Thank you for your insight and experience on that. The male you mention at the
end of your post was on fluids, that contributed to his weight.
Coconut is healthy and 7 lbs already...she is going to be spay next month...
I have seen a pure-bred Chi that was the size of a Jack Russell!
I couldn't believe he was a CHI!! He was 18 lbs - I had to stop and have a
conversation with the
Vet and the lady (who was cool) me asking the questions about him. He was 5
years old and NOT over weight.
She said, she obtained her boy from Florida. She was a bit shocked at his size
too, when he was 2 years old.
Lady paid for a DNA test - and sure enough 100% Chi.
This is helping me better understand the breed.
Gloria C
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Psalm 7:10
To: [email protected]: [email protected]: Wed, 14 Jan 2009
19:56:53 -0500Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Largest Chihuahua
Em, we all know you have the magic "growing" touch, lol. If anyone has agreat
breeder girl that is just to small to breed, let Em foster her for awhile...I
promise she will grow then, lolSeriously folks, a chi is a chi is a chi. Just
like any other livingthing, 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
resultof breeding other bigger ones.....we could take the top five show dogs
inthe country and with the right breedings, within a few generations wecould
have a HUGE chihuahua....it is all just a matter of what genesappear
when.Lucky's last litter had 5 pups. The biggest one in that litter will
reacharound 5 and a half pounds...the smallest one will probably be lucky if
ithits three pounds. The vet even laughed at mom the other day when he gaveus a
sample flea controle product for one pup and told mom she wouldprobably never
get one for the other pup because they have to be 3 poundsor over. And these
two dogs are from the exact same breedings. I have hadlittermates where the
smallest would reach 3 or 4 and the biggest wouldreach 7......they were both
chis!!The largest pure chi I have ever seen personally was 14 pounds at
onepoint. Now, a lot of that was fluid...he was on a lot of meds to try tokeep
the fluids off...without the fluid he probably would have been about10, but
still you get the point....just because a chi is bigger does NOTmean it is not
a full blooded chi.....just means the breeding thatproduced 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
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