early development

[jdp204]

Im interested in hearing your experiences with puppy development(if you are experienced with breeding and have raised litters). my newest female was far more active active earler on than my male and it made me wonder why? for instance, at 9 weeks my male was having trouble climbing up the 1 step from the backyard, where as the female was on top of the pick nick table destroying my plants at 7weeks?! also now shes a hot little handful at 6 months where as hes cold as ice. any observations would be appreciated! heres a pic from 8 weeks of the fireball.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/jdp88/l_60b813fff45a9347f2e742b568cd0629.jpg

[coolhandjean]

Not a breeder or an expert by any means, but dogs all just develop differently, and at their own rate.

[koening]

I seen this on a litter I just had . The smallest of the cubs grew up the fastest and at 3 MO he was bigger and a bigger trouble then all the others . Now , at 4 and a half MO , they are about the same , but the female from the litter is now the hottest of them , since I have seen them . They all take their own steps , some faster , some slower , just give a bit of time :)

[LadyRampage]

Actually the way a dog acts/developes as a pup means little to nothing 9 out of 10 times, IMO. I have had pups that were hot outgoing developed early turn out to be below average dogs, and had the quiet layed back dog be outstanding as an adult. Just enjoy all the stages of developement and watch them change and grow, there is plenty of time to see what happens.

Like what was said before, all dogs develope differently and at different times. Although I do tend to have females that are harder to handle than my males, but I tend to chaulk that up to hormones.. lmao

[jdp204]

lol i agree with the hormone thing

[Dr_jitsu]

In the one litter I bred the pick of the litter (so I thought) who was super confident and red hot from birth turned out to be a rough 25 minute cur, according to the people who got her.

The shyest one, who just sat in the back and shook turned out to be as dead game as a live one could be (again according to her eventual owners who made her their main brood gyp).

[oldtimebullylove]

I am by far an expert, but I have had plenty of experience with litters, not mine, but it still gets the job done. ;)

As another member said, all pups and litters will develop differently and socialization is always the key in the end.

I have seen some "runts" out grow the normal litter mates by far, then stop and do nothing and be worth nothing in the end, and I have also seen it the other way, the "runt" slower to pick up on things, then turn out to be the best one in the litter. It is something that you cannot determine or change. They are going to be what they already are when they are born, all you can do is make sure they have what they need. Nutrition, love, and SOCIALIZATION, with people mainly, then sounds, objects, all kids of things.