5 to 6 week puppy when told 9wks
 

Hi all

Yesterday i got yorkie puppy my parents said i could get him becuas i been saveing up my money and when we went and got him yesterday he was not walkn right so guy gave us heck of a deal and the guy said he was 9 weeks old then we tock him to vet and found out hes onley 5 or 6 weeks old and i heard yorkies are spouse to nurse to 8 weeks old

and he will not eat out bowl yet he will onley eat out of sring seens hes 5 or 6 weeks old should i been in rush to stop the milk suplment for the puppy and try get him to eat

and the botel says 8 once bottel puppy should eat a day but i was lucky if i could get 2 ml ever 4 hours should i be wouried? how much milk should yorkie have

thank you in advance

Congratulation's on your new baby. I hope someone can give you some advice. Just make sure you have nutrical on hand in case of low sugar.

mine came home at 9 weeks, i think the easiest thing you could do would be to try and powder up some dry kibble with a really really high quality, most on here use wellness or natural balance i believe. i used royal canin indoor puppy. did your breeder give you any dog food to feed the pup??? they shouldh ave and you should be feeding him/her that for at least a couple weeks before you slowly will transition into another better food if you'd like to change it. try to break down the dog food into powder, you can add yogurt or something for flavor. you could even try boiled chicken pieces or something. that baby has to eat...did you not ask the vet how to feed the baby?? they will know call them...

and yes please have nutrical or karo syrup on hand at all times...

i had to add here: getting a heck of a deal because something is wrong with the puppy is not the most responsible thing to do, this is a life not a toy, you really should have made sure you weren't supporting a breeder who lets a sick 5 week old puppy go to a new home. that's very irresponsible on both parties.

It is illegal to sell a puppy under eight weeks old in Indiana. If this puppy doesn't walk right, most likely you are looking at big vet bills and possibly heartache. Better to save your money awhile longer and get a puppy from a reputable breeder.

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I would return this puppy right away and report the breeder for violating the law.

Rachel, I thought Sadie was seven weeks when you got her, not nine like you said in your post? :confused:

Ask you vet to give you some suggestions please. Another trick is baby Pedia Sure, it comes in a bottle and I warm it up for the pups. Try some puppy food like cesars, but make sure it is for puppies, that way you can put it in their mouth and they will want to eat more. But rememeber the tummies are very small and sensitive.

oops you are right, she was 7 weeks when she came home, she is 9 weeks now...sorry my mistake. to the OP even 7 weeks is VERY young and if you take on something like that you could be in for heartache and you have to be REALLY careful about everything with it's health, they could take a turn for the worse quickly, i'm really blessed that in Sadie's case she is very healthy and was in good condition when i got her, i'm also blessed that she was weaned and eating puppy food well and that she LOVES the raw recipe i make her and always had gobbled it right down.

she's a little miss piggy now, i can't free feed her anymore because she has no self control and will eat it all...lol

I also agree with Ladymom, that is way too young to leave the litter and if you have a law in your state return that puppy before you have many problems. Sometimes there is a good reason for such a good deal, good luck.

He probably walks funny because he is still so young! Put a little puppy formula in a dish (or goats milk) and put him on your lap and try to get him to lap up the formula. Do this at least 4 or 5 times a day. After a while you can add a little bit of very finely ground meat (or beef baby food - the kind with nothing added to it) and a little bit of ground (very fine) puppy kibble (high quality). A puppy that is being weaned needs 90 calories per pound of body weight a day. Good luck.

Thank you all for responding he is eating lil better today but not much he ate some yogurt and puppy forumla

the vet said the other vet the guy tock the pups to may of even gave the shots wrong and put him in his legs and vet said no brakes or anything and are vets checking him in 3 weeks and if he dont regain full strengh in his legs i will be okay with is becuas why i got the puppy is becuas i need something when i am down in bed with my illness he would be something small cuddly and would give me some good responabltys and when im haveing bad day i know i have to get up take him out

and Lady i did not know that thank you for imforming me that in are area of IN they do not flow that becuas are other dog we got him at 6 weeks but would make seens why the guy said he was 9 weeks old

the breeder did not tell me any brand of food he just told me to give him milk if i could not get him to eat
I wounder to if they were giveing the puppy cows milk some becuas we got it off a amish and that can hurt the health of a puppy becuas it needs more nutrin

rachel we did not know he was onley 5 to 6 weeks old we thought he was 9 becuas thats what we were told

im going to try and put some of the fourmla on his food see what happens thank you all

good luck with the little dear and feel free to post pictures so we can see him.

too young and doesnt have enough immunity; check with vet or hollistic vet for a puppy formula you can use a bottle to feed; you might also need to add some colostrum powder (found in natural mother's milk) in it to boost immunity; please dont feed any dog food or kibble; too young for that. good luck

Congrats with your new furbaby !!! And welcome to YT.
Make sure u follow your vet instruction., The puppy is too young to b away from his mommy. So u need to b careful how and when u feel him.
Good Luck !!
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I am not a professional breeder by any means but I do have 5 happy healthy 8 week old puppies. I was told by other breeders here to offer our puppies ground up (put it in a blender) puppy kibble (Chicken Soup for the puppies lovers soul is what I use) by 4 weeks to START the weaning process which takes awhile. At about 5 to 6 weeks the puppies on their own would eat the ground up kibble and loved it. At 7 weeks we gave them the kibble without grinding it again they love it. My puppies are 8 weeks old today and their momma has weaned them over the past week. If they try to nurse now she growls at them. I think just making sure the pup eats and drinks and gains weight (you have to weigh him daily) and call your vet if anything changes. Good Luck!

Harley125
 

I'm sorry to hear that your yorkie puppy isn't as well off as he/she should be and the breeder you got him/her from shouldn't be breeding yorkies if they will sell sick yorkies, especially if they are just in it for the money. But anyway, I breed yorkies here in Tx and your problem can me fixed with giving your yorkie goat's milk which can be purchased at your local grocery store. The goat's milk acts like the mother's milk and with give your yorkie puppy the nutrishin and strenght that he/she will need to live a happy and healthy life. It will also help in strengthen his/her bones and he/she will be walking like normal in no time. good luck and if you have any more questions look me up.

oh and make sure you alway have some nutrical or karo syurp on hand in case his/her blood sugar gets too low and you can tell when that happens cause your yorkie will develop the shakes and/or the twiches.
Hope this helps.

Harley125
 

PS. if your going to start your yorkie on puppy food (which he/she should start to eat at 5 wks old) you need to either add water or goat's milk to the puppy kibble so that they can eat it while there teeth are still developing.