I'm so happy to have found this site. Hopefully, I will find some answers and suggestions from all you dog lovers.
My Lab of fourteen and a half years passed away about a year ago from old age.
We are now looking for a new pup to join our family.
I found a breed and a breeder that I like. I met this little adorable pup yesterday at the breeders home. He said she is the best dog he has bread yet and planned to keep her but couldn't because she has turned out to be too small for breeding. She is eleven weeks old.
She was the first pup born out of the litter of eight and was the same size as the other seven at birth. However, she is now the smallest out of them all. She is about half their size. She has a wonderful temperament is sweet and playful. She seems very healthy and all.
He mentioned that after two days after birth she couldn't get close enough to her mom to get a good feeding. She seemed to get crowded out by the rest. So, he ended putting her on another bitch to suck from. She could get enough to eat from the other dog just fine.
I just question why she is so small? I wonder if I should worry and be concerned? I wonder if I should just wait for the next litter?
I don't mind that she is smaller. I just want to make sure we make the right choice for our family. I don't want to find out later that we should never have bought a pup under such condicions. If she was the runt from the get go I wouldn't be wondering so much. But, half the size of the rest after eleven weeks?
Maybe it's nothing and I am just over reacting. I just don't know!
She is a cutie pie though and seems very healthy.
What to do, what to do?
Marty
My Lab of fourteen and a half years passed away about a year ago from old age.
We are now looking for a new pup to join our family.I found a breed and a breeder that I like. I met this little adorable pup yesterday at the breeders home. He said she is the best dog he has bread yet and planned to keep her but couldn't because she has turned out to be too small for breeding. She is eleven weeks old.
She was the first pup born out of the litter of eight and was the same size as the other seven at birth. However, she is now the smallest out of them all. She is about half their size. She has a wonderful temperament is sweet and playful. She seems very healthy and all.
He mentioned that after two days after birth she couldn't get close enough to her mom to get a good feeding. She seemed to get crowded out by the rest. So, he ended putting her on another bitch to suck from. She could get enough to eat from the other dog just fine.
I just question why she is so small? I wonder if I should worry and be concerned? I wonder if I should just wait for the next litter?
I don't mind that she is smaller. I just want to make sure we make the right choice for our family. I don't want to find out later that we should never have bought a pup under such condicions. If she was the runt from the get go I wouldn't be wondering so much. But, half the size of the rest after eleven weeks?
Maybe it's nothing and I am just over reacting. I just don't know!
She is a cutie pie though and seems very healthy.
What to do, what to do?
Marty