A hot pup doesn't mean anything. We all enjoy looking at hot little pups shake the hell out of the others, but in the end it has no bearing on the overall outcome of pup (A) and pup (B). What I am basically getting at is that the worst acting runt of the bunch may far exceed the future endeavors of the firecracker in the litter. Some take a little bit longer to come into their own, but in the end it's nature over nurture.