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See
How They Grow
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This may be the face you fall
in love with,
but it very quickly turns into this.
And this is the way it stays for
years and years.
So you best be ready to love the adult
because the pup disappears quickly.
Scroll down to see how a Skye puppy matures.
3 day old Skye puppies
Skye neonates look just like most
puppies born a solid color. Birth weights ranged between 4 and 9 ounces
in the four litters I've bred. Birth color is seal brown or black.
By
3 weeks, their eyes are open and they can enjoy a toddle in the great
outdoors (provided there's a suitable place to take a snooze.) Their ear
set begins to show itself around 6 - 8 weeks.
3 week old Skye puppy
3 month old Skye puppies (Liam at far right)
By
3 months, they're covered with fuzzy puppy coats. Personalities are obvious,
and it's usually time to separate the males.
By
9 months, it's easy to get a good idea of what the adult will look like.
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Liam at 3 years
Liam at 3 years
They're fully
mature around 3 years of age.
Males usually
weigh between 35 and 40 pounds and run about 12" tall at the shoulder.
Females aren't that much smaller.
They
only get better, not older!
Liam just shy of 9 years of age (Photo by JoAnn Lyons)
Abby at 14 years old
Even
at 14 years of age, one of the pups from my first litter kept going strong
until she went to wait for me at the Rainbow Bridge.
Thanks
to Bob and Missy Brong of Hound Hollow
Farm for the idea for this page.
