Is my yorkie pregnant?
 

I have a 2 year old female pure breed yorkie, and i also have a male 11 months yorkie. My female yorkie was inheat and they did it, and he got stuck to her. and now a month pass. Her nipples are pink and very big, she gain some weight and her stomach seems to be a little bigger and when i poke and feel on it, it feels like there is alot of water in it. but i am not sure if she is pregnant. i want to know is there some home remedy or something that i can find out, i dont want to go to the vet because it might cause alot of money. please help! :confused:

Did he get stuck bc he's too big? It could be dangerous if your female is smaller than your male. I would def take her to the vet, if she's preg she probably needs to be checked out, and if she's not preg then there is obviously something else going on. Good luck.

Congratulations, you will probably be a grandmom in a couple of months. My Yorkie about 2 1/2 years ago got pregnant and she got stuck just once and did produce one puppy.

I am sorry but from reading your other posts you seem to be very unknowledgeable about yorkies. To be honest you should have done a lot of research before letting them breed. I do hope you have someone knowledgeable about whelping puppies to help you. There is no way of knowing if she is pregnant without taking her to a vet. Having a litter of puppies can be very costly and also dangerous for the momma. You need to make sure your female is eating a good quality puppy food. If you have any more specific questions it would be best if you posted them in the breeder section. How big is your female? I pray you do take a crash course on whelping and puppy care. There is much valuable information in the Breeder's Section of this forum.

Hello and welcome, well I can say that yes is a BiG possibility that she is pregnant, the "stuck" together is called a tie, and that is normal during breeding.the dog pregnancy test is very expensive, but you can google and learn as much as you can about whelping so you can help your baby.
I hope you can prepare yourself as much as you can. best of luck ..
hugs,
Carmen in nj

Yes, the vet might cost a lot of money, but having puppies is very expensive and there is no good and safe way around that.

Diagnostic imaging will be about $40-$100.
Raising pups (they will need 1-2 sets of vaccines before leaving you, fecals, maybe dewormings, maybe tails and dew claws done) will be quite a bit.
Hopefully she won't need a c-section which could be up to $2000 (if she is pregnant, this money needs to be available to you even if it means Care Credit).
Then if anything goes wrong with the mom or pups (eclampsia, liver shunt, etc.), that will likely be quite a bit more costly.

Just in care she is pregnant, she should be treated like she is. Like someone else said, a crash course in breeding is vey important at this point. Maybe you can find someone to help you in your area that has experience breeding small dogs.

ok, hoping that you are starting your homework about whelping, I got some good links for you to start... this is what I used when my son's taffy was pregnant and I did not know much about whelping babies..

Dog Breeding and Canine Reproduction by Debbie Jensen. Dog Breeding and Whelping guide for dog breeders.

Whelping1

Whelping Supplies


Pregnant Dog Care - VeterinaryPartner.com - a VIN company!

Oh my :(

That is just WRONG!!
 

How can you have a dog and NOT want to take her to a vet if you suspect that something is wrong with her? I hate to say this but you should NOT have any animal if you are NOT willing to care for it, that means taking it to the vet if you think it is sick or in your case pregnant.
I am sorry but when I see or read about something like this it just makes my blood boil. People who are not willing to take care of an animal should not have them. Any animal is a BIG responsibility.

Would you be willing to turn her over to a rescue?

YOu are putting your little girls life in danger if you will not get her vet service now and when she is ready to whelp. Do you know that she has to eat differently and that even if she makes it through having the pups she could still die...

How big is your little girl?

This is very serious as not all Yorkies can whelp and need c sections.

Please take her to the vet or give her to a rescue. Pregnant moms need to be seen by the vet. Breeding isnt cheap and neither is raising puppies.

Any time two dogs tie, you have to assume the girl is pregnant. BJH gave you some good advice. A crash course in whelping is certainly in order but, if you're truly inexperienced, you will absolutely need an experienced person with you as whelping time comes. Yorkies are not a breed where you can just let nature take its course.

If you don't know an experienced small dog breeder, you should rely on your vet. This will mean expenses for you but it is the responsible thing to do. The lives of your girl and her babies are at stake here and I'm not exaggerating.

I'm not sure how you meant it, but you should not be 'poking around' to see if she's pregnant. Only an experienced person should be checking her out.

There's no way to tell you all you need to know but here's a few basic things:

Have a vet confirm her pregnancy. Discuss your lack of experience with your vet and work out a plan for the pregnancy and delivery.

Assume she is pregnant until you have confirmation.

Limit her jumping.

Start now doing your research. You are not only responsible for a safe delivery but also in making sure the pups thrive. They are very vulnerable for several weeks and you must provide them with a suitable environment and know whether they are doing well or need intervention.

This is in no way a complete list of what you need to do/know. My head just spins when I see posts like this. If you girl is already a month along, you only have about another month to prepare as the gestation period is 9 weeks. Forget about any home remedy and saving money. Go see you vet to confirm the pregnancy and get cracking with preparation if she is. If she's not pregnant, I strongly suggest you have her spayed.

