I have st.bernard puppies. One of the pups is a runt. It is less than half the size of his brothers and sisters. I have been nursing him every 2 to 3 hrs around the clock. He will be one week old tomorrow. Does anyone know what his chances of survival are?
Thanks.

You don't even wonder what his chances are. You assume that he has the best chance ever of surviving. You give him the best chances he will ever have.

What do you want someone to say. No chance at all ? And then what would you do ? I would never say that.

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We can't give you a definite. He has as much chance as your other pups.

If they are born of a healthy mother that had excellent prenatal care and if the mother was tested for genetic defects as well as the father, before breeding, and given the utmost in care, then the puppies chances are very good.

If none of these conditions have been met then they may survive only to fall upon bad health later in life.

I have to ask, do you have a breeders license?