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We adopted a young female from a local Rescue. "Their" vet said she was 2 yrs old in June. (We adopted her in July) Our vet agreed, albeit with some hesitation..
BUT - this dog not only acts like a puppy (I know, it could be the lack of training &/or attention), but she's still growing!!
We have to crate her at night (issues with cats, for which the Rescue people said she was "great"...yeah right - dope her up with enough Benadryl & she's probably good with aliens!).
We bought 2 large crates in July - 1 for home at night, 1 for work. We take her to work with us (because of the housecats), but she's just unruly enough to have to be crated. (Don't yell at me - she gets out 3-4 times during the day & she's worked in the warehouse after hours for at least an hour off-lead).
ANYWAY - we noticed her colors were changing after we'd had her about a month - more black showing up. Today, I realized she was squished in her crate at work: rear legs bent, head smooshed against the door. She had plenty of room when we first got these crates. Which means she's grown at least 5-6" in length. I don't know about height...I DO know that, when she rears up, she's as tall as me & I'm 5'5".
We're trying to guess her age. In other words, if she's younger than we thought, it would explain a LOT of her puppy-like behaviors. Please don't tell me to look at her teeth...a Rescue dog has had who-knows-what kind of background. I can address my vet about her age. But I'd like to know at approximately what age GSD stop physically growing.
Can you help / advise?
Thanks!
Becky
BUT - this dog not only acts like a puppy (I know, it could be the lack of training &/or attention), but she's still growing!!
We have to crate her at night (issues with cats, for which the Rescue people said she was "great"...yeah right - dope her up with enough Benadryl & she's probably good with aliens!).
We bought 2 large crates in July - 1 for home at night, 1 for work. We take her to work with us (because of the housecats), but she's just unruly enough to have to be crated. (Don't yell at me - she gets out 3-4 times during the day & she's worked in the warehouse after hours for at least an hour off-lead).
ANYWAY - we noticed her colors were changing after we'd had her about a month - more black showing up. Today, I realized she was squished in her crate at work: rear legs bent, head smooshed against the door. She had plenty of room when we first got these crates. Which means she's grown at least 5-6" in length. I don't know about height...I DO know that, when she rears up, she's as tall as me & I'm 5'5".
We're trying to guess her age. In other words, if she's younger than we thought, it would explain a LOT of her puppy-like behaviors. Please don't tell me to look at her teeth...a Rescue dog has had who-knows-what kind of background. I can address my vet about her age. But I'd like to know at approximately what age GSD stop physically growing.
Can you help / advise?
Thanks!
Becky