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Harrisonsgsds26

by Harrisonsgsds26 on 26 January 2015 - 15:01

Just curious!! A a buddy of mine has a litter of pups. The Sire is 75lbs and the Dam is 85 pounds. 10 puppies born all were between 1.44 to 1.66 pounds at birth. If the average birth weight is around 1 pound. Do you think these puppies will be in the bottom the middle or the top of the standard or even oversized based on birth weight and dames pre birth weight of 85 pounds.

Jenni78

by Jenni78 on 26 January 2015 - 23:01

That's large but not unheard of. Their mother is either fat or oversized, and I can't tell which from the post. 

That is unusual to have 10 puppies all between those weights; those are very close. Typically there is slightly more variation in a litter that's on the larger side. I just had a litter of 9 out of a 55-60lb bitch and her smallest was .96 and largest 1.27 and most of them were 1.2 ish. I have had pups as large as you're saying with her mother, a roughly 75lb bitch. Were they weighed as they came out or after they ate? I have heard of people weighing pups a few hours after they've been born and have nursed and recording those as birth weights which is not accurate. They can change quite a bit in a few hours. 


bubbabooboo

by bubbabooboo on 27 January 2015 - 17:01

Birth weight has little to do with the final size or weight of the dog.  Birth weight within the litter may be a better indicator of final weight within the litter.  A litter of 8-12 is usually going to have weights under 1 pound or 454 g for you correctly using metric and a 2 litter pup may weigh 650 grams or 21 ounces.  I have had the runt of the litters grow up to be large and the largest within the litter ( from a litter of 9)  and I have the smaller pup at 18 ounces be the largest dog while his brother that weighed 22 ounces was smaller than him at adulthood.  It is mostly what happens after birth from the mothers care and feeding as well as what you feed them and how they are exercised and reared.  The larger birth weights you mentioned may be an indication that the female had some form of gestational diabetes in which cases all bets are off.






 


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