Saturday, December 29, 2007

REFLECTION-2007

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! With 2008 just a couple days away, I thought it would be a great time to reflect on 2007. 2007 was a great year here at TMY. If any of you have read my Blog along the way, some significant events happened and some great learning experiences.
January-Jazzy gave birth to 5 puppies. We lost our first little boy at birth from her which was devastating. Weighing in at 1 5/8oz he was just too little to survive. One of her girls only weighed 2 oz and had splayed legs. I did physical therapy on her for weeks, supplemented her every 2 hours and nursed her into health. Today she is a healthy little girl that we gave to my mom and dad. (Anya)
February-after lots of sleepless nights everyone is doing wonderful.
March- Abbie had 5 pups, 4 boys and 1 girl. Key, the tiny boy almost drown in the waterbowl when mom jumped out of the whelping box and he was nursing on her, throwing him thru the air and him landing in 5 inches of water. Clinging for his life, my husband found him as he was near death from hypothermia and drowning. We learned our lesson on keeping the water bowl close to the whelping box.
April-we attended a Meet the Breeds with Ruby. Ruby was a big hit and we met so many nice people. Later that month she delivered 3 beautiful pups.
May- YCKC annual AKC show. Learning allot and making preparations to show my first yorkie late in the summer.
June-Delia goes into labor but does not have her puppies. She has a detaching placenta and we have to have our frst C-section but all the pups survive. 3 boys and a girl.
July-TMY has their first annual Yorkie family reunion. Such a great time and so good to see all the pups.
August- I attend my first specialty show (to watch) in PA. I learned so much. We make our debut at the Union ME AKC show with Denali. Nervous but exciting. Ali took a first in her class and she was such a good girl.
September- Key turns 6 months and we are off to several shows over the next months. Ma, CT, and PA.
October- 2 litters born. Jazzy ends up with 2 born natural and a C section for the other 2. One little girl does not make it. Very sad again here at TMY but thankful Jazzy is ok. Libby has a litter of 4 healthy pups.
November-Delia is placed in a surrogate home due to the fighting. A hard decision but she is doing well and is happy being the only dog. Abbie delivers a beautiful litter of 5 by herself during the night after thanksgiving.
December-lots of happy folks picking up their puppies to go home. Ruby delivers 3 boys and 2 girls. All beautiful and doing well. Lucy turns 6 mo old. (delia's daughter). She will be debuting in January 2008 in MA along with Key who is 9 mo old now.

Babies, showing, difficult decisions, happiness and saddness...........such a mix for 2007. We at TMY is thankful for all that has happened, all the wonderful moms and dads who found us and moreover, thankful for the opportunity to share who we are and what we do. We continue to strive to better our breeding program, promote our dogs and lines by showing, and to continue to make people happy by sharing with you. Our hope through the blog is to provide educational material and learning experiences to maybe curb someone else from making a mistake maybe as we have. We love our yorkies and want them to be the very best they can be and TMY will not compromise their care.
Thank you to all of our past and new moms and dads. We are so blessed and appreciative to have you in our lives!! A big thank you to Dr Hutchins at SMVC for everything he does for us as well. Happy New Year. Holly

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