[Dogtrainer4God]

Everybody's just been posting such great pictures of their pups, had to add mine to the lot! :wink:
Here is a picture of 11 week old Tina. 7 lb of pure FIRE.

 

[Howard N]

Nice pic!

 

[Aussie]

They say, good things come in small packages.

But wow, she sure must be goooooood.

I am 5 foot 10 inches, and I am bad LOL

 

[Lady Duck Hunter]

I've had 2 what I would have called "runts" as a breeder. Both were born about half the size of the other puppies and stuggled to make it in the beginning. One grew up to be an 85 lbs male, beautiful! Not a washout, he loves to hunt & is a great family dog. He learned quickly with his novice owner trainer. The other one, a female was always different. She was fast as the wind and love to play but seemed to suffer from the "PeterPan" syndrome - she never grew up - she is the perpetual puppy. She was given to a home as a pet and I have not heard from her owners in a while. They love her and think her quirkiness is cute.

We bought the smallest puppy of a litter once. At 7 weeks old he weighed 6 lbs. At maturity he was 50 lbs. and the best marking dog we have had. He was definately not a washout. Lotto is not 10.5 years old and still very puppy-ish....but when the marks stary flying he is all business and just needs you to be is caddy. He got his HRCH-MH titles and passed the Master National, doing more that we ever dreamed we'd be able to do with our dogs. At the last vet visit this fall, our vet was doing her hands on physical can asked for the 2nd time...how old did you say this dog is? we said that he was 10 last July...and she just shook her head and said he certainly don't feel like an old dog. His muscles are still very firm and he has almost no gray.

 

[Waterdogs]

Ive always liked the runts. Ive kept four runts and they have been awsome. Im not sure why but they have all been fire crackers. I have chopper pup right now that was the runt. She is fearless and moves like the wind.

 

[Boondux]

It's not the size of the dog, it's the size of the attitude. The smallest in our litter was also the most gutsy and a troublemaker!

 

[AmiableLabs]

One of the bigtime dogs was a runt AND almost died from distemper with his littermates.

Wasn't it King Buck?

 

[Targander]

I believe NFC "Lottie" was a runt.

Had a tiny, but strong pup born a few years back that weighed in a whopping 4 0z. :shock: Nope, no dwarfs in the litter either. 5.2 # at 8 weeks.

She was fighting strong from the moment she was born. Ended up being 50# soak en wet at maturity. She's still alive and kicking up a storm at age 12.

 

[Stylesl]

My "runt" is 45 pounds and wouldn't trade Raven for the world.

Good luck with your pup-

Lisa

 

[Dogtrainer4God]

Good luck with your pup-

Lisa

Thanks!

 

[spaightlabs]

Godspeed little one.