Oakley
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Welcome! Would love to see some pics 
I wouldn't worry about the number on his weight.. as long as he looks healthy (and is vet-checked healthy!) and is eating well, he's probably fine.
For the record, I believe my girl was 16.4 at 9 weeks.
I wouldn't worry about the number on his weight.. as long as he looks healthy (and is vet-checked healthy!) and is eating well, he's probably fine.
For the record, I believe my girl was 16.4 at 9 weeks.
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Each dog grows at a different rate. Is the breeder concerned about his weight?
Do you still have Bruiser, your other male dobe?
Do you still have Bruiser, your other male dobe?
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What do you mean by "puppy hair"?
Isn't your pup's coat sleek, short, and shiny?
Isn't your pup's coat sleek, short, and shiny?
Puppies actually shed out several coats between birth and a year--but it depends on when they were born. And since they are short coated and single coated you aren't really likely to notice it. It's sometimes noticeable on red Dobes--coat color may change some from puppy to adult on a red or a dilute (blue or fawn) but if your puppy is black it's a non issue--his puppy coat and his adult coat should both be short and glossy.
And weight depends on what lines he comes from and how they generally grow.
And weight depends on what lines he comes from and how they generally grow.
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The reason I asked the OP the question was we've seen quite a few BYB "mixy" looking Doberpups on here, from time to time.
It sounded like he/she might be asking about that fuzzy sort of longer hair.
He/she has since posted pics. The pup's coat does look a bit, uh, different, to me.
Cute puppy. By puppy hair do you mean his coat is softer than an Adult Dobes coat?
Huh...interesting. Well the coat doesn't really look different to me. I've seen enough young puppies that have some longer fuzzy looking hairs mixed into the short coat that I don't really give that a lot of thought.
Maybe I should revise what I said to say that some puppies have (before the first coat that they shed) some longer hairs--often around the neck and hindquarters. And red puppies often go through color changes--particularly the pups that start out more copper than mahogany.
We've definitely seen some puppies on here that not only looked "mixy" but clearly were--I still cringe thinking about those fawn puppies from someone in, ummm--Texas I think. They were absolutely NOT purebreds and I think the AKC eventually did an investigation on them but I never heard a final outcome. Which didn't really surprise me--even the worst of the BYB's aren't likely to post something that says "The AKC says my litter is impure breeding and I can't register or sell them as Dobermans..." Ya' think?
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