Introducing My Cute Mutt

[Christina]

Yes lanabanana that's what was confusing me. Post said 6 pups, then 9. Maltese are tiny dogs & dont have litters that big.

Have heard of strange matings with a big bitch & tiny male that did not seem possible due to male being unable to reach but big bitch may have been lying down & barely noticed little male tickling Other way round one would expect damage but little dogs don't produce so many pups. Maybe a scaled down cross breed of some sort. Anyones guess really.

[lanabanana]

Yes lanabanana that's what was confusing me. Post said 6 pups, then 9. Maltese are tiny dogs & dont have litters that big.

Have heard of strange matings with a big bitch & tiny male that did not seem possible due to male being unable to reach but big bitch may have been lying down & barely noticed little male tickling Other way round one would expect damage but little dogs don't produce so many pups. Maybe a scaled down cross breed of some sort. Anyones guess really.

at "tickling" love it

I know of a few big bitch, tiny male matings too...and i know for a fact one of them the bitch was laying down...and another a male used a step lol

I am really curious though about a big male and a tiny female......and any damage it could cause...or not

[Kyra]

First two breeds that came to mind were cocker spaniel or cavalier.

Cute pup

[Lucy's mama]

am really curious though about a big male and a tiny female......and any damage it could cause...or not

We had a cocker spaniel female as kids who mated with a rottweiler (and a cattle dog and a purebred cocker, all in the one litter). Birth was difficult (rott x was first born, then cattle x, then 4 little cockers).

Would that be similiar size difference to maltese x border collie?

[Crazy Daisy]

She has quite long ears. Maybe dad was a border collie x cocker? or border x Shih Tzu? I don't know but she is sure cute.

Love your shih tzu, that is one cute pup.

Thank you, I think so too.

[t-time]

am really curious though about a big male and a tiny female......and any damage it could cause...or not

We had a cocker spaniel female as kids who mated with a rottweiler (and a cattle dog and a purebred cocker, all in the one litter). Birth was difficult (rott x was first born, then cattle x, then 4 little cockers).

Would that be similiar size difference to maltese x border collie?

Not really.....though 9 pups is a ridiculously large litter for a Malt and I'd have to say that's a whopper lie or a world record!

Average size pup for a Malt is circa 100gms - give or take.

Then you look at a Havanese and my smallest was 78gms and the largest I've heard of was 400gms at birth!! Huge difference! But the average is around 150gms up to 180gms.

Average Lab pup at birth is around 400gms. - just the average - I have heard of 1kg Lab pups at birth! :(

So just like small human females who can produce whopping 14 pound babies, a small bitch *can* still whelp a half-kilo pup albeit with some difficulty.

[t-time]

And just because I forgot to say it in my last post - very cute puppy

I'm thinking some sort of Border Collie as well I only see Malt in the first pic you posted.

[Rebanne]

it's a mutt, cute, but still a mutt.

[Kirty]

I think Border too.