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Originally Posted by jvdb
(Post 3158114)
Nearly 6 weeks ago my Molly had two beautiful puppies. A brown one weighing 2.8 oz and a white one weighing 3.9 oz. (they are Yorkie/Papillon).
We advertised the puppies and found buyers the week they were born, two women in their 50s, good friends. One owns a 4lb yorkie and the other one does not yet have a dog. We sold the puppies for $750 each, and received a $300 deposit on each of them at that time.
The parents of these puppies weigh 4.4lb and 4.5 lb and in the ad we placed for the puppies implied that they would most likely mature near the weights of the parents.
Here we are 6 weeks later and the white puppy weighs 18oz (right on track with what we expected) while the brown one has exploded to an unbelievable 28.6oz - he is off the growth charts and we estimate at this rate he will weigh 7lb full grown. The brown one walked sooner, had teeth earlier, and started eating softened puppy food sooner, it is as if he is a week or two ahead in his development.
As you can see we have a dilemma, I have informed the new mommy to be of his weight progress and she is unsure of her feelings toward this - she was wanting and expecting a dog around 5lb or less but was really looking forward to bringing this guy home - she was beginning to get quite attached to him.
Has anyone had a puppy that seemed to be quite ahead in development and then slowed back down to normal later on? or should I be expecting him to continue to grow way off the chart? | No, they don't come off the growth chart to stop growing at that time. They are puppies, this is what they do- GROW. If anything they will grow more than you think. Especially if you are not experienced. This is why it's best to leave it up to a person with experience.
It's hard for someone like me to relate to people that breed & do dew claws like you. I don't understand. These puppies NEED THEIR MOM FOR TWICE THE TIME. Are they going to obedience class? I don't understand selling them for more than quality pups, they can't be socialized. I disagree with selling yorkie tinies for high prices too unless it's a higher price to offset time & the warranty because if you sell a puppy and sell it, you better stand behind it. Bigger/smaller aren't more or less valuable until breeders setting these standards. We each need to do our part. But this isn't what I thought it was supposed to be about.
What did you do about their dew claws? They need to play and learn pack ranking. How about spay/neuter? |