I know going to the vet can be expensive. I have 3 yorkies. I'm sure it wasn't a planned pregnancy,but when you bring a pet into your home you have made a commitment to them for their well being. I usually don't reply to many threads just read. I couldn' t imagine not taking my babies to vet it they needed to go. They rely on me. I hope all turns well for you and your baby.

Who sold you these puppies? Do you have full breeding rights? If you do you are responsible for taking these dogs to the vets to be checked out and cared for. If you got them with full breeding rights you can never claim that this was un-planned. If you do not have breeding rights on these 2 dogs they should have been fixed at 6 months of age, both of them. Either way you are responsible for this pregnancy and you need to deal with the consequences.
You are right, vet cost is not cheap, that is why responsible breeders do not breed to sell puppies for pennies. Before breeding the moms and dads many tests are needed to be performed to make sure any underlying problem that can be traced is not passed on. Also, pedigrees and blood lines are taken into consideration, of course if one does not know what to consider that is not gonna get done. Usually the breeder who places puppies should be the judge if someone is financially able to get on the task of breeding, of course, education about the breed and breeding and whelping is just as important.
You should have considered all the pros and cons of having these 2 dogs together and allowing them to breed.

I smell Troll . . .:mad: it almost seems impossible that someone is that ignorant.:rolleyes:

I say Troll and lock it up . . .:thumbup:

Read her other posts and you will get the picture: her female is not potty trained, she does not have a clue on how to do it, she made diapers for her male instead of taking him out to potty, she picked up the boy at 6 and 1/2 weeks of age, she is busy in school and has no time to potty train or to take them for regular walks. And she has no money to take them to the vets now that they mated.
She needs help and she should consider asking a rescue or something like that to "help" her out. From education on the breed and dog ownership to everything else.
She may have a sincere interest on the well being of her dogs. I wish someone near her could help her understand the whole picture and help her make the best decisions for her self and for these 2 yorkies and most likely litter that is on the way.

This lady that has these two dogs doesn't deserve them:mad:... I am sorry but that is how I feel!! Why on earth would you buy or adopt a dog if you don't have the means to take care of it? It makes no sence what so ever to me. I don't care if its something that she wanted... There are a lot of animals that I would love to have but I can't aford the upkeep of them, therefore I keep the ones that I can aford and pray that the rest can find a good home. I just don 't understand WHY someone would buy an animal knowing that she wouldn't have time to be there to look after it nor have the money to take care of it. I personaly think that animal controle needs to step in and take those dogs from her... She has proved that she is not fit to have one... If she says that she doesn't want to go to the vet because its to expensive... :mad:Then WHY have the dog in the first place UGH!!:thumbdown:thumbdown:thumbdown:thumbdown:thum bdown:thumbdown

I am sorry but your attitude does not help at all. If she came here was to try to find help. Attacking is not the way, she may just withdraw from the forum and allow the female to suffer and possibly die.
She really needs HELP. That is why i mentioned a rescue, that would take the mom in and care for her, maybe even get her fixed and give her back to her after weaning the puppies if she is indeed pregnant.
Read her other posts and you will see how naive this person is to just come open on a forum like this. She really needs help from someone who can educate her, get those dogs fixed so no more "accidents" like this possible pregnancy will happen.
This is a very sad situation, but if we do not use WISDOM, we will not be able to help or educate , or protect the animals we love so much.
I hope she keeps coming back and will eventually understand that she needs help and will actually seek help, the right help for herself and these unfortunate dogs.

Yes I have read her other posts... All the more reason why she doesn't deserve those dogs. She will take time to post on the board and not go take care of the dogs? I don't get it. Trust me that was NOT an attack that was me being angry that someone wasn't takeing care of a poor helpless creature. If you took it as an attack then sorry... But who is going to speak up for those dogs? She cares more about school and having a life that doesn't involve animals, if she cared for her animals she would have taken care of them. That is ALL i am going to say about the matter because I am NEVER comming in this section again. I didn't come here to get attacked myself I am NOT the one NOT taking care of my dog!! put the blame where it is needed NOT on me!!

She needs to hear a little anger so she realizes how much she is messing up here. Then maybe she will start taking her responsibility more seriously. She probably does have a pregnant female. She needs to take the advice given here and (1) get her female to the vet and (2) study like crazy to learn what she needs to know about taking care of a pregnant female, whelping and caring for the puppies. I know there may be a fine line between getting her attention and not running her off. But at the same time, I would not want to ignore the lack of concern she seems to be showing for the welfare of this girl.

It is very important to get the female to a vet. Since she knows little about yorkies and breeding, I doubt the female has been evaluated as to her physical ability to carry a litter, any disease or condition that might make pregnancy a danger, and her overall health.

I won't harp on her for letting the dogs breed (and who knows if they were breeding candidates or compatible to each other) since that is a done deal, but now that she is probably pregnant, I think she needs to get the message loud and clear that she has a responsibility to do everything possible to ensure the health and safety of the dam and puppies. If she is unable or unwilling to do that, she needs to turn her over to a rescue as soon as possible. There is NO EXCUSE for letting a dog go without proper care. You take them on, and you owe them health care, quality nutrition, and a safe and loving environment.

