Fjordhorse

We actually had the runt "pushed" on us by a registered breeder. This was a number of years ago, and I was a young teen desperate for my "own" dog, and my parents had expressed to the breeder that I had an interest in eventually showing my pup. She convinced my non-savvy parents that the runt was the way to go for us, and Being 13 I didn't know any better. So we bought home a beautiful little boy, main registered with a name I was allowed to choose with her prefix, seemed like a dream to me at that age. We raised him just like our other dog, positive reinforcement, extensive socialising, puppy preschool, moved on to agility. He was VERY trainable and willing to please but he was and still is incredibly anxious to the point he would panic walking past a parked car in someone's drive, refused to get out of the car in new places.... it's something we have never been able to get him over. And despite being fed a high quality diet with both raw meat and high end kibble food he failed to reach the minimum height required for a male. so I never did show him, he was desexed and is a VERY loyal (because of his anxiety) pet. We love him, but we never went looking for the runt of the litter, so ours was the opposite to the situation posted.