New Puppy Care
New Puppies Care New Puppies Care
These tips are for the first few weeks, to help your new pup adjust!
Please read this is very important!
The most important rule, is to always have food & water available for your puppy at all times! Due to their small size, teacups must replenish their energy more frequently than larger size puppies. The only way to do this, is by supplying plenty of nourishment in the form of food. You must remember that puppies only eat very small amounts of food at a time but they exert large amounts of energy.
Also, do not change the puppies’ food for the first 2 weeks until the puppy has adjusted to it’s new home.
Then, if you are going to make any changes, do it gradually by slowly adding more of the new food to the old food each day until they are totally switched over to the new food.
The next most important rule, is to have a play yard or playpen or some other type of small enclosed area to keep your tiny teacup yorkie confined in when you are not playing with them. This will help you keep a good eye on your puppy and also help with potty training.
This must be an area with enough room for their bed and easy access to food, water and poppy pad. Never give your tiny yorkies puppy the run of the whole house until they are at least 5 or 6 months old and potty trained. With such a large space to run around in, it is too easy for them to tire and lose track of where their food is.
This could lead to hypoglycemia or death.
For the first few weeks, do not let your teacup out to play for longer than a one-hour period at a time (this applies to puppies going to be less than 3.5 lbs. full grown). Play with them for a shore time, then give them a small dose of Nutri-Cal, Nutri Cap or corn syrup and then place them back in their playpen so they can eat and rest.
Remember that they are micro tiny babies and tire easily. Please be careful not to over-tire your puppy especially in their first few weeks. A puppy will play until it drops.
It may play so much that it is too tired to eat. It is up to you as the owner to be responsible and see that your puppy gets enough rest. Most very small puppies need as much as 20 out of 24 hours rest. Be especially aware of the amount of time children play with the puppy. These are babies and must be treated as such.
Micro tiny teacup yorkies & *Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar can be deadly to your puppy! It is a problem that effects many tiny breeds of puppies usually up to the age of 5 to 16 weeks. All owners of small dogs should be on the lookout for it! The best for your baby doll is to have corn syrup on hand.
You may also offer your puppy once or twice a day a very small amount of Nutri-Cal or Nutri-Stat, PUPPY BOOST it is an extremely good source of food and vitamins. It is also one of the best preventatives and / or cures for keeping your puppy from going into hypoglycemia. It is important for at least the first week or so, to remember to give your puppy a little bit (DIME SIZE) of Nutri-Cal or Nutri-Stat in the morning and in the evening.
Also, if they have been out playing for a while, or have had a lot of people carrying them around or have been away from a food source for a prolonged period of time, give them a tiny bit before retiring them to their playpen.
Always make sure that you have a firm grip on your puppy at all times with it is off the ground. Many fatalities or broken bones have been caused by a tiny dog wriggling out of an owners grasp, or jumping off a lap, couch, or bed, and breaking their neck, legs, or landing on their head. Always supervise small children when around or handling a small dog.
The only safe way for a child to hold a small dog, is sitting on the floor with the puppy between their legs, or on their lap. Also, never leave a small puppy on a chair, bed, couch, or stairs unattended. Remember, a fall from as low as two feet high can be fatal!
Never leave your micro tiny teacup unattended unless it is in it’s bassinet or a safe enclosure! There are many places that such a tiny dog can manage to fit in, and disappear from, not to mention get stuck under!
I hope all this information on this page has been some help with the new adoption of one of our babies If you think your tiny yorkies
Baby Doll might be having a hypoglycemia you may call me at any time of the day or night 403.606.8924,