raising newborn because mom is too aggressive....
 

Hi All,

My parents brought their Yorkie to the states from Abroad when they emigrated here. The culture in their original country is not to spay or neuter the animals. Because of this, we had an accidental pregnancy. The labor went well, and now we have our very own little Yorkie pup, Mia. :aimeeyork She is the lone survivor, as the other pup was a stillborn, and therefore the mother took matters into her own hands (too hard to talk about).

Mia is alive and doing quite well so far. Our vet has suggested that we keep her away from the mother for the time being and bottle feed her becuase the mom is still being extremely aggressive with the pup (trying to bite her, or push her around).

We are fine with bottle feeding and raising this new pup away from the mom. My question is now what the next steps would be in training/raising this newborn. Like I said, this was all an accident, so we're not exactly well-versed in raising/training newborn Yorkie Pups. I was hoping to get some tips and advice from experienced breeders.

Thank you!

I'm sorry your post got overlooked - bumping it up for some help.

Welcome to YT and best wishes in your endeavors with Mia :)

I'm sorry you're in this situation. I don't have any advice but I'm sure senior breeders will be able to answer your questions.

Will you be able to convince your folks to get her fixed after this?

Again bumping your post....hoping your little one is still doing well...

The second time I bred a dog when I was younger and didn't know why I shouldn't, my female only had one and she hated it, tried to bite it, had to be made to lie still and let it nurse, couldn't be left alone with it. Her delivery was tough and I think she felt bad and knew that pup was connected in some way. haha. That may be just my imagination but I think she did. As soon as it was born when went for it. She never ate the placenta or exhibited any normal maternal behavior at first and for a long time and the vet just showed me how to help the pup urinate/defecate, gave me back-up formula recipe and told me to wait a while before allowing her near the pup. He felt she would come around in time. After 2 weeks, she did come around and accepted her puppy, began watching it, then approaching it, licking/grooming it, nuzzling and protecting it, raised it normally after that, though I watched her closely just in case. She finally bonded with it after 2 long weeks and nursed it normally until weaning and she would have let it suckle long after that but I would take it away to keep her milk dried up. After that, my days as a breeder were OVER and that was that! Never again! But she and her baby were BFF's for life after that first 2 weeks. Just give your momma some time off and she might come around and accept her baby after a while. But watch her closely when they are together as no doubt your vet has advised.

Dear Lord this is why I would never ever ever ever be a Yorkie Breeder...I have to sit down...the queas in my queasy just became queasy...omlord....

I may have missed how old the puppy is now.

If it is more than 14 days I would start teaching it to lick from a saucer whatever formula the vet has said to use. I would also start some very diluted soft puppy food as well. I wouldn't trust mama to not harm the little one; you couldn't take you eyes away even to sneeze.

The mama needs to be spayed asap.