I don't know what the problem is either. Her first pup was raised in the next state from here and her last pup was raised here with me and both end up with the same problem.( bottom k9 curving inward) i had 3 litter here drinking the same water and the other two litter was fine. Other than that they had perfect scissor bite. She definitely has her moms gene. Heartless bitch.
I bred Secret Star (U-Nhan-Rha x Brick House) to her uncle Icon, and she had 4 absolutely spectacular pups. Couldn't be healthier or better-looking lil pups ...Originally Posted by OGDOGG
The first sign of trouble was when Secret Star dropped her pups all about her pen, and tried to avoid contact with them at all; she had absolutely no maternal instinct whatsoever. This was a surprise to me because her mama Brick House is a great mother, as was Jezebel (as U-Nhan-Rha's sister Twilight). So I couldn't figure out why SS was such a shitty mama. Anyway, I placed SS and her pups in a crate, to "force" her to be with them, and she nursed them reluctantly for 3 weeks ... and then one day I came come to an absolute slaughter: she had attacked all of her pups and just massacred them: their skulls were all factured in a million pieces like egg shells.
I won't say what I did to Secret Star, because it wasn't pretty, but I sure wanted to make a "lasting impression" on her that such behavior was not to be tolerated. Her next breeding, to Silverback, she only had 1 pup, and I had to hand-raise it because she wanted to kill it as it was coming out of her. I bred her to Silverback again, and this time she had 9 pups, and after a few beatings (and me keeping her and her pups next to me 24/7), she raised them all to weaning age, which produced the pair you have.
If there is any mandibular mal-development, it has to be coming from her (even though she is basically okay), because Silverback has a very broad, powerful jaw whereas hers is a bit on the narrow side. Your pups also "pulled" from her side of the pedigree, appearance- and physique-wise. I am not sure I would have necessarily culled young pups, because they can develop and change as they get old (plus, you never know if they're talented and game, inspite of a handicap), so there are a lot of assumptions made through such decisions, but if this happened twice, then I wouldn't bother repeating it again.
Anyway, just a little 411 ...
Jack
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