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Hello, I am new to the group and I am the owner of a 1 year old yorkie. She's 41 days pregnant and I'm so excited. Can anyone tell me how soon it would be before she goes into labor?

1 years old? Why? Where did you get a Yorkie 1 years old and pregnant? What care has she had? X-rays? What is ur experience?

I would tamp down the excitement there is a whole lot then go wrong especially if you don't know what your doing. How much does she weigh? Have you gotten X-rays? Do you know an experienced breeder to help you whelp? Do you know all the signs do distress? What if mom rejects her pups are you prepared to feed them every 2 hours, keep them warm and clean them? Also if no genetic testing was done you could end up with pups that have genetic health issues.

What part of tx are you in? I'm in fort hood. You may want to check out the breeders section but I think most deliver around day 65 roundabouts. I'm not a breeder but there are some very good one's here who have actually delivered a litter and can give you first-hand experience. Welcome to YT!!!!

Before anyone can give you sommmeeee information would be to know how/why she is pregnant? How much did she weight before pregnancy? Did she have one heat or two heats before mating? Do you know the age, size, weight of the pup that impregnated her? Did you rescue this dog from????? Has she been vetted? Do you know anything about whelping at all?

First welcome to YT.

You have a very young female that is pregnant which is of concern. I do hope she has been to the vet and you are asking all these questions of your vet.

Debbie Jensen has a good whelping breeding site. Just google her name and it should pop up for you.

Females usually go into labour anywhere for 62=65+ days after breeding.

You have much to prepare for the big day. Xrays are usually done after day 56 which should tell you the number of puppies expected, and the relative size of the puppies, and also give you a fair idea if a C section will be needed.

I wish you good luck with the whelp.

Thank you Gemy for your post to the person wanting to know when her dog might whelp. She was so happy and excited I think people could be a bit nicer replying. I understand where they are coming from but she asked a question and it should be answered. Better to try to help her with what is already done not scare her off.

Got to keep things realistic and other people will read this post even those looking to breed. Breeding is definitely not rainbows and sunshine. We do have moderators here though so leave telling people what to post up to them.

I did not tell anyone what to post. I prefer to answer questions and try to then help steer someone right. I myself bred and showed dachshunds Minis for over 30 years and we all start somewhere. The dog was already bred so I was not encouraging anyone to breed. I do see where they were coming from but that was not what she asked. I now have only pet yorkies 3-5lb.

With public forums you will get all kinds of opinions.......

True but I felt like her at one time with my first litter and I remember how excited I was. That was a long time ago.

Again, these questions are pertinent to giving the advice, would you really want to say "oh hey day 41? you only have 16 days to go" without knowing some of the facts? If this is a first time breeder and she has no idea what she is doing (which it appears is the case) and doesn't realize this pup needs care, professional care- not that she is just sitting at home waiting for the pup to go in to labor. What if she doesn't know if this pup was bred with a 15lb dog or a 2lb dog? What if her pup is too small to deliver safely? There can be some serious consequences to just answering in 10 days without asking pertinent questions. We've seen it here many times.


To the OP there are several factors that are important to know before proceeding with whelping your pup. If your pup was bred to soon there could be complications, if your pup bred with a male that was bigger than her the chances of complications go up, if you have no experience, you would be wise to get a mentor quickly...many things can go wrong, you need to get to a vet and have this pup xrayed soon so you can prepare in the event a csection is necessary.


Yorkiemom1 can give you some great information, I will send her to this thread.

How your feeling is irrelevant to the pregnant pup's health and welfare. I'd hate to see this excited first time breeder presented with a pregnant pup in labor suffering complications because no one told her.....unfortunately, the world of breeding is not all about the excitement for the owner, its about the safety of the pups..........

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I was replying to lovetodream.88 Do you all really have experience with whelping and all that goes into it or do you just jump on anyone who is new and says something you don't agree with? My point was talk to the person in a kind way and try to help and advise not chase them off the forum. Am I allowed to voice my opinion here or is it only for people who have been on here longer? Not trying to be rude but it seems some of you were to me.

Perhaps you are perceiving a tone that is not there. I'm not sure. The questions asked were not rude, they are necessary pieces of information that would ensure a correct and informed answer for the sake of the pup.

Hello and welcome to YT! Tell us more about your momma to be. There are very experienced breeders on this site that will be willing to help answer your questions if you stick with us. Yorkiemom1 here in Houston is one of them.

You are welcome. I did not realize how new to this site you are too.

