Yuriy Ivanovich has arrived home on Tenerife

[Conjure_Girl]

Originally Posted by timmylish

just 4 hours ago. Born on 4th.May so he,s not yet 7 weeks old. At 1Kg50grms =35.4 ozs !!
Seems like he is a bit of a giant. Cannot post a pic. yet. Camera batteries are flat!
One question being:-
he has done nothing except sleep oh and a huge pee. Although I,ve had dogs before they have always been Labradors and similar and normally 8 weeks old so were jumping around as soon as we had them. I do appreciate that he will have been stressed leaving his Mom and siblings but I,m surprised that he is not interested in food/water as yet. I know the addage, when their hungry the,ll eat but Labs never stopped eating.
Any comment folks?

Congratulations on Yurachka! How cute! I'm Russian, and immediately got a kick off of his name. Awesome!

[Conjure_Girl]

Originally Posted by TeresaM

Congrats on your new boy!! Cute name! Did I read that correct? He's 7 weeks old? That still really young and he will be doing a lot of sleeping, especially after the stress of traveling. I know others will be able to give you some good advice on how to care for one so young. But you will need to watch his eating closely, it's very important for one so young to eat properly and often.

I agree! You might also want to consider adding a bit of honey to his water for a couple of weeks, to make sure his sugar level is fine and he's not crashing on you.

[4doggiemama]

Congratulations on your tiny baby. Be sure to either have Nutra-Cal or Karo syrup on hand in case he goes into a hypoglycemic episode. Low-blood sugar can happen so fast when they are so young. Keep in touch with YT as your baby grows. ~Joanne~