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Originally Posted by pookybear  Maggie, one of the main points of this thread was to asking what do you get when the father is the larger partner. Not dangerously but ounces. Does the dog take after it's father or mother or would be larger than both of them? That one breeder said 60% of size comes from the mother? Would that still be the case if the father is a little larger than the mother?
Regarding food...I looked at the vet when he told me that and said, "I don't want him to be hungry." This why I'm asking all the different questions in other threads. I'm trying to figure out if people with heavier dogs just let them graze and don't monitor their eating or if the dogs choose for themselves their weight and leave food even if offered to them. Our dogs will just walk away and none of them are overweight. They're all 2 years and under. We have two working class breeds and now 2 toy breeds. Then there's the neutering/spaying factor. So far the girls that have been spayed are still a healthy weight, my personal protection dog will not be neutered, I can't risk him getting lazy or indifferent, but Mr. Pooky-Bear WILL be neutered...however, I'm a little nervous about the surgery...can't think about it right now and besides that, I've gone off topic on my own thread,hehe
Back to the vet. He's the best vet in town. He'll save a dog rather than put him down and he's very practical. Believe me, I was just as shocked at that response as you were BUT it does kind of make sense. I'm just going to feed him what's recommended for his weight each month and see what happens. There's no way I'd starve or malnourish anything on purpose. |
I understand what you are asking. But there is no way to know regardless of the sizes of the parents what the pups sizes will mature to. You have to know what was behind each generation in regards to sizes. It's like Russian roulette you never know what you will get. That was what I was trying to show with the 3 litter reference. As far as the Nose , ears, and feet reference it has always been very close when I look at those features on a pup and I can get within a good range of what they will mature to as adults. my previous litter of pups 2 were big they had larger features than the other 2 pups in that litter. When I get a chance I will look through my pics of the previous litter to find some that show what I am referring to.
In regards to the food issue, I am surprised a vet would say that. If you feed a pup less it will only cause problems. Puppies need all the nutrition they get from the food they eat to develop properly. If your not feeding them the proper amounts it will cause problems with their health and developement. I am sure your vet may be the best but what he told you was wrong.