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Author Topic: Ideal litter size?  (Read 2101 times)
Randy_P
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« on: March 04, 2010, 10:03:09 am »

Chris, I do not think there is an ideal number. I have had labradors that had 13 and had more milk than they could drink. On the other hand I have had and seen dogs who had 3-5 pups that could not raise enough milk for any of them.  Just because they had 8 teets does not mean there will be an adequate supply to each.  A guy has a plott gyp right now that only has milk in the rear 4 teets.  This is just my observations from many years of puppies from various breeds. 
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