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I was speaking to i guy the other day and he was complaining his dog and the was saying it was **** because it was the runt of the litter,ive heard poeple talk about when buying a pup doent get the runt,but is this really right is there truth in this

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As with any human/animal there are those that need knocking on the head at birth, however, I'm not a believer in "runts" of the litter being doomed from birth. There are some hereditary problems with dogs but I personally believe that all well bred gundogs have a good chance at becoming good gundogs in the right hands.

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The runt could be the runt because it has something wrong with it or have future health problems if it doesn't get enough milk early on, but there is nothing to say it won't be a very good dog. Runts can be more submissive and for that reason easier to train and my father didn't mind taking the runt for that reason (and they were cheaper or even given away which helped).

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