If you are privileged enough to own a female Yorkshire Terrier, then you should know that it’s only a matter of time before you have to make that decision of whether to get her fixed or let her breed. If you decided to get her fixed then you don’t have anything else to worry or think about but loving her. If you decide that you do want her to have puppies one day then you have to deal with her heat cycles coming every six months until that day comes. Her heat cycle can start as early as six months old. She should no...

If you are privileged enough to own a female Yorkshire Terrier, then you should know that it’s only a matter of time before you have to make that decision of whether to get her fixed or let her breed. If you decided to get her fixed then you don’t have anything else to worry or think about but loving her. If you decide that you do want her to have puppies one day then you have to deal with her heat cycles coming every six months until that day comes. Her heat cycle can start as early as six months old. She should not be bred at this time, seeing how she is still a puppy herself. She will swell, bleed and put off an odor that only male dogs can smell. Males will come from miles away to court your princess so be careful about watching her every move. It only takes once. Her heat cycle will last for three weeks.

Once she has had two heats and is well over a year old and you plan to breed her, she will need to be bred that second week or beginning on the eighth day after her bleeding and swelling began. She will continue to breed until about the eighteenth day. You will know that she is bred by seeing the tie between her and her mate. After the tie you can expect the puppies to arrive between 56 and 65 days later. The puppies should arrive within one hour of each other; if not then seek a vet’s advice. A female Yorkie can have trouble having her puppies even if she has had previous litters with no trouble at all. Keep a close eye on her during the birthing process and if she looks to be in trouble don’t hesitate to take her to your vet. You wouldn’t dare want to lose such a valuable dog or all her puppies.

A female Yorkie can have between one and five puppies. This makes her very valuable. When a Yorkie puppy is born it weighs from two to six ounces. The first week of its’ life is a very critical time. It has to be monitored constantly. At this age it has to eat every two to three hours and if the mother doesn’t have enough milk or won’t feed it then the breeder has to feed it by hand with a milk substitute. This is not good because the milk substitute doesn’t have the immunity in it that the young pup needs to fight off sickness. Sometimes breeders can do everything exactly right and the pup still dies because of the lack of immunity in the milk replacement. It is true that you can’t replace a mother’s breast milk. It is the best thing for them. It ensures their survival. Sure there have been puppies that have made it without one drop of their mother’s milk. They were just very strong and very lucky, that’s all.

Also, if a mother is not able to take care of her puppies the breeder will have to make the puppies relieve themselves. The mother usually does this by licking their privates with her tongue. She then disposes of their waste by eating it herself. This is done because she doesn’t want any other animals to be able to smell her puppies and find them. This is an instinct from the wild. It also ensures their survival if they had to live in the wild. If a breeder has to do this for her, he or she has to take a warm wet paper towel and gently rub over the genital areas. After they are done the paper towel can be thrown away. This has to be done every two or three hours also until the pups start to go on their own.

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2 years of age at least will be ideal for your terrier.If she is young ,rather than older then there is less chance of her having problems with birthing.The amount of times she is mated in her season will determine the size of the litter.For example, she could concieve with the sire one day and then concieve with him again the next day so they are not all concieved on the same day.That doesn't mean to say if she was mated 10 times she would have 100 pups, her body will amazingly only take what it can handle. As a genera...

2 years of age at least will be ideal for your terrier.If she is young ,rather than older then there is less chance of her having problems with birthing.The amount of times she is mated in her season will determine the size of the litter.For example, she could concieve with the sire one day and then concieve with him again the next day so they are not all concieved on the same day.That doesn't mean to say if she was mated 10 times she would have 100 pups, her body will amazingly only take what it can handle. As a general rule , 1 mating each day for 3 days in a row will garantee a good litter.