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Pregnant for the first time!!!! HI everyone.....I am new to this board and excited about my first litter of Yorkies!! I bought my two babies 3 years ago (from two separate litters) and now they're gonna be mommy and daddy!! I am new to dog breeding, but I am a horse breeder so not new to the birthing thing. I understand they are two totally different animals, but I feel like the experience is the same. I am on 24 hour call with my mommy horses and get in there and have had to assist with foaling. My momma dog will be 7 weeks on Friday and she is sooooo big already. We will be having x-rays to determine how many pups she has in there. I have read a TON and feel that I am as prepared as I can be.....is there any advise from you veterans out there that I should know that maybe the "books" aren't telling me? What about tail docking and dew claws? Is this something that I can do by myself or do I have to take them to the vet??:aimeeyork |
I am no vetren, new to this site as well. I have just had my first litter. I do understand though from what I've read on here that the X-rays are not all ways right. Also as far as tail docking and dew claws being removed I have seen several sites on this that tell you how to do it. I guess it would be what you are comfortable with. I did not have my pups done because for one they are not 100% yorkie and second I could not do that to them and my mommy's isn't done so I felt no need. Oh and by the way you may already know they do need done when they are 3 days old. |
Congratulations and welcome to YT. I think I'd leave the tail docking to the vet. |
i do my own tails and hubby does the dew claws. If you want to pm me when the time comes, I will tellyou how I dock the tails. it is the easiest thing to do. But I hate doing the dewclaws. BTW, congratulations on your expected litter. |
do they rip the dew claws out? |
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Oops, by the way...Congratulations Nuts4Yorkies on your upcoming first litter and good luck when whelping time comes. My female will be 7 weeks along this coming Saturday (our first litter also), so we're probably going to be busy with our mommies around the same time. Lexie's expected whelping date is October 20th; yours date is thereabouts too? |
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Please post instructions on removing dew claws and docking tails. |
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