Originally Posted by Lovetodream88 (Post 4219430)

I would free feed until his an adult if not his whole life.

Originally Posted by joyce evans (Post 4220193)

Congrats on your new pup!! Vet check is good!!! I still hand feed mine at 5 1/2 mos. when I think she's not eating enough. I provide plenty of food but she doesn't like eating out of a bowl. You may have a shy puppy and it may take some time for him to get used to his new home. Adding a little warm water to dry food may help.

Originally Posted by Lil Sis (Post 4219977)

my vet said to be careful about free feeding yorkies, they become disinterested in the food and won't eat. He also pointed out if you free feed and have more then one pup it is hard to know what they eat. Also free feeding makes it harder to potty train.

I guess the point is do what works best for your little guy, talk to your vet and research here. As to food, most vets are not "nutritionest" and they often sell food, that does not mean the food they sell is the best. IMO look at pest best for "human" grade food.. no corn.

good luck and enjoy that baby.

Originally Posted by darlenejmnz (Post 4220060)

I don't really like free feeding but I thought I would try it for the first few days after that 4 meals a day till he is 12 weeks then ill do 3 meals a day.

Originally Posted by marlenemaria (Post 4220951)

Praying your little one feels better soon :hands:

From what you are writing it seems the vet has it under control.

Just remember, he is pretty tiny and is very young for the most part they do have sugar issues which you need to monitor by keeping him fed -even if it means opening their tiny mouth and putting something on their tongue.

I think a lot of members can have excellent input on this subject, I have even read some giving the little ones baby food.

Hopefully others will respond soon.

Keep the faith, everything will turn out well.

Bless :hands:

Originally Posted by darlenejmnz (Post 4220948)

Hi guys. Unfortunately Joey threw up three times this morning so I took him to the vet ASAP. He hasn't been eating no matter what I do so I didn't even know what he was throwing up. I tried dry food, dry food mixed with wet food, just wet, I hand fed him and nothing. I gave him this stuff called a/d that the vet gave him and in one day he only ate a tablespoon of that. When I took him to the vet they told me he had very low blood sugar. She put him on an IV, will give him glucose and something to help stop the nausea. I feel so terrible that I started to cry. I've had him 3 days and I already love him so much. I feel like no matter what I do I can't get him to eat. The vet told me that he will be okay but I'm just emotional thinking about it. The vet told me to leave him at the vets office for a few hours so she can monitor him and then he can most likely come back home today.

If you guys could keep him in your prayers it would mean so much to me. She said he will be fine and I am ready to bust open a cookbook to make him eat anything he wants. I'm going to give him rice and chicken when he comes home to help with the loose stools and nausea. He's so little and has such a bad combination of symptoms. I'll keep you guys updated.

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1 (Post 4221190)

Gerber baby food, chicken or lamb....it is bland and most of the babies love it and eat it easily. You are going to probably need to either let him lick it off your finger tip or feed him little squirts in his mouth with a syringe you can get from the vet. NEXT!! You need to contact the breeder you got this baby from. She needs to be told you are having a terrible time trying to get the baby to eat, and you are having hypoglycemia issues....she let this baby go home to someone that is totally inexperienced with puppies, this puppy is too young to be leaving his momma, he should be with momma until at least 12 weeks of age, ESPECIALLY since you are having eating/hypoglycemia issues. She should be ASHAMED of herself putting YOU in this situation, and abandoning this baby, which is HER "creation" when she bred the sire and dam!!!!
If I were you, I would get the Gerber baby food...I would syringe feed that baby if he wont take it off your fingertip or off a flat surface like a little dish....and I would get goats milk, warm a little up and put that in a shallow dish for him to lap up...he is just now at the age where momma is beginning to wean him...he doesnt know how to lap stuff up...YOU ARE HIS MOMMA NOW, so you are going to have to teach him how to lick that baby food off something and how to lick up that goats milk...this is something you are going to have to do like every 3 or 4 hours, in order to keep him hydrated and fed.....It will be labor intensive to start with, but he will catch on and learn what to do.... give him about 1/2 inch of NutriCal on the roof of his mouth every 4 hours during the day and the last thing you do at night before he goes to sleep...this is important, so you dont wake up to an unconscious baby from low blood sugar in the morning....I wish I could get ahold of that bree.....never mind!!!!

Originally Posted by darlenejmnz (Post 4221220)

Thanks for the food suggestions I'll keep those in mind. unfortunately the breeder is not really any help she swears he was eating dry food just fine but here he wont even touch it. :confused: Luckily now that I'm syringe feeding him he is more alert and playful and hes eating all the food.

