I mean; if our babies ate less
I heard that some breeders underfeed so that the puppies stay smaller longer (being that some people want the "tea cup.")
Nini has very short legs and is of a sturdy frame, the way I see it. Now, when she hit 8 lbs. her vet told me to quit it. Nini had been a very, very, but very picky eater and so I would stand on my head to make her eat. I tried everything!
I succeeded in making her gain weight. The down-side? Stomach problems (vomiting). When she got sick, the vet put her on a 1 tea spoon, 3 times a day, ID diet for 24 hrs., with the following days moderately adding to her regular diet. It was Thanksgiving day when we had to start her on this diet and you can imagine her disbelieve. All those aromas in the air (for sure she was going to get a taste, right?) and then, everyone was eating well and she was only getting a tiny teaspoon of yucky food.
When she was able to eat her regular foo, she did it with a vengeance. She ate everything, every time I served her. No more picky eater, at least for a while. She gained and gained until her vet said it was enough.
If she hadn't pigged out so much, being that she's short, I wonder if she wouldn't "look so big"? I only stopped overfeeding after her vet scared me, but I don't care what people say about her size.
I don't even know what a standard size is. My sister is 5'8" and people say she's standard size. She still looks like a shrimp to me
(I'm 5'2")
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Originally Posted by Nikkilou  |