It's good that you are reading. By now I'm sure you know what a huge mistake that was.

If you have bred dogs before, you know the signs of heat. All that humping going on back in May and it didn't occure to you to separate them. When you knew they tied, it didn't occure to you to take her in to have her spayed??? It still has not occured to you to have her spayed and him neutered?

You are just asking for another Ooops. Next time you might not be so lucky, that is, if she even survives this time.

You need to start supplementing those babies. Her tiny body cannot make enough milk to sustain them without putting hers in jeapordy.

By 6 weeks old they could be bigger than she is. If they don't get enough milk, it will not make them smaller, it will make them die or be underdeveloped.

Yes so much doesn't add up.. Admitted large breed breeder (former). Belly bands are you kidding me? I've never put belly bands on my male yorkie, my males are separated all the time from my female. They exercise separately are fed separately. are in different rooms. This is just not how a large breed breeder would naturally think, to put belly bands on as a contraceptive????? Oh and let's not forget the "humping thread". Mary do you know how to properly correct humping in a breeding male? I am sure you do, as do I. And how that differentiates between correcting with a non breeding male.

To not know in your very fingertips the weight of your little Yorkie, particularly if you were planning, planning on breeding her?| Well that is hard to swallow.

This girl I beleive in my heart of hearts was way too young and way too light to be bred. The pictures, the data on her entries, tell it all.

You know 2.4 lbs is an awfully accurate weight measurement. This poster is not from England or Canada where there is metric. Metric 2.4 @2.2 lbs per 1 metric is a little over 5lbs US.

Barbi your story doesn't ring true.

Forget all that... just know really really KNOW that your light bitchand very young bitch is at real risk for Eclampsia.

Protect your bitch and your pups.

Agreed
 

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I'm personally going to go with "or..." Of course, that's just my opinion.

I will also say, however, that we really should stop focusing on the OP for being a poor breeder if the pups need help. We should be focusing on them.

On the other hand, if the pups are fine and healthy and no further advice is needed. I say continue to say what is wrong with the situation in the first place, but the advice needs to come first and foremost to help those pups out. They are obviously in for a long haul and it seems need all the outside help they can get...

2 or 3 years old???????????? You still don't get it do you? :rolleyes: You think she is going to be 5 pounds by 2 or 3 years old? SHE IS TOO SMALL to breed at any age.

If you had given a s**t you would have had her spayed. And you're planning on breeding her again. So where are the signs of caring.

You can tell in the picture that is NO 5 pound dog. There is a huge difference between a 2.5 and a 5 pound dog. You also said she was 5 pounds when she delivered, so what?? she didn't gain any weight?

yes, thanks for the advice. I am supplementing both mom and pups. I took the next 2 weeks off work ...thank goodness for vacation to be with them 24/7

I just took photos and loaded them into a new ablum there is also one of Bailey. I am sure that forever and always i will be known here as a horrid bad person.

maybe i should just go.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the Mom and babies and pray they will be ok.
Having said that, it's beyond me how one could not know if your Yorkie is 2.5lbs or 5lbs :confused: The difference in how that would look is HUGE. I would not need anyone to tell me that!
She looks extremely small and she's very young and should not have been bred now and unless she had grown A LOT, she should not be bred ever!
If you are actually concerned, then you will do the right thing and have this little baby spayed and never let her go through this ordeal again.
Do you plan on spaying her or do you still insist on breeding her again?

now that someone asked in a half desent tone and gave me a chance to answer............ Yes she is getting spayed.

I'm glad you are helping her out. Eclampsia is very serious and you can lose the mother before you are able to get her to the vet. I've never had to deal with it, but have read where others have lost the mother so quickly.

Maybe you should just do the right thing and have that little girl spayed. She will always be too small to breed. No doubt this pregnancy has stopped her growth.

At least then you will know you did one thing right.

We all want what is best for the mom and babies. It is not going to be easy. The next few weeks are going to be critical for the mother. At 3 weeks is when the puppies start to grow rapidly and the demand for milk increases. Fortunately they are old enough at 3 weeks to start lapping up goats milk and baby rice cereal. So the demand on mom won't be so great.

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Wise choice.

How much do the puppies weigh, they look to be nice sized.

Baby boy one weighs 4.6 ounces
Baby boy two weighs 3.43 ounces
baby girl weighs 5.04 ounces



Here is a photo taken about 45 mins to an hour ago. Included is a photo of dad.

I know all of you are pissed. excuse the lang. but it is what it is...

Here is what I am doing per the vet....

Mom gets this mixture 3 times a day with 1 cupof her normal dry dog food.

She has unlimited water (water feeder)

1/2 cup evaporated milk (never use whole milk, it can cause diarrhea and dehydration)
1/2 cup boiled water-cooled
1 tsp of karo syrup
1 tablespoon of plain yogurt
1 drop of a pediatric multivitamin
2 raw egg yolks

I/we are bottle feeding the pups twice a day the same mixure to take relief off of momma.

Now in reading, I have seen these things (HAVE NOT DONE THEM)

Give the mother yorkie 2 tablespoons of cottage cheese for the calcium twice a day.

Smash up a childrens vitamin (ie. Flintstone's) and give to mom 1x a day

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When I bred Lhasas, when a female was in heat and I didn't want her to be bred I made sure she was well separated from the male the whole period of time she was in heat.

There is a recipe somewhere for whelping pudding.

You vets advice is probably good but generic. If one of the breeders on here gives you a recipe, I would go with that. Your vet knows dogs, They know yorkies. I have heard evaporated goats milk is better than evaporated cows milk.

ok ok. 5 pages yes we know I MADE A MISTAKE can we get past the beating the dead horse.

I came here accepted the first 5 pages...I GET THE POINT LOUD AND CLEAR.


Can we please move on to why I am here. Which is to Ensure my baby and her babies are getting the best i can do for Her.