My S/O and I have a (~4 years old) Cane Corso / Newfie mix, and she just gave birth to two adorable little pups.
The father is a border collie / Aussie Shepard (~5 years old) that is owned by my S/O’s daughter, who is currently renting from us.
This happened completely by accident, when we went away for a week and my S/O’s daughter cared for them while we were gone. The father was supposed to be fixed, and she swore up and down he was. Our pupper is also not receptive to his advances at ALL. However, life finds a way, right?
Nevertheless, a month or so later we see she’s pregnant. Vet said she’s only having 2, which was fantastic news because that means we should be able to keep them both! This is the first (and last) litter her mom will have. The father was fixed right after we found out she was pregnant, and she will be when she no longer is nursing them (vet said 6 weeks after birth, IIRC).
The two puppers come out, and are happy, healthy and nursing like kings due to the lack of a large litter. They’re both boys. We’ve been weighing them daily, and they hit 1 week old today.
Boy1: 2.7lbs
Boy2: 2.8lbs.
Out of curiosity, I wanted to see how large they’d get so I did some of the online calculators. They are all saying these little pups will be a whopping 140lbs fully grown.
I am shocked. Their momma is 95lbs. Their dad is maybe, 35 soaking wet. They look JUST like their mom - except for a very tiny patch of white fur on their chests (the mom is 100% fully jet-black).
How accurate are these? Could they just be eating too much? I can feel their ribs without pressing hard, which I read about online. I don’t want them to have health issues from being overweight so early in life.
As long as they’re gentle giants like their mom, all should be good (S/O’s daughter has a 2 year old). I’m just trying to figure out if they’re really going to be the giants that the calculators claim.
*** we have an 8’ fully fenced in backyard, there is absolutely zero chance she got loose and mated with a different dog.
The father is a border collie / Aussie Shepard (~5 years old) that is owned by my S/O’s daughter, who is currently renting from us.
This happened completely by accident, when we went away for a week and my S/O’s daughter cared for them while we were gone. The father was supposed to be fixed, and she swore up and down he was. Our pupper is also not receptive to his advances at ALL. However, life finds a way, right?
Nevertheless, a month or so later we see she’s pregnant. Vet said she’s only having 2, which was fantastic news because that means we should be able to keep them both! This is the first (and last) litter her mom will have. The father was fixed right after we found out she was pregnant, and she will be when she no longer is nursing them (vet said 6 weeks after birth, IIRC).
The two puppers come out, and are happy, healthy and nursing like kings due to the lack of a large litter. They’re both boys. We’ve been weighing them daily, and they hit 1 week old today.
Boy1: 2.7lbs
Boy2: 2.8lbs.
Out of curiosity, I wanted to see how large they’d get so I did some of the online calculators. They are all saying these little pups will be a whopping 140lbs fully grown.
I am shocked. Their momma is 95lbs. Their dad is maybe, 35 soaking wet. They look JUST like their mom - except for a very tiny patch of white fur on their chests (the mom is 100% fully jet-black).
How accurate are these? Could they just be eating too much? I can feel their ribs without pressing hard, which I read about online. I don’t want them to have health issues from being overweight so early in life.
As long as they’re gentle giants like their mom, all should be good (S/O’s daughter has a 2 year old). I’m just trying to figure out if they’re really going to be the giants that the calculators claim.
*** we have an 8’ fully fenced in backyard, there is absolutely zero chance she got loose and mated with a different dog.