Comments for
My dog is quite small for her age

Average Rating starstarstarstar

Click here to add your own comments

Feb 26, 2009
Rating
starstarstarstarstar 		Dog is small
by: Scott

Thanks for the info. My friend told me he got the pup from a breeder. Well, he's not that close to me so I'm not even sure that was true or not.

Anyhow, I would have to think the dog is much younger than 2 months. She's eating fine, playful, and behaves well. As far as I could tell from her appearance, she's a Malinois, but I could be wrong.

Thanks
Feb 25, 2009
Rating
starstarstar 		Sounds a bit fishy to me
by: barrie

I have a Belgian Malinois and 3.5 lbs for an 8 week old mal is way way small. I have experience with three separate litters of malinois puppies all from Dutch lines which are a bit larger than American bred mals full grown but my girl is at the lowest limit in both height and weight and she definitely weighed more than 3.5 pounds at 8 weeks. At 9 years, my malinois is 21" at the whithers and 50 pounds. Compare that to my 5 year old Jack Russell Terrier who is 12.5" at the whithers and 9.5 lbs. My jack weighed only 2 pounds at 8 weeks. My 35 pound, 18 month old Australian Cattle dog weighed about 9 pounds at 8 weeks.

Either the dog is much younger than 8 weeks, it isn't a malinois or there have been serious nutrient deficiencies. It is also very unusual for an 8 week old mal puppy to just be given away like that. Where did your friend get the puppy?

Click here to add your own comments

Return to My dog is quite small for her age

Return to Puppy Health Problems.