[Micah my love]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

This is not accurate....if you are familiar with the dogs BEHIND your male/female, you can have a larger male that has a genetic propensity to throw small dogs....and you can likewise have a tiny male with a line of big dogs behind him, that, when paired with a female that also has a line of big dogs behind her, you can have babies that are larger than both parents. What you arwe looking at on the ground in front of you, is only a very small part of the lineage of that dog....that is why you have to know what is behind the dogs, that is where your liver shunts and bad eyes and hips and legs, large size, etc spring up....little FeeFee and little Bob may be the picture of health, but if FeeFee has a line of dogs, say 7 generations back, that is known to throw bad livers, and as luck would have it, Bob also happens to have some bad livers back in 6-8 generation, you have a problem. Same thing with size.... This knowledge of pedigrees is part of what makes a breeder reputable.

You are very wise