Oh I'm sorry to hear that. I hope she feels better soon.

Oh...what about the name Punkie??? I think that would be the cutest..and there are no punkie's on this forum yet...at least none that I know of..

Dawn

Thank you :) This is my first Yorkie and I'm kind of out of my league I think. I never had a small dog before. But I have all of you to ask for advice :)
I will definitely keep ebay in mind if he gets to be chubster, LOL. Thank you. :D

Thank you Dawn. It's so hard to pick a name. There are so many good ones. But I'm excited. I would love some suggestions.

Speaking of stopping the puppy mill guy, who would I talk to exactly? The Humane Society?

Thank you :) He is really good dog and so affectionate. He's a cutie :)

LOL, you're so funny Dawn. I could resort to that as well if the brownies don't work. LOL. :D

I do like the name Punkie. My boyfriend thinks it's stupid :( This is where the bribe would come in, LOL.

I actually think Punkie is an AWESOME name!!! Great idea!!! Im a bit partial to Dexter :p To me there could never be enough Dexters in the world! HAHA

I am a newbie yorkie owner myself, I got my first one june 05 and he died in Sept 05 :( so these guys (dex & fletch) are REALLY my only experience! They are fun and fiesty! They are small guys who think they are MASSIVE! All I can recommend is read read read and ask your questions here! I have realized how LUCKY I was when I got my boys! I had NO idea about luxating patella (sp?) and low blood sugar and collapse tracchea and sooooo many other things! I was VERY lucky the breeder I choose had some healthy pups! I did have a scare, my Dex had a heart murmur that was still there after 6 months, my vet was nervous and we almost went for a echocardiogram to see if he needed surgery and then by his first year checkup, it was gone thank god! Anyways, you are in good hands here! You'll learn all you'll need to know! The women and men here are THE BEST!!

My husband calls Reece Punk all the time lol...its funny you say that!!

Dawn

I'm really sorry about your little one who passed away. I'm glad you have your other two babies to love :)

I had read about collapsed trachea so when we got the pup, I got him a couple of harnesses instead of a collar. I read about low blood sugar too, so I make sure that he eats often. But I have no idea what luxating patella is.

It's comforting to know that the people here are so knowledgeable.

There are some things I'm wondering about. When we got him, we were told not to exercise him too much because it's not good for his bone development. Is this true? So we don't really let him walk around much. We take him outside but only let him walk a few feet and then carry him. He get all of his exercise running around the house and playing with his toys and my boyfriend. We took him to the park once and the kids kind of scared him. They were trying to play with him, but he didn't like them moving so quickly towards him and making a lot of noise. So we try to stay away from kids now, although I worry that this will cause him to be not socialized enough with children.

Also I was wondering abut when to have him neutered. I've heard from some people to not wait past 5 months but other have said after 6 months.

Speaking of making him eat often, he seems to like his new food we switched him to. We're giving him Innova now instead of Eukanuba because we read it was really low quality. What does everyone here feed? Would anyone recommend Innova?

I feed Blue Buffalo from Petsmart...my dogs LOVE it..they were on Nutrience before but the new food is much better...Innova is supposed to be a really good food too!!

Dawn

That's good to know. He likes it a lot. He's eating a lot more than when he was on Eukanuba. Maybe that's just because he's getting bigger now, LOL.

Does anyone's dogs twitch a lot when they sleep? I have never seen it to the degree of this little guy before. He twitches all the time when he sleeps and chews in his sleep and smacks his lips constantly. It's really bizarre.

I feed Canidae kibble and either Canidae canned or Merrick. I haven't read all the post but I hope you decide to keep the pup. I have never heard a breeder guarantee the size/weight of a puppy since there are so many variables involved. Sometimes even seeing the parents isn't a promise your dog will be in their weight range. My daughter bought a pup and we saw it's parents but he has grown to a healty 9 lbs at 9 months, he was 2lb 9 oz at 8 weeks so she knew there was a possibility of him being out of the weight standard. I asked the breeder about his weight and she told me it had to come from back in his bloodline.

The smacking of the lips and twitching are very normal for my guys...for sure...Reece especially is very loud...Soleil my baby girl likes to run in her sleep lol...she cracks me right up!!

Dawn