I have a 13 month old Czech male and he only weighs 60 pounds. Can anyone tell me if that is normal or if he's probably going to be smaller than average? The mother is good sized at 85 pounds and the father is huge. I purchased him from Eurosport and he is a great dog in every respect.
He just seems to be a late bloomer. He looks like a pup of 6 or 7 months to me, even his head is still small. Anyone have a comment?
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That's ok, and isn't outside the bounds of "normal".
Small dogs are better anyway. You should be so lucky as to have a small dog. I would never in my life breed an 85lbs female GSD. That's too damn big.
I think males should be about 75-85lbs and females should be about 60-70lbs. My old boy that passed away was just about perfect with a working weight of 77lbs.
I like dogs on the smaller side of those numbers.
Of course that's not what I have. . . . . . . .DEANNA!!!!!!!!
I talked to the kennel and they told me, his parents were big boned, he'll get his size. Is that always true? Can a dog that is 60 pounds at 13 months gain alot of size in later months?
Is there a posibility that you got the smallest one in the litter? I got the biggest one and the diference was almost 3 inches.. I believe about 8cm. It could just be the size you are going to have.
Small dogs are "faster" and more like a "rocket"... You could enjoy this dog at a smaller size.. and it is still in the normal size as has been said here before...
They do make bite work more "exciting" couse they are like a pistol <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Oh NO sorry I was just writing, that the litter I got my pup from were big size diferences.. Even now I got a pup from a litter where there is one "tiny man" and that pup is probably half size compare to the rest..even females.... Did you get to pick or did you leave it to the breeder?
I went there and I picked, I have seen weird looking pups to be send to US.. just becauce people would not see the diference, but if the importer is reasonable and has a good name than it could just be a smaller doggie you have...
It is only 13 mos old.. GSD usually mature at 15-19 mos... give it time. If nothing happens, well try to enjoy a smaller dog.. you will love it.
Big size differences means a breeder that isn't paying attention to who is getting to eat. Their is a bit of size variation, but a breeder who makes sure the bigger ones get off for a bit so the little ones get to eat, is at least paying attention. Size variation like that is a lazy breeder.
Well I dont have much knowledge about it.. the breeder I have in mind says he leaves it on nature.. which is sad, but in some cases maybe good. He does not support the small ones, he just put the food there and basically lets the pupies take their part. The truth about the little ones is that some of them will finally eat and some of them die. That is all I know about this breeder I got my dog from.."He leaves it on the nature". And a lot people from this board have puppies from him.
I dont have any opinion about that... I just state the fact about some breeders.. they call it the "nature choice".. or something like that. I personally took the weak pupies and made sure they would eat..that is my preference <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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