scissors. Can I use clippers on her stomach?

[bjh]

Originally Posted by yorkiemomma812

Legacy weighs 5 pounds. He is such a character. She wont keep still for me to use scissors. Can I use clippers on her stomach?

Yes, a lot of people just shave the underside. Just be careful to not cut it to close.

[angelakc]

well the only way I knew my pup (which wasnt a yorkie) was in labor... she started having some blackish discharge and would not leave my lap... she was whining alittle on and off. Within hours she had started pushing. I never saw any difference in her like dilating or anything. She did quit eating so I gave her nurti-cal and syringe fed her water.

heres a link to tell you more The Onset of Dog Labour & Delivery

[tammys]

Originally Posted by yorkiemomma812

I did just hear two heartbeats. They must e very large pups if it's only two because she is very big and over 10pounds. Maybe there is more because i see lots of movement in different areas of her stomach. I will find out next week when she has her xray. I have noticed her licking herself a lot. There is some dried up particles around her vulva could it be here mucus? Also she is breathing very rapidly. I will send a video of her breathing

Cassie weighs 10 lbs, and I swore there were more than two pups in there (the u/s and x-ray showed 2).

I would feel movement way down, and higher up in her abdomen, but she had one on each side, so it was the same puppy. They're wiggle worms.

They weighed 5.1 oz. and 5. 2 oz.

[paulalowe6]

Just wanted to say hope you have a safe whelp, welcome to YT and your babies are adorable. Thank you for taking them out of the situation they were in. I'm sure they are much happier now

[fannie]

Originally Posted by yorkiemomma812

Legacy weighs 5 pounds. He is such a character. She wont keep still for me to use scissors. Can I use clippers on her stomach?

Yes. I use mustache trimmers simply because they are easier for me to maneuver on their belly. It will help the puppies to be able to latch on better when there's not hair in the way. If you have nail trimmers, do those as well.