My small ones are pretty much staying small. They have a father in common but different mothers. Dad is 2 3/4#, Moms are both about 3#. Lacijo is 9 1/2 months old and weighs 3.6#, last time I weighed her she weighed 3.8#. Her weight plateaus and fluxuates a little as it goes up. Mr. Big is going to be 7 months in another 10 days and he has weighed 3.5# for about a month now. Following the chart from the time I got him, we thought he was going to be about 4 - 4 1/2#.
Don't ever fall for the wording on the ads. They maybe honest people or not. They may know what they are talking about or they may just be playing on the size of the puppy at the time they are for sale. I have been reading a lot of ads on Puppyfind.com and I see a lot of puppies advertised as "teacups" at 2# at 8- 10 weeks. I'm not positive but I don't believe a puppy that size at that age is going to be under 4#, maybe not under 6#. I don't trust what I find in the ads. It's one of the reasons I want to talk face to face to the owners and see the parents. I don't even trust seeing the parents, I've been told you get more of an estimate by looking at the grandparents. I've recently read that puppies can be a throw back to the 10th generation. |