For some reason your thread made me think of this scene from "I Married an Axe Murderer": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K2JYdY2Hok

 

"Excuse me, miss? There seems to be a mistake. I believe I ordered the LARGE." Great movie, I dont run into many people who have seen it let alone know what I am talking about.

To the OP- her muzzle is the thing that gets me, do you have a side profile pic. Cooper's muzzle wasn't that pronounced at 10 weeks. I just posted a thread of pics ( http://www.dogforums.com/dog-pictures-forum/118318-ever-changing-cooper-storyline.html ) you can compare to him if you want. The picture of him and the Golden Retriever is when he is about 9-10 weeks. The bottom pictures were taken on monday.

 

Here is a link to the breed standard for the Miniature American Shepherd(the new name for your breed)Miniature American Shepherd Breed Standard

It says that the head should be in proportion to the body....the eyes should be almond shaped, the muzzle should be medium width and depth and taper gradually to a rounded tip without appearing heavy, square, snipy, or loose.

Biggest issues I see with your puppy's head based on your standard is not size of the head but your puppy has round eyes and a somewhat snipy muzzle.

 

lol Slartibartfast, that was actually pretty funny. Well, that's a huge noggin! Has its own weather system!

Thanks for the link Keechak.
Not too sure about the definition of almond eyes, but I've also been thinking her muzzle is looking rather slim tapered as she grows too.

 

Looking at it from the side I dont think her head is small. It looks proportional to the rest of her body to me. And the more I look at the picture of the litermates I notice that the dog on the far right also seems to have a narrower muzzle as well. I wouldn't be worried at this point. They grow in leaps and bounds. She is a cutie and I am jealous of her intact tail! Cooper's was docked before I chose him. How has training been going with her?

 

Thank you so much for the reassurance =) I had weird images in my head about Rowdy with a full grown body and dinky head. I also thought she looked like a gorgeous little Bernese when she was little, but the fine muzzle and toy features are killin it.

I do love her tail too! She tries to eat it sometimes though..

 

It's not that unusual for Miniature American Shepherds to have fine muzzles and light bone, and toy-like features. They don't come from the same foundation as Australian Shepherds.

 

How old is your pup? We also have a Mini American and he looks JUST like your's but without the tail!!

As you show the development pix, it looks like both dogs are developing about the same. Your pup's head looks proportionate based on the pictures. I loved how quickly Kobi's legs grew! He's so tall for his body and now his body needs to fill out to match his legs.

 

She's four and a half months now! Getting really leggy and tall now too
Thanks for validating her head size! It's starting to fill out now too. Do you have pics of Kobi? He looks so adorable!!!

 

Here's some pix of Kobi from today...see? They look very similar and leggy! Lol

 

They do look similar! I love your pup's facial markings- the lopsided white is adorable.
Here's Rowdy today- 4.5 months and all leg.

 

Rowdy is darling! I love that he's a month older than Kobi. It gives me some idea of what to expect in the upcoming months. I hope you keep posting updates!

 

Thank you, Kobismom!
I posted some action shots here: http://www.dogforums.com/dog-pictures-forum/120728-rowdy-growin-up.html
but it hasn't seemed to gain very much interest. Perhaps you may be interested though

 

I love that one of Rowdy's legs has a full "sock" and the other doesn't... I'm guessing that matches her personality... LOL