Rosie 1 | 08-25-2007 04:18 PM | 2 Attachment(s) Bumbie is 3 yrs old and weighes 2.7#.. He was the size of my thumb when he was born. I think a few onces is hair in this weight as he has a ton.. He's proud daddy of 2 girls and a boy June 10 his lst litter and last.. I'm keeping the boy not named yet.. I just call him Smuggies so far he's so reserverd and sweet.. Mommy is Ceylon.. Bumbie was the tinnest in a litter of 7.. This was a very stressful time for me when they were born.. Angel, Mom when down on me right after whelping. She was not a huge dog to have this many pups. She's super ovulated.. I just hate that when it happens.. I was up every two hours for two weeks trying to keep them all going.. We made it though and I kept 3 of the 7 pups.. I just adore this line. Bumbie's mouth is so small he has to hook the ball in one side of his mouth to hold it.. His daddy is Mic and his grand daddy is Mukie..
Bumbie was so tinny and I had to hand feed him and his granny sat in the box to comfort him.. He though she was his Mom.. It was one of the sweetest things I've ever seen.. She actually made milk for him as well.. After all this I could not sell him if my life depended on it. I bought Ceylon just to breed him to one day. I got what I asked for when I bred them together which was done in a vets office.. Bumbie just don't know how and he's so tinny didn't want him to get hurt.. But that's another story..
Here he is with his ball and his Ganny Shalay.. His mother Angels Mom..
I really don't like this tinny size... I do not breed for it as they are too delicate for 99 percent of the people out there..If I did breed these tinny's I'd not be able to let them go till they were 6 months old or more as they are just too small.. He's not the greatest eater either.. All my other dogs eat readly but he has to be hand fed and many time won't eat.. But he dose eat his dry dog food which I so glad he dose.. He's never had low blood sugar but times I feel he gets stressed when I have females cycling and I do give him nutra cal when this is going on from time to time.. I just love this little guy so much and do all I can do to avoid a problem with him.. Another thing he dose not know he's this small and it's a problem at times.. |