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what age do GSD's stop growing?

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:)i know it's a simple question but i never really looked it up anywhere so i thought i'd ask
 
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Males generally stop growing in height by about 9 months, may gain an extra 1cm by 15 months, and fill out by 3 to 4 years

Females generally stop growing in height by about 8 months and may gain an extra 1cm by 12 to 15 months and fill out by 3 years.
 
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When do you switch from puppy food portions to adult food portions? Ollie will be a year next week and is eating 6 cups/day. He is 85 lbs. Not as ribb-y as he was a few months ago but still has a defined waist. We fly through bags of food. When should we start to taper that down?
 
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When do you switch from puppy food portions to adult food portions? Ollie will be a year next week and is eating 6 cups/day. He is 85 lbs. Not as ribb-y as he was a few months ago but still has a defined waist. We fly through bags of food. When should we start to taper that down?
I think whatever keeps your dog at a healthy weight is best. We switched to a higher calorie food because of this reason though, he was slightly underweight (ribs/hipbones very visible) on another brand and rather than boosting the food to a large amount, we switched to half raw half higher-calorie kibble and he is now at a healthy weight.

He's been on adult food since 6 months.
 
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