Zora Dora the Explora...

Here is Zora Dora the Explora, the "small for her age" puppy, and number 5 born. I don't call the smallest puppy in the litter a "runt", because I think some negative consequences can occur due to it--the "runt" is usually actually VERY resilient, and in my experience almost always the MOST feisty, given that they remain healthy and active--what they lack in size they usually make up for in attitude, and can occasionally become the most pushy puppy in the litter-as Zora did. People tend to baby our projection of the weakest ones and nurture a "sick" mind, instead of moving forward and treating them normal and raising them with a healthy mind...hence she is just "small for her age" and not a "runt"...