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Old 11-27-2014, 11:08 AM   #3
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How large she will mature to is genetically programmed into her! You can not affect much change in that! You can feed her to make her fatter....she may indeed have a growth spurt and get larger. Some breeders will have pups that are genetically programmed to be larger, and for people wanting a small yorkie, they will tell them to limit the pups intake of food...so you can successfully, to some degree. take a dog that is genetically programmed to be larger, and stunt its growth by not feeding enough, but you can not go the other way and make a small yorkie into a larger yorkie by over feeding!
I could only hope.... I just have to be much more careful, sometimes I don't see her underfoot and she gets into places that Gunner never could. I put a bell on her, but it annoyed her too much (me too), so I took it off.
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