Stunted Growth

[sanfordssj]

I have a female that I almost lost when she was 9 weeks old to Coccidia. It was so bad that I was hand feeding her for a couple of days unitl she got her strength back. Long story short she is only 11” at 9 months old, and her two other littermates are solid 13 to 13 ½”.

I have been told by several old timers that she will hit second growth spurt again somewhere between 1 and 2 and should hit 13”.

Has anybody else on here seen something like this and what was the outcome with the dog’s final height compared to the littermates?

Thanks
Steve

[Chuck Terry]

I never have seen a beagle grow much in height after a year - just "fill out" or out on a little more weight. She still has a few months and I have seen them grow so fast you can almost see it. Most beagles that have set-backs catch back up. If she goes small, it may just be because she was going to be small anyhow. I have seen 11" to pushing 16" out of the same litter when the sire and dam were "average" size.

[sanfordssj]

thanks Terry.

She is growing but it is no where near the rate that her littermates did. I just hope she gets up to 12.5....i like 13" beagles, so i'll be happy with her no matter what size she ends up being.