Yorkshire Terrier Breeding - Knowing What To Do When You Breed Your Yorkshire Terrier

Recently I bred my Yorkshire terrier. She is two yearsup and down the stairs. Meanwhile, the father-to-be
old and I thought that the time was right. I own thewas running around the house as though nothing had
male as well, so it seemed like everything would gochanged.
along smoothly. First, I went to my veterinarian andI made every attempt to stay home as much as
made sure that both of my dogs were in good health.possible during the last week, or at least to have
When he gave the all clear sign I went home andsomeone there. But one day I was gone for several
waited until she went into heat.hours and came home to find that she had given birth
I tried to narrow down the days of mating so that Iwithout waiting for me. There were fours puppies, but
would know when the puppies would be expected. Ionly one had survived. The other three had either been
knew it took nine weeks, or 63 days, so I figured outstillborn, or had suffocated when the mother had not
when she would deliver her puppies. At around sixremoved the membrane that covers them at birth. I
weeks I took her back to the vet. She didn't seem towas heartbroken over the loss of these three perfect
be any bigger and there was no way for me to tell iflittle creatures that never took a breath, but happy that
she was pregnant or not. The vet did an x-ray andthe mother and surviving baby were doing fine.
said that she was, indeed, pregnant. He said that heI learned many lessons from this that I will consider in
could only see one skeleton, but that he expected herthe future. The most important one is that you must
to have several pups.not go away during the final days of your dogs'
I was away during the next week and when I returnedpregnancy. You never know if she will need you during
I could not believe my eyes. My little Yorkie had turnedthe birthing process.
into a pumpkin! She was huge and had difficulty getting