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Originally Posted by Woogie Man  In reality, most of mine are older than the 12 week mark when I place them. I usually can tell by then at least some things...size, shape and set of ears, tail carriage, eye shape and set, how much they're breaking color, and a decent 'guess' on size. I think you can be a little more certain if you've watched dogs from that line mature and have seen the traits expressed at different ages. That's why I posted earlier about holding all of Roger's and Bonnie's first litter for 9 months.....to see their traits mature. |
Even though I line breed with my lines being from Pastoral and This Time, I've done repeat breedings on dogs and never had the litter repeat itself....some draw traits from Pastoral and some draw traits from This Time....what is consistent is that great topline, movement. The only thing I begin to evaluate at 8 weeks is personality/temperament. At 12 weeks I look at them again....Never really making up my mind on that chosen one until it goes into the ring.