PS--Thank you for all the good wishes! Poor Daisy stands there and stares up at me with that disgusted look every day as if to say "YOU, YOU did this to me. I will perhaps find it in my heart to forgive you one day, but right now, I'm just going to stare at you in disgust because these little things inside of me are making me INSANE!" I'm positive it will all be worth it. Can't wait to see and snuggle those little stinkers!

And Yoshi is going to be a great uncle. He's the sweetest little guy![/QUOTE]

haha - I swear Chloe thought the same thing! She turned out to be soooo maternal - even though she IS a complete Princess at home! And yes - I think it is completely worth it! Now I just can't imagine how I am going to give up even the one to the owner of the stud!

OOOOHHHH!!! Thats what I thought!! Haha..I was just asking ;)

Usually not done. When you breed close relatives and the dog has any genetic problems, genetically speaking you are just multiplying those chances of reproducing those problems.

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Great news!

You all ROCK
 

I can't tell you how wonderful you all are and how relieved I am to have gotten such great advice. I really was worried and now I feel like everything's going to be all right. My grandmother will be with Daisy and I the whole time and she bred poodles back in the day, so I think everything is going to go smoothly. (We're prepared to rush to the vet within four minutes if not.)

I wish I could give you all a big hug for all the support and great advice.

Bless you! :notworthy

you've been given very good advice and appears youve really done your home work, kudo's!

best wishes to a beautiful free whelp! stay calm, breathe when necessary, keep the coffee pot hot!

Keep shoes, car keys, cell phone charged and ready to go, all close to the front door.

One thing to keep an close eye on if she dispels all the placenta, if you have the slightest thought she retained any you need to get an oxytocin short to clear her out.

You mentioned, changing you moms diet once she whelped to her original diet...you want to continue to supplement her throughout her nursing....Always dry quality puppy food...Mixing her fav's like cottage cheese, cheese, goats milk, canned puppy food, yogurt, boiled eggs, boiled chicken, white rice, chicken broth....anything, everything, when ever she wants it, specially if she has a large litter!

hope this helps
good luck and enjoy the little miracles as they arrive!

95% of my puppies come out feet first.... don't ask me why but they do! It's not a problem. I know you are close to the vet but I'm sure your vet is not 24hrs.... make sure you have a 24 hour vet so you can go to just in case it is in the middle of the night. I have been blessed with mid day births but I have a friend who breeds too and she has them around 3am! LOL go figure!

You should have no trouble with a feet first breech. Did the Xrays show that the puppies are pretty much the same size? Bigguns can be a little trouble.
I ALWAYS get a new tube of K-Y jelly or similar product. If the canal feels dry and you have been working to deliver the baby. just squirt about an inch of the CLEAN lubricant into the canal. That might help the puppy to slide out. I have had a big boy-last litter- tat I had to decide on letting the puppy suffocate on the way to the ER or well, injure or kill it myself getting it out. I prayed, squirted the lub in, and each time the mom pushed, I pushed the cervix back and gently rotated and pulled. Finally had to wake hubby up to hold mom and finally I got that baby out. As Pat said, there is gonna be more fluid inside the puppy so suction the puppy's mouth with an ear syringe. Then holding it firmly in a dry washcloth, swing puppy from head level down but do not jerk,,,make it a continuous move so you don't injure the puppy. Gawsh, I wish I were there to help. Your vet might be able to show you how to do an acupuncture needle in the upper lip to help stimulate breathing. Learn to do mouth-to-mouth to expand those little lungs and get a great big squeal.. What a wonderous sound that is.
GOOD LUCK!!!!!

We Have Puppies!
 

Oh my! I'm so thankful I found this forum and listened to all of the great advice in this and other posts.

Daisy's puppies arrived yesterday morning and it was a bit traumatic for me. At 5:30am Daisy had her first contractions--they were light and, other than a little trembling during the first two, she settled into it and acted like she knew what was happening. At 8:15 the water sac presented and contractions slacked off a little bit. I wasn't yet alarmed because of the whelping guide I obtained from Debbie Jensen's website--from there I started timing the contractions and watching the clock--expecting the first arrival within 30 minutes. After that time elapsed and the water had not broken, I contacted the vet who advised me to wait another 30 minutes.

One hour in, the contractions were still pretty mild (she wasn't pushing very hard) and the water still had not broken so I took her in. Turns out that the first one out was the breech and she was presenting tail first.

Daisy had a c-section and all three (THREE!!) puppies were delivered in excellent shape. And are they gorgeous! They have beautiful shiny coats and are all vigorous and robust! I couldn't be more proud if I'd delivered them myself! I opted to make this Daisy's only litter and had her spayed during the operation since, even though there are no large dogs in either her or the sire's line, the puppies were bigger than I expected them to be. The two boys weigh six ounces each and the girl weighs in at six and a half ounces.

I'll post some additional photos once they get a little bit bigger.

Thanks again to everyone who posts on this board--your advice was invaluable to me!

They are beautiful. It's hard to tell from pictures but they do look big next to mom. I'm so glad everything went well. Congratulations!!

Had to add - Love the second picture. What a pose. lol

Congrats on the new babies.....Such sweet little pups they are.

Oh they are just so cute I want to kiss them all over and Daisy for going through and being a great mommy.

:congrats: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: Congratulations well done.

Thank you! I was surprised that the two males have such different coloring. It's pretty, but not what I expected at all. Since I'm not breeding professionally and all three are staying in the family as pets, I'm not terribly concerned about it. Do you suppose that they'll stay this color? It's not at all unattractive--in fact, I think the rich red color is quite lovely. Has anyone ever had a puppy with these markings before? And did it stay the same through adulthood?

congrats on your litter

I dug up a couple links so you can see what a chocolate and a red yorkie looks likethere are two members that have had them

Whispermom2 http://www.yorkietalk.com/gallery/sh...500&ppuser=681

Julz you may want to pm them with questions...
http://www.yorkietalk.com/gallery/sh...00&ppuser=3086