Hello, introducing myself & my yorkies
 

:aimeeyork Hello, I am from Indiana. I am proud yorkie owner of two! I have a male (full blooded) and a female who is a yorkiepoo. They are both wonderful dogs with beautiful temperaments. They are sweet and loving! :animal-pa
My female is pregnant right now. I am not exactly sure on what to do as far as the birth goes, but the vet said that she should be fine. If any of you have any suggestions on what to do for her before she gives birth, please send me some advice! The vet told me to put her on puppy food until she's done nursing, give her plenty of exercise to build up her stomach muscles for pushing and to make a bed for her to have the babies in, since she will probably end up giving birth in the middle of my bed...she sleeps with me.

I asked the vet what to watch for in case of signs that she's having trouble delivering, and he said if she starts to strain or has gone into welping and has done nothing for 2 hours to seek medical attention. I've had other dogs before that have given birth, but they were much bigger than she and had no difficulty. Since she's so small, i'm sort of worried.
My male is a full blooded yorkie w/ papers. He's pretty much a little bigger than my female, with thick hair....he looks like a teddy bear, so thats why his name is teddy.

Well, if any of you have any suggestions or advice on the birthing process for yorkies, i would greatly appreciate your help.

thanks
yorkiemomma7

First of all, welcome to YT!!! :welcome4: There is a wonderful community of people here and I'm sure you'll fit right in!

I don't have any advice for you since I've never had a pregnant dog before, but there are lots of breeders here that will be able to give you TONS of information! Good luck! :goodluck:

thanks for the welcome
 

thanks for the welcome! I'm glad to be here.
It's nice to have a place to talk about our dogs with others who have the same breed!

yorkiemomma7:animal-pa

Hello and welcome. I am from Indiana too. You need to watch the regional forums theres going to be a Indiana yorkie meet up in June

Hi welcome to Yt! I'm also from IN, glad to have another hoosier aboard!

I don't have much advice for you on the welping part, I have never had a yorkie give birth. Good luck and I'm sure someone will come by that can give you some good advise.

Welcome to YT. Good luck on your whelping. When is she due?

welcome to YT.

I don't know nothin' bout birthin' no babies - but welcome to YT:)

thanks for the warm welcom
 

:animal-pa :Thank you all for the warm welcome! I'm sure someone will have some advice about the birthing thing.....She will be due on or around April 1st. From the time i calculated, but it could be like a few days off.
The Vet said 59-63 days...i counted 63.....so i'm in the neighborhood of it...:)

Glad to meet others from Indiana! I will have to check the boards about the convention....i would like to attend one.
yorkiemomma7:animal-pa

:yorkietal Welcome :yorkietal

I just wanted to welcome you. I am sure that some of our very experienced breeders will help with your questions. My motto is when in doubt call the vet...

Welcome to YT!! Do you have any pics we would love to see your babies!

Hi and welcome. There are quite a few of us from Indiana. Where are you located? I'm about an hour north of Indy.

Indiana
 

I live in Clinton, it's about an hour and 15 min. west of indy....not too far.
About 15 min. north of Terre Haute. Have you heard of it? Many have not heard of it, that is why i ask. ;)

yorkiemomma7