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My dog bred with two males. Will pups show traits from each father?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Shih Tzu | Female | unspayed | 3 years and 11 months old | 7 lbs

My pure choco liver female shihtzu gave birth yesterday to 3 healthy pups. She was stud twice first by a pure choco liver then after a week by our golden retriever. Will the physical traits of both be found in each puppy or some puppies will have the physical traits of one male and the others with the traits of the second male?

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on November 28th, 2019

If Cookie mated with two different dogs, it's possible they both got her pregnant, meaning that some of the puppies will have physical traits of one male and the other with physical traits of the second male.

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