Just had a thought that someone on the board might be able to give me some insite.
I've posted before about the pup we found abandoned with 4 litter mates in the woods. One was hit by a car before he could be rescued, three died of parvo and the little guy we kept spent a week in the hospital and survived.
The Vet estimated his age at 12 weeks when we took him in, he weighed 24lbs. Today he is 7months old and weighs right at 45lbs. He lost 25% of his body weight while fighting the parvo.
My question is one of couriosity. How big do you think he will get? I don't have a clue although I know the answer will be apparent given enough time. Any oppinions?
Glenn,
Hmm not real sure what kind of dog is this? If it is a GSD and falls within the standards for this a female will be about 65 to 75 lbs and a male will be about 75 to 85 lbs, some males may be a bit bigger and some female that way as well. Here is my example:
My GSD Male at 6 months = 61 lbs when I first got him at 8 weeks old he was 9.9 lbs. At 27 weeks now he is at about 62 lbs and you can see his last ribs, yes I try and keep him lean.
hope that helps
He's a mutt. Mother was some sort of husky (or looked like a husky) father? Who knows. When the Vet weighed him at 12 weeks she asked (retorically) if his Daddy was a Great Dane?
24lbs at 12 weeks made me think we would have a moose when full grown but with his weight at 45lbs and his height at about 2" shorter than my female dobe I'm not sure how much more he will grow. Perhaps that is the question; How much of the final size happens in the 7month to 1year time frame?
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What he's mixed with will have a bearing on the following info but just to give you an indication: Huskies are smaller than Malamutes - the following from AKC breed standards:
Husky: Height--Dogs, 21 to 23½ inches at the withers. Bitches, 20 to 22 inches at the withers. Weight--Dogs, 45 to 60 pounds. Bitches, 35 to 50 pounds.
Malamute: The desirable freighting sizes are males, 25 inches at the shoulders, 85 pounds; females, 23 inches at the shoulders, 75 pounds.
Not a great difference in height between the two, but weight diff is huge <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
I've heard that paw size of a pup is an early indicator, not sure if that's always accurate, in other words, large paws at puppyhood supposed to mean large adult.
Found a web page that charts out aprox. weights over time. The chart starts at 3 months and then tracks an average progression all the way to final adult weight. Based on his 3 month weight and his current 7 month weight he should be a 55 to 60 lb dog as an adult. Not an ounce of fat on him and even with his medium length coat his muscle definition shows so he is tracking right along with the chart.
I found the site on a different computer or I would post the link for anyone interested, it was a pretty interesting site and seemed to be semi focused on GSD in europe. I found it by googleing "puppy growth rate" and it was in the first two pages of results.
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