:wink: I got Annie from MTR, she was 4 1/2 months old, and a lot smaller from her 3 brothers that were also rescued. She has been the smallest from birth. There are two different sets of genes that produce dwarfism in Labradors. His paws were huge then and everyone said he was going to be big especially as his mum and dad are big labs. Mojo was the smallest in her litter and for a while it looked like I would end up with a very small Lab. I wouldn't be concerned about size, especially when Millie is absolutely stunning! Dwarf Labradors are born when two Labrador parents who are carrying the genes for dwarfism produce a litter of puppies. These are known as SD1 and SD2. Ruby was the smallest of 7 5 boys 2 girls - she was 3.4kg at 6.5 weeks and put on half a kilo a week and at 5 months was 13kg and 17 inches to withers.
Runt dogs Our mental image of the runt puppy in a litter can stir up some mixed emotions. All the puppies weigh around 1 stone and then we have little Mo who is the 'runt' of the litter who is 5lb. Daisy is nearly 1 and she looks pretty much the same as she did at 6 months -she's a petite little girl - lean and perfectly healthy. A forum community dedicated to Labrador owners and enthusiasts. After recoverying, he ended up being the smallest out of the litter!
Enjoy her!! As defenseless newborns, they grab hold of our instinct to protect small and vulnerable things. Enjoy her....x, Mills is a teeny Lab too, even though she looks like she is from show and not working lines. I quite like that as she's strong enough!
We have had her checked over at the vets twice and she is perfectly healthy, no problems whatsoever. (and when I actually have her here! She looks fine to me. Our dog is small too and only in the last couple of months have I become concerned. Come join the discussion about breeds, health, behaviour, housing, adopting, care, classifieds, and more!
He is 1 year old and was the largest of the litter as a puppy. She is only 21kg and is about 20/21 inches high (not accurate due to wiggliness!!). Hi, we have a litter of 8 Labrador puppies.
We have had her checked over at the vets twice and she is perfectly healthy, no problems whatsoever. In books, TV and film, runt animals are often plucky survivors who become popular heroes. Ozzie is quite small too, but I don't know any other pups his age to compare him to. Hello, I haven't got a small dog but just wanted to say how beautiful and healthy she looks! 2 of which are also on here. VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter Street, Suite 901, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. The vet said she will probably never make the size of the other litter mates, she will just be a small Labrador. OMG - I have a monster!!! still waiting... :lol. SD1, known as osteochondrodysplasia, causes the dwarf Lab to have obviously bent legs. A runt of a litter is a puppy that is seemingly weaker than its littermates. A small lab would be good for me as I'm getting very worried mine could pull me over when she's older! Of the litter of 7 there were 4 boys 3 girls, mum although from working lines was quite tall & broad, and dad was very deep-chested and I'd call him a large lab.
Absolutely no health problems with her though. JavaScript is disabled. She was so much smaller than other Lab pups of a similar age, but when they stopped growing she carried on...She now is a normal, healthy size for a Lab bitch...she just grew more slowly.
I was concernded she had been a bit spoilt over Xmas and took her to the vets and she is about 4k OVER WEIGHT so we have both been on a diet for the last couple of weeks and my sis-inlaw can already see a difference! She looks fine too me, absolutely gorgeous. Hi, we have a litter of 8 Labrador puppies. I know not muc help when this thread is about little Labs - But I guess to get it into perspective my little girlk is 14 months and 39.5 kg ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG See what i mean.. If you have siblings, … i was really concerned about my baby when i got him. When talking "Runt" we would be really talking about a dog with a deformity rather than simply small.
For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. But then when he was 13 weeks old, he ate a babies rubber teat and had an operation. So long as she is fit and healthy I would not worry too much. There can be all sorts of reasons why one puppy can be way smaller than the rest. She has been the smallest from birth. The GREAT advantage is that other people (dog owners) think she's a really young puppy so if she misbehaves out and about she gets away with it as people always say - 'aaahhh - she's only young...she'll grow out of it'!!!! All the puppies weigh around 1 stone and then we have little Mo who is the 'runt' of the litter who is 5lb. awwww dont say runt say last and best hehehe No but seriously what do you mean by runt? Once a female dog goes through labor and delivers her whelps, there will be discrepancies in the newborns’ colors, patterns, body shapes, temperaments, and sizes.
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