Bo Peep Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 That's a lot!! Most I've seen are 5-6. Your opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdarling Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Dianne! I see from your blog that you decided to get a pup! Do tell! Is that the Abingdon litter with 12 pups? Are you getting a male or a female? It comes home ... around 4th of July weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaderBug Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 For litter size, do you mean with BCs or any dog? I believe the world record for puppies born is 24... and I don't think it's all that uncommon for Great Danes to have 15+ in one litter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo Peep Posted May 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 (edited) haven't decided yet. Lots of ifs and or but's....... 12 in a litter is spooky. ETA- I'm glad someone is reading my blog. Oh- nd P.S. I sent an e-mail to Dianne, Pat & Don to ask about the pups. Just to be sure that I'm doing the right thing. If not- I will decline. Edited May 1, 2009 by Bo Peep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTrain Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 My oldest dog Mac, a BC comes from a litter of 11. All of the puppies survived and went to good homes, seven of them to working ranches. I have lost track of most of them but four of them oddly enough mostly white developed serious skin problems. Neither parent had ever shown the slightest sign of a skin problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebC Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Bo came from a litter of 9, all males. It was her first (and only) litter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdarling Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 I know there's a breeder in So. Cal. who had several litters of 12 and 13 ... but I wonder what the record is for Border Collie pups. Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertranger Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Jin came from a litter of 9. I had a BC that had 10pups. But one didn't make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Crocker Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Dianne, Assuming all pups got the nutrition they needed while on mom, I don't see how the litter number affects the one pup you are getting. I would look at what the parents have done, and if they are old enough what their trial record might be, if any, or how they are used on the ranch , if you are looking to trial your pup. The person I train with had a litter of 12 about 4 years ago and the majority of the pups are trailing Open, with various handlers. In other words, genetics more important than numbers in litter. Good luck with your pup. Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca, Irena Farm Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 It's unusual in Border Collies but I have a friend who keeps having huge litters in her females - from different lines, too. She doesn't believe in interference so one time, I seem to remember the female had 13? but a few ended up dying within a day. So it ended up being a more "normal" sized litter. Livestock guardians have gigantic litters. My Tully came from a litter of 14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokjbc Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 A good friend of mine had a nice border collie that came from a litter of 13- born and raised in a barrel on a Montana ranch- all lived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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