I think that you are mistaken about how a rescue works. :confused: There is not a rescue out there that would take a dog, spay it and then return it to the owner.

As for the OPer, she has been back and has not posted to this thread with an update. If she wanted to be responsible and was not able to care for a litter of puppies then she needs to take her dog to the vet and have it spayed~immediately! Spay/neuter clinics are available all over and more people should be taking advantage of the low cost programs so that these types of "accidents" do not happen. There is such a huge problem in CA with pet over population, the rescues are not even able to keep up with the demand of what is going on in the shelters. The shelters are overrun with abandoned pets and they are being PTS because the rescues do not have the space of money to take them all in to their care. :(

This is directly to the OPer~~~~if you need to have the name of a low cost spay/neuter clinic in your area send me a PM and I will give you a link that you can use. I believe that a spay is around $80 and MUCH less than a emergency c section or vetting of a pregnant mom and her litter of puppies.

I thought about suggesting spay in my earlier post but didn't know enough to recommend for or against it, so I looked into it a bit.

While there are many who say that spaying a pregnant dog is a simple procedure, there are some cautions I've found that would make me hesitate to recommend spaying a pregnant bitch without considering them first.

Here's a link (for what it's worth) that mentions the increased blood loss and duration of surgery (along with the increased time under anesthesia) that a spay while pregnant entails.
Pregnant Spay
I would think that these increased risks would be magnified in a small dog and make such a spay likely inadvisable, especially if not done very early on.

I'm admittedly no expert, but it just seems that such a decision should be made in consult with a vet and shouldn't be casually recommended.

All these negativity is NOT HELPING HER one bit. Yeah she could of done this, could of done that BUT FACT IS SHE DIDN'T so what can we do now to help her? There is no going back to the past, the past is the past. The least you can do it help her for those who have knowledge in breeding. I'm very upset with these yorkietalk members. I see MANY MANY times people come here for answers because they are concern and some YT member always shut them down and say stuff like "THIS PUP DESERVES A BETTER HOME" or "YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE YOUR RESEACH". Don't get me wrong, YT is a great place and has great information for new owners (like myself) but with people always putting others down and saying things like that just isn't helping. Sorry if I offend anybody but I'm just saying it the way I see it.

Ditto.
I have been trying to make people understand this point !
Thank you for posting this !!!
I do understand how rescues work, I am very aware . That is exactly what she needs, help from someone who knows how to help !!! Not someone who knows to attack .

The sad reality is that WE cannot help her, if she won't take the dog to the vet.

Many of these people come on asking for help, but need to be told the truth. If you cannot afford a vet it is best to rehome the dog NOW before she goes into labor and possibly needs a C section, which she won't get because this person cannot afford it.

If she does not like the advice that is too bad, but there is no way to sugar coat some of these issues.

She evidently cannot afford the dogs, does not have time for the dogs and she surely should not be breeding dogs.

Hopefully she has enough love and compassion for her dogs to get them the care they need, even if it means surrendering them to someone else.

Act before , think after .

She certainly will not be back now so I wonder what will happen with that little Mommy. We'll never know. Truth she does need to hear, but it's the way you tell the truth that makes the difference. NOT a bashing truth...sigh

Sadly,sounds like shes preggers to me. Over 25 years ago I had 2 litters and that was after i ownwer handled 2 american champions from wildweir lines, they were both males,the 1st litter whichwas bred to my pointed female went well but only 2 pups, the 2nd litter was a didaster and she needed a c - section and only 1 healthy pup. Please buy a book of delivery and buy and prepare a whelping box.nee dless to say no $$ was made and I feared for my female's life.please keep us posted.Is Mama updated on all of her shots? She really should go to the vet for a wellness visit.Money must be spent in this case. I dont mean to be harsh.

Some animal shelters have such a low cost spay. Our animal shelter has a spay. I'm not sure how many times a year. BUT, I will tell you my opinion. I would not spay her as she is going into the 2nd part of her pregnancy. It is too risky especially being a little Yorkie. They have enough problem as it is. Also, if you do end up doing it which the sooner the better, look to see if you have a Animal Birth Control in your area or state. They are also known as the ABC.
I did not take Jemma to the spay clinic. They just don't do everything that would be done in a vets office. For larger breeds it would be fine. But not for my little Jemma. But I contacted the ABC. I sent them 70.00 and they paid the entire spay fee. Now in the state of NJ, I think our vets have the highest fee schedule. In your state, it may not be nearly as much. So ABC may not ask you for as much money as I paid. You would be able to then have this done in a vet's office which would be much safer.
When you bring her to the vet, come back and let us know if she is. We then can help you from there. While crash coarse on whelping, try and found something on the whelping of small breeds. Many people here can give you suggestions on whelping boxes. You don't need to build one. People here have found household items and converted them into a whelping box. Some great ideas by these people!!
But you also need to know that your Yorkie is at risk. Very high. It is not uncommon for them to need a C section. If she does need one and you don't get it, she dies, plain and simple truth. And you need to know who carries that responsibility, you.
So hold her and look at her. And while she is licking you, think what is best for HER!

HALLELLUIA !!!!!
There are a few of us who knows something here ! thanks for posting !!!!!;)