You don't even want to know about what the breeder did with Joey and his vaccines. :mad: I might have rushed into getting him even though I wasn't crazy about the breeder because it was love at first sight. I may not be experienced but I have read almost every puppy book that I can get my hands on and I'm also very patient. I love this little guy. He's already peed on me once and pooped on the floor a couple of times and I just put him in his playpen, clean up the mess and play with him again. I will definitely do what I can so that he is healthy and happy, It's great to have a support system like you guys though. :D

Originally Posted by darlenejmnz (Post 4220948)

Hi guys. Unfortunately Joey threw up three times this morning so I took him to the vet ASAP. He hasn't been eating no matter what I do so I didn't even know what he was throwing up. I tried dry food, dry food mixed with wet food, just wet, I hand fed him and nothing. I gave him this stuff called a/d that the vet gave him and in one day he only ate a tablespoon of that. When I took him to the vet they told me he had very low blood sugar. She put him on an IV, will give him glucose and something to help stop the nausea. I feel so terrible that I started to cry. I've had him 3 days and I already love him so much. I feel like no matter what I do I can't get him to eat. The vet told me that he will be okay but I'm just emotional thinking about it. The vet told me to leave him at the vets office for a few hours so she can monitor him and then he can most likely come back home today.

If you guys could keep him in your prayers it would mean so much to me. She said he will be fine and I am ready to bust open a cookbook to make him eat anything he wants. I'm going to give him rice and chicken when he comes home to help with the loose stools and nausea. He's so little and has such a bad combination of symptoms. I'll keep you guys updated.

Originally Posted by darlenejmnz (Post 4221178)

The vet checked his stool samples both yesterday and today and they were good. No parasites or anything. Apparently he's just very stubborn and he won't eat. The vet got his blood glucose level back up and were going to force feed him for at least a week and see where he goes from there (she said they brought out all tyeps of food and he wouldnt eat anything even though he had not eaten all day). I'm basically going to use a syringe and use wet food mixed with a little water and feed him a little bit at a time. She said the vomiting could have been from the low glucose level but they gave him nausea medication so he shouldn't throw up again.

As for his soft stools he got medicine for that and should be normal in a day or two. Basically she said he's a really stubborn little guy so he should be fed a tiny bit every few hours to get the calories and energy that he needs.

I'm just going to keep a close eye in him but he should be okay.

Thank you for everyone's advice you guys have kept me calm through all this. I honestly cried when I had to leave him at the vet I was so scared for him but he's going to be okay.

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88 (Post 4221332)

Well that shows the yorkie in him being stubborn. Hopefully he will start eating.

Originally Posted by Dukendaisy (Post 4220106)

Congratulations on your new baby! What is his name? I picked up my 2, 9 week old babies on May 12 th, they are brother and sister, so I am having the same experiences as you have described. Daisy Nd Duke have adjusted to their new home quite well and I think that is because they have eachother to play with, sleep with, hide from the scary vacuum cleaner together, etc. lol

I am free feeding them Royal Canin X-Small Puppy because the kibble is very tiny and Daisy is quite small and was having trouble with the kibble the breeder sent home with them so I slowly introduced the RC and they are doing quite well on it. I also free fed my first Yorkie, Indie, who died in April, without issue, but of course it has to be what's best for the dog right?

I am having problems with potty training but that is to be expected and they are still quite young so I'm not too worried yet. I always use baby wipes or pet wipes to clean dirty bums and also have the area shaved really is the only way to keep them clean. I am not used to having a little boy with a little "thingy" and trying to keep it clean. Lol. Our breeder shaved the bums for us and also trimmed the hair in Duke's "thingy" on the day we picked them up, she also showed us how to properly trim the toenails which I was keen to learn.

I hope your little one is doing better today and continues to thrive. Please remember that if you are taking her to the Vet or anywhere really that you do not put her on the ground or around strange dogs since their immune systems cannot fight the nasties that can be found at the Vet or pet store or park. Bring your own towel to put on the exam table and ask the vet and the tech's to please scrub their hands before handling your baby. I am super cautious until ALL the shots have been given and I even make friends and family scrub up when they have come to meet the puppies this last week. Probably paranoid but having just lost Indie who I was lucky enough to have for almost 14 years, I cannot take any chances with these little ones, I would just die if they got sick and I could have prevented it with something as simple as washing my hands.

Karen, Daisy, and Duke:animal-pa

Originally Posted by darlenejmnz (Post 4222202)

So every 4 hours I've been giving him some wet food in a syringe (this stuff called a/d that the vet recommended) I also give him a tiny bit of Nutrical and there is a defenet improvement. He was way more alert today sniffing around the house and he chased a ball today as I threw it around (though I only let him play for 5 minutes because of all that he's been through). He mostly sleeps but I can see he is feeling better. Hopefully things go up from here.

I want to start introducing wet food this weekend and all I have at home are different bags of dry food. Apart from baby food any brands you guys recommend? The a/d is good for puppies with diarrhea but I don't think that its as nutritious and tasty as it could be.

He is really feisty when I try to open his mouth he tries to shut it super tight lol but I'm keeping up with the feedings no matter how messy things get.

BTW is 1 pound 6 ounces a normal weight for his age? He will be ten weeks tomorrow.