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I have a litter of pups and the runt is a lot smaller . I have never picked the runt but like this one. Just wondering who likes to keep the runt and why.

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Good thing you like the runt. Everytime I raise a litter I get stuck with the runt. LOL

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Our runt died...my pup was the biggun lol....by 10 days he was nearly double the size of the rest...he had the most color...thats why i picked him....and figured he was smart enough to eat well he aughta have some brains....he does...and he never got as big as his brother...thankfully...his brother is a good sized dog...taller too...

Never much tellin in what a dog will turn into....like i said, i picked based on color lol....color is just color..but i like havin a good lookin dog on the end of my leash!

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We have kept the runt a few different times, they have made coondogs too. When i've kept a runt it was just b/c i liked that praticlar pup best. Really don't think it matters wether they were a runt or what they still either make it or they dont, and usually as far as size they'll normally catch up when they're fully grown.

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I have a litter of pups right now..the runt is by far the most active. He showes he has a good nose on him and will get up on moms food dish and "tree" on it till she drops some food down...he was the first sold or I would have kept him lol

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I never look at color or size I look for one thing when I pick a pup and if the runt is the one that has it so be it

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I never look at color or size I look for one thing when I pick a pup and if the runt is the one that has it so be it

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Can't really think of a reason to keep the runt but can think of a lot of reasons not to. If it is going to be a working dog that is. If it is just going to be a lap dog it wouldn't make me any differance but I am not one to feed a lap dog.

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We also have a litter of pups right now. He wouldnt be my first pick but deffinitly in the top 3.

ps he's not that much smaller than the rest.

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i had a black and tan female she was the runt, then she was the biggest of the whole litter when she got older , so who cares

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same raised litter at 6 months best looking and biggest of litter 3 in. taller and 5lb heavier than rest

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That ain't a runt. A runt is a runt and always will be a runt. That type of runt is what we are talking about.

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runts are hard to raise sometimes.

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Originally posted by l.lyle
That ain't a runt. A runt is a runt and always will be a runt. That type of runt is what we are talking about.

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a runt is the smallest pup in the litter when born. some of you guys change the definition of a runt ,like you do ukc rules

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i like the runts they have to fight for every thing

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This one is a lot smaller than the rest of the litter. She dont even look like she belongs with them.

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I have a litter of Walker pups now.
There is a runt in the litter, he is the most alert,doesn't care what the rest are doing,looks you right in the eye,not a shy bone in his little body, don't take nothin off the rest of em,has "smart" eyes,and they are black,good lookin little feller,slowest eater of all of em...
I think he is "the one".....

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I know a man who always takes the runt / ugliest, etc. that nobody wants, and they usually turn out to be the best of the litter. I think perhaps it is because they start off early having to work for what they get rather than bully their way around at the top. Kinda' like humans huh?

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I watched her yesterday and she would get pushed out of the way but would work her way back to the top . It was funny to just sit a watch her

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i kept the runt off my last litter.shes gonna make a fine dog.with looks toboot.and head full of sense.i like her

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i have a 3 year old runt male red bone just got him finished and i would never get rid of him he hunts hard and has one hell of a mouth on him and is really good with pups. I was kinda weary about buying him but his sire and dam are both grand night champions i couldnt pass that up and im sure glad i got him now. the only draw back is he is wired all the, he doesnt just jump on the tree he runs up it turns around and runs back down

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Originally posted by Kevin Horn
what do you look for?

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Should have worded the poll differently... Should have said who picks the pup that may well have physical and mental problems brought on by a lack of nourishment inutero or a physical deformity that has prevented it from maturing normally, and that statistically speaking it is more likely to have physical issues later in life than the other healthy pups in the litter.
YEAAAH thats the one i want.

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