I agree most dogs are almost finished growing by 6 months, though I did have one girl who grew til she was 18 months (thankfully or she wouldn't have ever been a mommy).. sounds like this is going to be ONE small kiddo. As for how a pup is smaller than both parents, well breeding dogs is not breeding GENOTYPE (aka what you see before you) it is breeding PHENOTYPE (aka every generation behind each parent contributes) not only for size, but for everything, coat color, texture, ear size, head type, bite, back length, height, etc. etc. etc. etc. also including HEALTH. WHen you say this pup is perfectly healthy, does the breeder have documentation of that? AKA a bile acid test for starters, documentation of no collapsing trachea, luxated patellas, heart defects, etc.?
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Originally Posted by makemepretty I saw a 1 1/2 pound 6 month old yorkie puppy, it's parents are 4 lbs and 3 1/2pounds(it'snot the one that's $8,500, I'm not that crazy). My question is, is it possible for it to get larger than 2 1/2 pounds? The owners said that their puppies always end up smaller than 3 pounds. How could the puppies continually be smaller than the parents? I thought I read that someone had a puppy that small at that age and that it actually ended up being 4 pounds when grown.
Please don't flame me, or lecture me. I don't need another puppy or dog but if you could see how cute this little girl is....
The price is fair enough but I'm seriously trying to talk myself out of it. She's perfectly healthy. |