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New and just saying hello (meet Belita)

KNick

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New and just saying hello (meet Belíta)

New presa dad here and I've had my girl for four whole days. Belíta was the runt of a great breeding (mom is 135lbs and 27" dad is 155lbs) but she was the one who looked just like mom. I plan on being in the "my runt grew big" club. Feeding raw and she loves it now. Not worried about her size I know it will take time. I really think she is just younger than her littermates. Shes 14lbs now but again I am not even going to weigh her again for a while. She's eating drumsticks and after helping her a couple times she now is just fine and finished almost all of each one. She is very smart and now let's me know when she has to go out by heading to front door. Knows her name and runs to me on "our" whistle.

Thanks for all this great info and i will keep you posted. Awesome forum!!!
 

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DennasMom

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Re: New and just saying hello (meet Belíta)

Adorable!!
Sweet expression.

Welcome to the forum!
 

missfox22

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Re: New and just saying hello (meet Belíta)

Pictures like these make me want a puppy again :( She is adorable!!
 

DDSK

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Re: New and just saying hello (meet Belíta)

Welcome to the forum she is gorgeous
 

KNick

Member
Re: New and just saying hello (meet Belíta)

But the standard say that the max, weight of a Presa Canario should be 57 Kgs.
you can't fight genetics lol. I believe the standard lists did list minimum weights (AKC & FCI) but recently amended with maximums. Currently weights standards are below.

Minimum: ​Males: ​50 kgs.
​Females: 40 kgs. ​ ​

Maximum: ​Males: ​65 kgs.
​Females: ​55 kgs.


I've seen another standard that just listed average weight ranges.

I don't plan on showing her but I would love if she got as big as mom and dad.
 

Bailey's Mom

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Re: New and just saying hello (meet Belíta)

Welcome. What a sweet little girl. And you're going to be a Great Dog Daddy! Not every dog owner wants to show their Mastiff, but almost all of us are crazy in love with our pups. I'd love to see more pictures of your girl. Oh, and by the way, I have a sneaking suspicion that the runts of the litter are the Pick of the Pack. I know my little Princess started life as the Runt, and she could run rings around her litter mates now. Looks and personality! I bet it's the same for you too.
 

KNick

Member
Re: New and just saying hello (meet Belíta)

Welcome. What a sweet little girl. And you're going to be a Great Dog Daddy! Not every dog owner wants to show their Mastiff, but almost all of us are crazy in love with our pups. I'd love to see more pictures of your girl. Oh, and by the way, I have a sneaking suspicion that the runts of the litter are the Pick of the Pack. I know my little Princess started life as the Runt, and she could run rings around her litter mates now. Looks and personality! I bet it's the same for you too.
I love an underdog!! Three weeks on raw and she loving it and getting big. Appetite is much improved as she is settled in. Here are some pics and the side by side is her and mom as puppy. Mom is 135lbs and 27".

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KNick

Member
Re: New and just saying hello (meet Belíta)

Raw diet has been received and loved. 12lbs on 1/30 and yesterday she was 22lbs. Haven't even added the organs yet. She's as big as her littermates already even though she was the runt.