My dog is 100% working lines out of West German, Czech, and Slovak lines and is back massed on some old, strong DDR lines and is 26” and 105 pounds. That was not my goal, but despite his size, it only contributes to his working ability. His entries are fast and strong with big grips and aggression

 

My previous dog, a female, weighed 90 lbs with no fat on her. I never measured her height, but she was ROCK SOLID in any situation!

Out of standard in weight yes, but spot on in every other way! Good, solid dog!

 

Not me. But it may just be the bloodline your dog is from. Some GSD’s are bred bigger than others. As long as he’s not overweight it’s fine.

 

I agree about larger dogs being bred for size is a mistake. Jake was 35 lbs when we got him as a puppy from a shelter. (they said he came from CA). He grew to 140 lbs. but his legs were genetically from another dog and were not right for his size. When he reached full size his rear legs had to be re-aligned. He could no longer walk and was in a lot of pain. When he was 7 his heart gave out. Some breeder did not pay much attention to anything but size and my best friend suffered for it. In that he had floppy ears and a curly tail I tend to think there was a Great Pyrenees in their somewhere. (that's his little buddy with him in the pic). Some garbage about a King Shepherd.

 

Are you acknowledging that Jake was severely overweight in this photo? Or is this him at the referenced “full size”?

 

Jupiter is 80 lbs at 16 months. Oddly, his brother Bear is 100 and his father is 120 (the breeder, who owns both dogs, has told me).

 

Hey guys new to the site. Just wanted to say my boy Zeke is 2 years and weighed over 100, but now we have him down to 92. He's a Black and Tan and Best dog ever! You can tell him what you want or go look for mom or get your toys, or where's your babies and this dog will go to them. I've trained Zeke, to protect our home, so he will attack on command, but is friendly when he sees nobody as a threat. Zeke also is trained to shed hunt when the Deers horns fall off we go out in the woods and fields hiking all day looking for horns to sell or make crafts with them.
My female is 1 year and 3 months and weighs 105, she is a sable! We got Zeke at 10 weeks and started his training from day one. We got Stella at 4 mths old, she is smart but she tries to set the other dogs we rescued in place all the time. Zeke will will put up with it for a little bit until he's had enough, then he shows his dominance. We bought Zeke and Stella, from the same breeder. Zekes mom was solid black American Shepard and his dad was Black and Tan with German blood.
Stella her mom was a sable and her dad was solid black. He was the biggest German Shepard I've ever came across. Both of our Shepards have papers, but I told my wife Stella's dad looks like a wolf. Anyway they just had their first and last set of puppies. We had 2 males. One looks like Zeke (which we sold) and the other looks like Stella, with more black and silver. We decided to keep him, and he is 4 weeks old and weighs 10.4 ounces. So we named him Diesel. The other pup that looks like his dad weighs 10.8ounces. He will be leaving us in 2 more weeks (gonna be sad for him to leave) but I think these pups will be over a hundred pounds. Just by how big they are now.

 

Hey guys new to the site. Just wanted to say my boy Zeke is 2 years and weighed over 100, but now we have him down to 92. He's a Black and Tan and Best dog ever! You can tell him what you want or go look for mom or get your toys, or where's your babies and this dog will go to them. I've trained Zeke, to protect our home, so he will attack on command, but is friendly when he sees nobody as a threat. Zeke also is trained to shed hunt when the Deers horns fall off we go out in the woods and fields hiking all day looking for horns to sell or make crafts with them.
My female is 1 year and 3 months and weighs 105, she is a sable! We got Zeke at 10 weeks and started his training from day one. We got Stella at 4 mths old, she is smart but she tries to set the other dogs we rescued in place all the time. Zeke will will put up with it for a little bit until he's had enough, then he shows his dominance. We bought Zeke and Stella, from the same breeder. Zekes mom was solid black American Shepard and his dad was Black and Tan with German blood.
Stella her mom was a sable and her dad was solid black. He was the biggest German Shepard I've ever came across. Both of our Shepards have papers, but I told my wife Stella's dad looks like a wolf. Anyway they just had their first and last set of puppies. We had 2 males. One looks like Zeke (which we sold) and the other looks like Stella, with more black and silver. We decided to keep him, and he is 4 weeks old and weighs 10.4 ounces. So we named him Diesel. The other pup that looks like his dad weighs 10.8ounces. He will be leaving us in 2 more weeks (gonna be sad for him to leave) but I think these pups will be over a hundred pounds. Just by how big they are now.

