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Originally Posted by YorkieRose I never use the word RUNT..don't like it, reminds me of a litter of pigs. I say.."wee baby"..LOL.. |
me either. i don't use the word "runt" . as kim said above, sometimes the last breeding has a bearing on the size of certain pups. they could be a few days apart in development. i've witnessed this a few times. i have a friend who is a breeder who will say "oh look, so and so throws tiny pups and bigger pups" ummm...ok? that's about all i can say being that i know better. you can have smaller pups (structure wise) along with bigger bone stucture pups. but that is because of the genetics of the parents, their parents and so on. "runts" can be a fluke or they can be from a last conception date. I don't put alot of bearing any more on size in my litters from birth to 12 weeks. At 12 weeks, (sometimes a bit sooner) I can pretty much tell you if a paticular puppy is a genetically "larger" puppy or is a "wee one...hee hee, aka "runt"!!
