Em, we all know you have the magic "growing" touch, lol. If anyone has a great breeder girl that is just to small to breed, let Em foster her for a while...I promise she will grow then, lol
Seriously folks, a chi is a chi is a chi. Just like any other living thing, they come in all sizes and those tiny little things are no more "pure-bred" than the bigger ones. The bigger ones are usually the result of breeding other bigger ones.....we could take the top five show dogs in the country and with the right breedings, within a few generations we could have a HUGE chihuahua....it is all just a matter of what genes appear when. Lucky's last litter had 5 pups. The biggest one in that litter will reach around 5 and a half pounds...the smallest one will probably be lucky if it hits three pounds. The vet even laughed at mom the other day when he gave us a sample flea controle product for one pup and told mom she would probably never get one for the other pup because they have to be 3 pounds or over. And these two dogs are from the exact same breedings. I have had littermates where the smallest would reach 3 or 4 and the biggest would reach 7......they were both chis!! The largest pure chi I have ever seen personally was 14 pounds at one point. Now, a lot of that was fluid...he was on a lot of meds to try to keep the fluids off...without the fluid he probably would have been about 10, but still you get the point....just because a chi is bigger does NOT mean it is not a full blooded chi.....just means the breeding that produced it was just right to bring out the bigger genes.... Marsha > My Chico, the tan one, is 12 pounds. I got him from Mare and both his > parents and all other siblings are small. His litter mate, my Tito > (black/tan), is about 6 pounds and much smaller. He has very long legs > and is a deer type chi. - em > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of e holley > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Largest Chihuahua > > > > Hey, Gloria, > > My PedroMiguel is the product of two showdogs, obviously purebreds. He > is 8.8 pounds. He is in no way fat. He is taller and longer than most! A > great apple head and disposition! He is the one in the article I sent. > Super duper dog, just large! > > Elizabeth > > --- On Wed, 1/14/09, GJ <[email protected] <mailto:gjc777%40msn.com> > > wrote: > >> From: GJ <[email protected] <mailto:gjc777%40msn.com> > >> Subject: [Chihuahuas] Largest Chihuahua >> To: chihuah...@yahoogro <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com >> Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 5:25 PM >> Can anyone tell me if they encountered a very large >> Chihuahua?? >> >> Forget the standard - I am asking about a pure-bred Chi. >> How many >> pounds?? >> >> Body length and head size, etc...?? This question is for >> breeders >> too... >> >> Thanks a bunch!! >> >> Gloria C > > This email contains correspondence from an attorney and may contain privileged information. If you are not the intended receipient, please delete. Do not tell god how big your storm is. Tell the storm how big your God is. http://taylorstots.tripod.com/ ------------------------------------ " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
