We waited until Pepper was three months old before we brought her home. She learned a lot from her elders in that extra few weeks!
Nancy, Pepper, Rascal & Rocky ________________________________ From: Joan Croft <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 11:30 AM Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] WONDERING I got Dolly when she was 8 weeks old; she was taken from her mother at least a week earlier. I got Desi when he was 8 weeks old; he had been weaned from his mother at 6 weeks and the breeder kept the Moms away from the puppies after that so that they would not want to nurse again. But, the breeder kept them until they were 8 weeks old…probably for the bonding with their littermates and making sure that everything else looked OK (except for the free-feeding fat on him.) Desi was very healthy, and had an unhealthy store of fat under his beautiful dark brown coat. I really don’t know if he has been sick before…the only non-vaccine visits to the vet he had was when I accidentally stepped on him at 9 weeks; and he had a little eye infection this past April and he had the rash on his butt that was two weeks after that. Dolly had an umbilical repair surgery at 7 weeks, which I believe hurt her respiratory system. She had a respiratory infection at 8 weeks and a whole slew of them afterwards. Right now she is on medication for another respiratory infection…this time it is confined more to her head but I can still hear her straining to breathe in the nighttime. Her hernia repair has broken open and the vet is watching it. He says that it is not painful and he doesn’t feel any of her insides pushing out. She will keep that hernia, unless she has to have surgery for something else and then he would fix it. If the hernia gets bigger and is painful or there is too much space for important things to push out, then she would have to have surgery just for the hernia. Joan, Dolly Dee & Desi Lou From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raven Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 7:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] WONDERING You must wait until she is 8 weeks old!! I would leave her with mama until she was 10 weeks old. You can still go visit her, bond with her, but please leave her with mama longer. Sugar needs mama's milk, comfort and she needs to interact with her brothers/sisters. This will all help her to be a stronger and healthy puppy when she comes to your home. Raven Lucy & Molly & Stella, the Girl Doggies Huginn, Riddari, & Dixie Chick, the Back Behind the Barn Ponies I ride a pony, cuz heart is not measured in hands. My Blog http://iceponytrekking.blogspot.com Respect ALL Earthlings. We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures.
