Kato The Rescue Puppy

[Everose]

For those of you who love puppies and puppy pictures.

I rescued Cato and two other sibs in October (coincidentally pitbull awareness day is in October). The other two have been rehomed, but Cato is my boy. His mom was hit by a car, but from what I saw of her around town she looked to be a VERY stocky and well built pit mix. I have no idea what kind of dog his daddy was. Cato was eleven pounds at about 7 weeks old, he is now fifteen pounds and only 8 weeks old. I thought I had rescued a medium weight but probably gonna be muscular and stocky type dog, I was originally predicting 50lbs, but if this chart is correct, he'll be over 100lbs, maybe even 130ish.

I have only ever had one other terrier breed. She was a BRAT! And had to be rehomed because she was so horrible. This little guy is SO SMART! He is doing alright with chickens but since this is my first time training a terrier breed to chill with the chickens I would appreciate any advice y'all experts may have.

I will update with pics as he grows!

(First week, second day home)

See how nicely he fits into his little dog bed? Well, he's already outgrown it

Here he is more recently

 

[Everose]

@Fluffy Lambs @6BeachChicks @HeatherKellyB

 

[ShrekDawg]

He is ADORABLE OMG!!!

That said though, I wouldn’t put much stock into those chart things hahah I did that one too and a bunch of calculators as well as the one that said to double their weight at a certain age or whatever and they varied sooo much first of all but they also said he’s be at least 70-80 lbs possibly even 90 or well over 100. He’s now 10 almost 11 months and he’s only 57 lbs and still pretty short and I don’t think he will get much bigger at all. His Embark test predicted his adult weight at 62 lbs which I think is gonna end up being accurate. Honestly I think these things WAY overestimate and/or base it on morbidly obese dogs so I wouldn’t be too too concerned honestly. I doubt he’ll even be anywhere near 100. But he probably will be over 50. Maybe 60-65? He does look like he could be part American Bulldog though which do get bigger than pits but I still don’t think he will be very big.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Woah! He is a big boy. Very handsome <3 I know this isn't always possible, especially with such a young puppy, but any chance you can get a picture of his paw in your open palm (like he's giving you five, down low )

 

[ShrekDawg]

Oh and my boy was I think maybe 13 lbs at 9 weeks? And had huge paws. According to that chart he should be like 115-120 and yeahhhh… I don’t see that ever happening

 

[HeatherKellyB]

How are you training him? I bet he's smart especially since you're already seeing some results with him at this age. He has the sweetest face.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Oh and my boy was I think maybe 13 lbs at 9 weeks? And had huge paws. According to that chart he should be like 115-120 and yeahhhh… I don’t see that ever happening

I LOVE big fat puppy feet. That's one of my favorite things about puppies

 

[ShrekDawg]

I LOVE big fat puppy feet. That's one of my favorite things about puppies

Sameeeee it’s so adorable!

 

[6BeachChicks]

Aaah! He’s so cute! I don’t have a dog, and I never had one, so I don’t have any advice. Our property is too small for the type of dog we want. I’ll definitely stick around for the Cato/Kato Pics!

 

[TheCluckyClucker2]

Awww! I have a now 3 1/2 year old Beagle. He howls all night but other than that he is the sweetest thing ever! Well, other than maybe Cato/Kato.