Becoming a Yorkie Grandma I've been quietly reading everything I can on this forum before joining today and I think I'm more nervous than when I started reading! My female yorkie, Princess, is about 6 weeks pregnant. She was about 5 pounds before becoming preggers. The father is my male yorkie, Teddy. Teddy is about 3 1/2 pounds. We imported both about a year ago from England from breeders in different regions. We always knew we wanted them to breed at some point as it is impossible to get yorkie puppies here in the Cayman Islands that are younger than 15 to 18 weeks due to importation laws. However we were not expecting to become grandparents quite this soon. I'm not concerned about nutrition as my husband and daughter do a homemade gourmet pet food business on the side and so we have that covered. Princess is going for her first prenatal check this week and we will have our vet on standby for the actual delivery timeframe (I am not doing this on my own, no way, no how) but here is my question.....how do daddy yorkies behave around the puppies after whelping??? Princess and Teddy are inseparable but I am worried what will happen after she delivers, any hints and tips? Thank you and thanks for providing such an amazing site! |
Welcome to YT!! :wavey: I'm sorry, I don't have any experience with this, but I wanted to bump up your thread so that one of the great breeders on this site might see it!! Good luck and I hope we get to see some pics soon! |
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Thank you for "bumping" my question up. I created the "nest" yesterday which is one of my large dog's kennels with the top off (I also have two Cayman Island specials which are lab mixes that weigh in at about 80 pounds each but they are 10 years old brother and sister) and I lined it with old sheets and plenty of white fluffy towels for changing in and out and a special modified top that folds over to give her a bit of privacy. Princess was quite interested in it and Teddy had no interest so I am hoping this is a good sign. I've never birthed yorkies....eeeek, I've delivered humans in emergencies and I delivered by two big dogs, I had their momma dog and she delivered 7 puppies it took exactly 24 hours but yorkies, that's a new one for me and I am nervous as heck......even though we will make arrangements to have a c-section on standby I am still fretting The other thing that concerns me is I don't know that I will be able to part with any of them. There is a huge waiting list of very desirable homes for these little snausages but I'm not sure hubby and me can even think of parting with one of them, I think I may keep any females and just part with any males....anybody have any thoughts for me? I've been running Reiki on her every day and she appreciates that but does anybody have any other suggestions for making her feel more comfortable, she's entering the "heavy and awkward" stage and I want her to be as cozy as possible. Thanks for reading and thanks for the responses |
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When I use to breed the dads weren't really interested, and if they got to close the moms would go after them. |
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