There are Yorkie Talk RUles and GUidelines located in our library that addresses styles of posting, and what is asked of us as members. Brush up on that one. I know I need to at times as well.

Through long experience here many members (old timers) if you will, moderators and administrators, really dissuade us from commenting upon how one or more members answered or didn't as the case may be a question asked. If a post is bothering you, you can report that post by clicking on the Icon at the bottom of the post. The moderator will review that post and if it breaks YT rules will take appropriate action

I noticed that you were a long time breeder of Daschunds. How exciting to have another experienced breeder around.

Welcome to YT:)

First things first: :welcome4: :yorkietal :welcome4:

Welcome to YorkieTalk. Please listen to the member (Gail) quoted above. She is a very experienced show breeder and KNOWS her stuff. Your little one is still a growing young adult herself and it would be prudent to work closely with a vet/experienced breeder who is familiar with small dogs in general, Yorkies in particular.

There was another member who was also a Doxie breeder. I think she went by the name of Marlene Dawn.. Would you happen to know her? If I remember correctly she is from the same area as you. Boy she was kind of a pot stirring PITA. Hmmmmmm........

Are you thinking that was me? I live in Mulberry Fl. I was not stirring any pot. If you read back I was told how I felt was not the issue. I agree but I was replying to the previous post above me. I would be happy to give you my phone number if you want to compare to the Dawn your taking about. Also we have lived here over 30yrs. Thank you to the people welcoming me. I have not posted much but sometimes I just have to post. Not trying to be rude or start trouble but I took a couple posts are rude towards me. If not meant that way then that's fine I am over it.

The thing is you where telling people how to post and that angers people.

No one was trying to be rude to you, honestly. Our first concern is the health and welfare of the pup, not excitement.


You and a former banned member have many similarities, doxies, UK, Florida, names etc., its not unusual for people to reappear. The similarities are very very...well...similar. Obviously you know admin would "know" by IP etc.


I'm going to assume we are wrong and be the first to apologize. You will get use to the different sytles of posting and how each person's opinion, even when we don't like it, is welcomed here. Try not to read too much in to it or perceive a tone...although we all tend to do that from time to time...it can get the best of you. Take care.

Ivnzy420 I am sorry if I took it wrong. Yes am sure they can track my ip number and that's fine hope they do to clear that up. My name is Dawn Arnold you can look me up on facebook and see my dogs. I retired from breeding about 2yrs ago. I do have 3 old dachshunds and 2 yorkies non breeding. My website is still up I think if you want to look. I cant change anything on it as its not active. Please ignor my previous comments to you . I am also 67 yrs old and we are retired airforce I am from N. Ireland and came here in 1969. Hope that helps clear up the other person. I don't know her as I did not really bother with back yard breeders if that's what she was.

It is so funny! Really, you both bred Doxi's you both stopped breeding at the same time, you both have the UK, you both have Florida, you both have Dawn, omg...you even have the same style of pm's and posts! Well except for the reallll reallll nastiness, you couldn't outdue her (I hope)You definitely don't want to know her!


Too funny and yet another lesson learned, I do hope you can see why we would have thought that, I've deleted your pm's and forgotten them! (including the last two) .......anyway, welcome to YT and stick around, we can always use another good member.....!!

Thank you and I will stick around. Yes I can see its funny but I really never heard of her. I promise I will think before I post and no will not be like I gather she was. Some back yard breeders think they know it all but really know very little. I started out with more pet type dachies but then got into all proper type that some I did finish to their championship. But I just loved them all. I got my yorkies from my sister Deirdre in SC she shows them but I wanted just cuddly pets. She is Emerald Isle Yorkies if anyone wants to look. Thanks again Iynzy420

Yikes breeding females under 5 pounds and using the word teacup :eek:

She is referring to tinies she did state the AKC standard does not refer to yorkies as teacup or tinies but as up to 7 lbs. I can tell you she breeds them only if 4 lbs not smaller and it depends on your lines and if you know whats behind them. Also depends on the pelvic area not just the weight. She has never had a c/section. Also her friend who has all show yorkies and champions is the person that taught her. I don't know anything about Yorkie breeding but I can tell you I had many more C/sections in dachshunds. Not always tinys either its just something that seems to be more common in dachshunds than some breeds.
In my c/sections I rarely last a puppy and never a mother. I was right there with them and knew when to head to the vet.

Due to the content in this thread, Dawn asked to confirm she isn't another previously banned member and yes, I can confirm this. :)

Well there you have it! lol You are so off the hook....for now..hahahaha..:eek: