My pups were born about this time 2 yrs ago. They were born under a homes deck in Brady, Texas , and the mother abandoned the litter. All were rescued in early Feb 2023. The rescuer claims they were about 6-7 weeks old at that time. All survived and were adopted. We were only going to adopt one of them (the female), but when we saw the male, we decided we had to have him as well. So we suffer through "litter-mate syndrome" as a result. The two of them are voraciously competitive, but also incredibly loving toward each other. They look a bit different, yet details are very similar. 95% of their DNA is identical:
Australian Cattle Dog / Miniature American Shepherd / Siberian Husky / Chihuahua / Australian Shepherd / Chow Chow / Shar Pei / American Pit Bull.
The Jack & mix rescue that at the time was about 1.5 yo about 12 years ago, I was testing them to see if they would get along before bringing him home. They became best buds.
The other pic is from over a year ago just before he got real sick. They are all 'smiling' in the pic, mainly because the brown male pit has 1 brain cell that latches onto any kind of light, shadows and/or movement and had been chasing the phones camera light reflection on the wall. The black female of course had to chase him, and the old dog had to chase the youngins to keep them in line........It took several treat bribes to get them all to settle down long enough to take the pic.