I have probably another year before I will have the pleasure of another litter in my house, so I am surely jumping the gun with this question, but it's on my mind alot, so thought I may as well ask now so I can quit wondering....
I believe my next litter will be a whole different experiance from my first. The first time; Lexie was 9-10 lbs when she got PG (yes, I know, over-standard; live & learn
); her stud was 4lbs. Her four pups weighed 5oz & 6oz. All went well for everyone.
Halle & Toby will be my breeding pair the next time. I expect Halle will be between 5-6 lbs and Toby is 4lbs. Due to Halle's size (compared to Lexies') and to what I know of their backgrounds, I expect the pups will be much smaller than Lexie's.
My question is this
: Do the smaller size puppies (2 oz-3 oz)
always have trouble latching on and/or need supplementing due to their small size? Or does that problem normally stem from other reasons?
I've read so many threads where the smaller pups "won't/can't latch on!" and it just made me wonder if this was the norm or not.
Thanks for your help.............