Miniature Pinscher Forum:
can anyone answer this question??

i made a post a few days ago asking if 8 in a litter was unusual and one person answered me and another wanted to know if my post was for selling my pups?

no i am not and will not sell my pups on a message board, that is against the rules of breedersweb.com besides most of my pups have been sold for 6 months now especially the chocolates. i dont need to post them for sale as im not desperate for a sale. i just want to know if 8 in a litter is common or uncommon? can anyone answer this question, id like more than one opinon. i am a breeder and have been breeding for a while but NEVER had a litter this HUGE!

I know you posted your question quite some time ago but I am going to tell you my experiences. I have one female that always has either 7 or 8 in her litters. My other females usually have 4 to 6. I have found 4 or 5 to be the norm for my dogs.

I have only had 6 in a litter. A friend of mine has 7 is common for her. I think 8 is very unusal for any toy breed. But I think most likely the average is 4 to 5.

The pup I have is about 10 months old and he was born in a litter of 8. I don't think it's the norm but it doesn't mean anything bad. they certainly aren't destined to be small because kegger grew to be 13.5 inches.