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about my female dogs height

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Question

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i got a fawn coloured female Labrador retriever and my dog doctor told me that she is not enough healthy as her height is not so much but she is enough active and barking  even now she is only of 40 days
i m sending you her image of only 36 days old please tell me wether she is healthy or not

Answer
I cannot tell from a photograph if a dog is healthy or not.  Typically a puppy that young should not be away from it's mother/littermates yet.  Here in the USA it's actually illegal to sell puppies before 56 days.  Young pups need alot of socialization and it's hard for a human to provide what a mother and littermates will provide at that age.  

I am assuming that if the vet did not see anything MEDICAL wrong with the dog like worms or a defect, and the puppy is eating, drinking, urinating, and defecating normally that it's probably just fine...just a quiet puppy.  

Please do research online on how to socialize a single YOUNG puppy to make sure you don't have problems later on.