New Fur Baby

[Marilyn]

Here are some new pics of Zeke. He has more than doubled in size in one month. He now weighs between 3 and 4 pounds. He was about 1.6 when we got him. I asked the vet what she thinks he is, and she said if no one had told her anything about him, she would have said rat terrier with a little chihuahua mixed in.

When I asked her how much she thought he would eventually weigh, she said between 10 and 15 lbs. I was stunned. Zoe is just under 4 lbs, and I was so hoping that he'd be about the same size as Zoe. He was, after all, 3/4 "teacup" apple head chihuahua and 1/4 miniature dachshund. The vet said she see's no dachshund in him at all. His feet are too small, and his legs the wrong structure.

After some research into rat terriers, I have to agree. I'm not sure she is right about the weight though. She is basing it on how much he gained in one month, but when we got him, he was extremely malnourished, so I'm thinking he just caught up, and hopefully won't get so big. Fingers crossed on this one, too. I'm running out of fingers to cross on things, but we'll love him whatever size he gets. He is turning out to be a really cool dog. I am excited about obedience training and teaching him some tricks. Rat terriers are supposed to be extremely intelligent and easy to train. They love people and want to please.

He is sooo totally cool. I love my "black and white"!!!!
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