Originally Posted by punkie (Post 1274912)

The puppy will be 11 weeks old in a coupe of days and he is weighing in at 1 lbs and 14 oz. right now. So 30 oz. in total. He has gained 6 oz. in the last week. How much do you think he will weigh when full grown? Maybe my vet is wrong.

Originally Posted by sweetr72 (Post 1280912)

I waited all day to get off work and come on to YT to find out his name...but alas...no name yet lol...guess I will have to be even more patient lol..

Dawn

Originally Posted by tamarac68 (Post 1280990)

How about Ralphie? I know it's a little strange but that is what I was going to name my yorkie if I got a boy but I ended up getting a little girl who I named Lola :). I still have a couple of weeks before she comes home and I can hardly stand waiting. I am so excited!

Good luck with your baby! He is adorable.

Originally Posted by OpheliaLoved (Post 1281481)

Ralphie..... reminds me of A Christmas Story! That is a great name for a puppy!
-O

Originally Posted by celstu1 (Post 1279556)

I just bought my dogs royal canin not even 2 weeks ago... and although they LOVE it, its $13 for a 3# bag around here. That does not even last 2 weeks with my 2 boys. So Im not going to keep them on it. Im thinking of switching to that blue buffalo food. I can get that around here for cheaper. I'd rather go with Canidae but I can't find it around here! I read an article about how food and temperment are related. How diet affects a dogs training, personality and temperment. Canidae was on the list of top 10 foods to feed your dog for good traits. :)

One of my boys yelps in his sleep... I think he must be dreaming or something! It was really scarey at first but I got used to it. I just pet him for a min and he settles down and goes back to sleep.

As for playing/walking/exercising... let him go for it... it can't hurt him. Just don't let him jump off things like the bed, couch, etc... he could break a leg or as Ive heard develop luxatting patella over time. (that is something wrong with his knee joints I believe) get him some stairs or a ramp that he can get on & off the couch/bed easily on his own.

Good job with the harnesses!! I had no idea on that one. I did find out quickly with my first pup ... amazingly the STORE I bought him from (its a local pet store who gets pups from local breeders, not a chain pet store who gets pups from puppymills) gave me a collar and leash to buy for him. I had no idea and I bought them. I think I found out the next day after reading the book on yorkies to put them in a harness not a collar. So I went out the next day and bought him a harness.

Also, as your pup hits about 6 months, he'll start teething. I HIGHLY recommend you getting and indoor playpen for dogs, or an x-pen. Put him in that when you can't watch him or when you need to leave him alone. don't just gate him into a room, he'll eat the walls!!! I made this mistake and ended up with 2 huge holes in my walls that i had to have fixed. HAHA They will EAT ANYTHING you leave out... so put ALL your stuff away! My boys chewed through about 10 - 15 pairs of shoes, the walls, the baseboards, bottom of the cabinets, 2 beds, 10 harnesses & leashes, pants, bras, socks, laptop cord, $100 sunglasses and much much more stuff! :( :mad: :eek: Remember its your fault for leaving it out.. not his for chewing it. Thats how I got through that stage! Man it was tough!!! I was mad at myself A LOT for about 3 months!!! HAHA

I had my Dex fixed when he was 6 months old. He had uummm .. 'issues' so to speak, and I was sick of seeing the lipstick everyday.... the vet said fixing him should make that problem go away, but I had to wait until he hit 3lbs and 6 months bc he had a heart murmur and the vet wouldn't put him under if he weighed less than 3lbs for his own safety. His murmur closed when he was a year old (the lipstick problem never went away!!!). My fletcher is not fixed yet. I'd love LOVE LOVE to stud him out. I think hes BEAUTIFUL!!! I wish I knew a breeder (reputable of course) who would want to use him. :rolleyes:

Anyways.... good luck with him! :D :D

Originally Posted by ellie81 (Post 1279762)

I'm glad you decided yo keep him! I'm one of the firsts persons to reply to this thread, before it turned a little ugly, so when I saw like 20 pages I was like, what happened to this thread! ok, i'm gonna check it out and then... yeah, she's keeping him!!!!! It's funny how people are still attacking Punkie because of the first post, and you don't have to read the whole 20 pages to see what's going on, I didn't. But if you see a 20 pages thread you can reply after just looking at the first one, you need to browse a little...

Originally Posted by Lexi Rae (Post 1279775)

she changed her mind because of us yorkie talkers.. shes keeping him
i guess we talked her into it.... she loves the puppy and im sure she
will be a great mommy to him......

im so glad you had a change of heart.. you go girl:thumbup: :thumbup:
im proud of you.

Originally Posted by OpheliaLoved (Post 1281481)

Ralphie..... reminds me of A Christmas Story! That is a great name for a puppy!
-O

Originally Posted by pepe mint (Post 1281358)

Punkie, when I got maggie at 11 weeks old, she was 2.6 lbs and is now a little over 5 lbs. so he may be pretty small after all!!! but again...who knows :)

we are all waiting for an update :) how are things going? does the little fella have a name yet??