Tiny Bulldog

[berlin78]

Ever since my husband and I (and our other EB) picked up our second, we've wondered what the deal was. Sophie was literally 2.5 lbs when we took her in to her first vet appointment. She was so small we were constantly afraid of stepping on her and squishing her! I mean, tiny. I will have to post photos. Anyhow, she's now 3 1/2 and weighs about 36 lbs. She's still really small. Do you think she was just a runt? Or do you think the breeder gave her to us waaaaayyyyyy too early? I have always had a suspicion that she wasn't fully ready to leave her birth-mama... Anyone else have one that small?

 

[oscarmayer]

I have 2 that small and 2 more that are a little bigger. Lala 35 Pippy 36 Mini 39 Zoey 40
I like them little...costs less to feed 'em.

 

[Hceril]

My Bella was just under 5 lbs when we got her. Now she is 53 lbs at 16 months old. I wanted a small dog
Didn't get one. But wouldn't trade her for the world either.

 

[Jersey]

I've not heard of an English Bulldog that tiny. What did the vet say? How old were you told she was by the breeder? Does she have any health issues? Did you see her siblings and parents? Is she AKC registered? Pictures might be helpful, hopefully some others here have some thoughts. I'll tag some members who may have some insight. Hope this helps!

 

[2BullyMama]

it is not that uncommon for them to be under 40 lbs... Orion ( [MENTION=572]Libra926[/MENTION]) is a tiny girl, but pack a wallop!

I agree with you, I'd be suspicious that she left momma too early.. 2.5 lbs for a Bulldog at 8 weeks, is really tiny.

Pictures please

 

[LoveBug]

That is super tiny! We also purchased our bulldog from a breeder in WA State and we thought she was really small (7.5lbs at 7.5 weeks). Her AKC paperwork shows her birth date (litter registration/birth) so we knew it was her actual age. You should be able to see it on your girls paperwork. She's now just a little over 21 lbs at 20 weeks old. Here is the Bug the day we brought her home:

 

[Cbrugs]

That is super tiny! We also purchased our bulldog from a breeder in WA State and we thought she was really small (7.5lbs at 7.5 weeks). Her AKC paperwork shows her birth date (litter registration/birth) so we knew it was her actual age. You should be able to see it on your girls paperwork. She's now just a little over 21 lbs at 20 weeks old. Here is the Bug the day we brought her home:
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I’m in Washington too!! Where are you guys?

My guy came home at around 11 weeks and weighed 20 pounds.


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[helsonwheels]

Ever since my husband and I (and our other EB) picked up our second, we've wondered what the deal was. Sophie was literally 2.5 lbs when we took her in to her first vet appointment. She was so small we were constantly afraid of stepping on her and squishing her! I mean, tiny. I will have to post photos. Anyhow, she's now 3 1/2 and weighs about 36 lbs. She's still really small. Do you think she was just a runt? Or do you think the breeder gave her to us waaaaayyyyyy too early? I have always had a suspicion that she wasn't fully ready to leave her birth-mama... Anyone else have one that small?

36lbs at 3.5yrs old...is a bit tiny. What do you feed her and how much per day along with snacks?

 

[LoveBug]

We're up on Whidbey Island

 

[Clermont]

I've seen listings for 'micro-bullies'
Is this what they're talking about?

 

[Cbrugs]

We're up on Whidbey Island

I’m in S. Everett/Mukilteo.


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[Lalaloopsie]

Would be nice to see pictures. Standard of the breed says for females average is 40 pounds, so average means some dogs can be smaller. If she is proportionate in stature, her weight is good for her height, then no need to worry. Sometimes puppies bred from normal parents can develop a spontaneous mutation of genes that control stature or just her combination of genes produced an unexpected appearance. The same like you know small people with dwarfism, they usually have absolutely normal size parents. It’s just a mutation. And when people with dwarfism have kids, their kids can be normal size. So even absolutely purebred bulldog can be smaller. If all other traits like face, shape of body etc look good, there is no reason to suspect that her bloodline isn’t good. For pet quality dog it’s not a fault.
It can happen also in multifetal pregnancy, that there are so many placentas in uterus, that one of them doesn’t get enough nutrients, so yeah, in this case you get so called runt, a smaller, weaker puppy. It is now difficult to say if they handed her to you in proper age of 2 months old, 2 and half pound is definitely very little. Average weight for 2mo EB puppy is 5-7 pounds. But if you got her at 2 mo, and she was just 2,5 and now she is 36, you did an amazing job of raising her! I don’t think there should be any problem with her. Even if she was a runt, she definitely overcame it!
In fact, purebred bulldog of small size, especially bitch, has a HUGE value for shady breeders, as besides from unusual colour EB, English Bulldog of typical appearance but small size is one of these new fads. They charge a lot for puppies born from small parents promising a small English bulldog. So, you actually have a jewel !

 

[RiiSi]

That is very tiny. 2,5 pounds is 1,35 kilos.... are you sure you got the unit here? In my experience an 8 week old pup is normally from 9-14 pounds, 4-6,5 kilos. I've only ever got one that has been on the lower number. But if she is happy and healthy then it doesn't matter, right? But I do have question the breeder though. I would never sell a pup that small. I would most definitely keep it myself so long as to see if it was healthy and growing right.

 

[rjisaterp]

Jewel was 19 pounds at 10 weeks and she is now 64 lbs and in 27 days (April 26, 2018) she will be 5 years old.

 

[cefe13]

Castor turns five in April and he's 19 kilos (lbs 42). I don't have his exact weight as a pup at hand, but when we picked him up when he was nine weeks he weighed something like 4-5 kilos (ca lbs 8-10). He is smaller than his parents (his dad was lbs 55 and his mum perhaps lbs 50). Castor actually weighed over 20 kilos at one stage when he was still growing but has been stable now for a few years.