CockersOnline Forum. Welcome, Guest. Please login or register. Home Help Search Login Register. Topdog9 Site Member Newbie Posts: 2. I went to see a litter of puppies recently and one that I particularly liked was tiny at birth and is unlikely to grow any bigger than a Chihuahua. The puppy is healthy, according to the breeder and the vet who saw her at 8 weeks.
Breed Characteristics
What is a runt?
How big does a miniture Cocker Spaniel get? What kind of problems do they have? Are they hyper little dogs? What kind of activities do they like?
Did You Know?
The Cocker Spaniel will happily go hunting for birds or hang around the house. He is easily trained, gentle, and playful, and loves splashing around in water. My Own Brucie. At his best, the Cocker is a gentle, affectionate and healthy dog with soft, dark eyes. Weighing less than 30 pounds albeit with a tendency to gain more with a soft, wavy coat in many colors and patterns, long ears and the most expressive eyes in dogdom, the Cocker is an excellent family pet -- lively, affectionate, sweet and trainable. But at his worst, he's a nightmare. Popularity has truly been a curse to the Cocker Spaniel, and he's one of the favorite breeds of puppy millers, Internet retailers, and pet stores, who sell sad-eyed, floppy-eared, adorable puppies that too often grow up to be unstable, noisy, nervous dogs who are difficult to housetrain and have a tendency to snap and even bite. If you're lucky enough to find a puppy from a good breeder, get him off on the right foot with gentle and consistent training right from the start. A well-bred Cocker should be easy to housetrain, happy to be with you, and eager to experience new things even if it means walking on a leash, riding in the car or going to puppy classes.
Does your puppy seem a lot smaller than his litter mates? Are you worried that the tinest dog might have the biggest problems? Then check out our complete guide to the runt of the litter. But when it comes to actually bringing a runt puppy home… suddenly their small size can become intimidating. Is a runt puppy bad? And by this definition, a litter can have more than one runt! In fact, all the puppies with an abnormally low birth weight are runts. These puppies often struggle to gain weight after birth and are slow to reach important developmental milestones.
