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Your breeding plan to outsource the gene pool is a good one!
We'll assume the short body is genetic, as and not due to crowding and/or poor diet.
If it's a simple recessive gene, all the offspring (F1) from the first crossing for certain will carry one copy of the short gene (s), and one...