Chelle
Just looking at the picture,Angus certainly looks very much like a purebred Saint,not being critical here,but a lot of American Saints I see(not all)are very much on the small side,so Angus's problem could just be that,not knowing what is lineage is,he actually looks to me like that of what one of our pups would be like at five to six months old,I am also a little concerned about what you say his weight is,I would expect a saint of seven months old to be in the vicinity of 100 to 110 lbs,I have seen small saints here as well and they can be on the light side,but they are still saints all the same,a breeder friend of mine has a dog which is smaller than most of my bitches,but he is beautifully put together and a stunning looking dog within himself,he was also titled,I would be interested to know what diet your friend has her dog on,how much she feeds him.
as for the mother dying shortly after his birth,this too can have a huge effect on how the dog's develop,especially if they where not bottle fed the correct diet or forced to be weaned from milk to early,there are to many variables for me to say for certain,why Angus is so small at this age,but again from your picture he certainly looks all saint to me and at seven months he would be going through the fuglies anyhow,feel free to send this to your friend
Regards
Rick Hall
Nick, I couldn't remember is Angus was 6 or 7 months old & some of his details...So, I used the info. to the best of my memory...Chell e