You are aware that German Shepherds are only supposed to be around 60-80lbs right? And 1 year old is very young to be having pups.
Anyway, welcome and we would love to see pics.

 

Deja at 60 pounds is enough dog for me.

 

Rollo is over 100lbs but he is dang tall & lanky!

 

2 1/2 yrs old Shadow weight 106 last week. Very active with his husky pals

 

This is Rollo who is around 108-110lbs
rollo snow by charlie marquardt, on Flickr

 

Rollo looking handsome as ever.
On occasion a big GSD comes along, Bud was mid 90's and kept very lean. I like to see a couple of ribs on my dogs. Neither of his parents were over size. In truth I have met a good many males that hit very near to the 100lb mark and were lean and fit. But nearly every time someone TELLS me their dog is over 100lbs, what it is is overweight. This whole thread kind of proves that.

 

Thanks for the kind words. And I would generally agree with that!

 

I think it’s fine because a normal German shepherd is 75 to 85 or 90 pounds but a big German shepherd is at least 100 to 120 pounds and that not bad my dogs weigh about 120 and very lean and tall

 

Post pictures of your dogs, we like dogs.
Yes some get big, but it is not the norm and should not be the goal.

 

Thank you because people think that there dog have to be on the right scale but your dog is healthy and a little oversized then normal it’s fine as long as your dog walk and run fine then ever thing is good

 

I groomed Russ the other day, and it almost killed me. OMG he’s gotten fat. I swear he’s close to 100 lbs. The kids changed his food and he’s been getting more calories in this new food. So, that big boy is now on a diet. I hope that the next time I see him he’s lost 10 lbs!

 

Just curious how many ppl have GSDs weighing over 100lbs....


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I have a German Shepherd puppy got him weighed today and the vet told me he is 100 my little horse as I call him is not even 9 months old yet ,so I'm assuming he will reach atleast 110 or 115 when fully grown maybe more.

 

I had 3 female GSD in a row that were 90 - over 100 lbs and lean. My current male 6 year old is smallish 25" at the withers and ~80 pounds. My other near 6 month old male is close to 70 pounds and will be oversized for sure. He was 62 pounds at 5 months, now eating 2 1/2 cups kibble 3X per day and looks emaciated, all ribs; his father was one of the largest GSD I have ever seen - full jar head and massive chest.

Breed standard or not, I happen to like 90 -100 lb dogs that can still be lean, athletic and impressive.

 

I had 3 female GSD in a row that were 90 - over 100 lbs and lean. My current male 6 year old is smallish 25" at the withers and ~80 pounds. My other near 6 month old male is close to 70 pounds and will be oversized for sure. He was 62 pounds at 5 months, now eating 2 1/2 cups kibble 3X per day and looks emaciated, all ribs; his father was one of the largest GSD I have ever seen - full jar head and massive chest.

Breed standard or not, I happen to like 90 -100 lb dogs that can still be lean, athletic and impressive.

You will not prefer them if you have to carry them!
The issue is that most often people who brag that their GSD is over 100 lbs have fat dogs. Large specimens do occur in litters from parents of standard size, but it should never be a goal of a breeder.

 

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My female German shepherds weigh 102 Lbs and 93 and a half pounds. Our vet said was muscle not fat and our dogs were some of the biggest they have ever seen for a female

 

This is Molly. She was a big boned girl, and carried her weight well. She averaged 135 lbs. During the later stage of life, I had to rig a ramp to get her into the Jeep. She was worth it. Fantastic GSD.

 

We just got a scale recently, haven't had one for a few years.

Rogan is 7 months and weighs 82-85 pounds (scale jumps around a little because I'm carrying him, scale is accurate to my doctors) and 27.5" at the withers. He's about the same weight as my 6 yo GSD (80 pounds) but markedly taller. At 5 months old, he was 58 pounds iirc.

When he fills out, he'll be a big boy, his paws are not just large but tall heavy pads. I admit to being biased towards larger GSD (80+ pounds) but health is paramount. Rogan will likely tip the scales at ~90-100, his father was the largest GSD I have ever personally seen. I have had 3 females that were 90+ and all beautiful healthy lean dogs

 

Note this is a huge 42" round dog bed and he overflows it at 7 months and 82 pounds. Very tall, very long dog already

 

This is my pups father. One of the largest GSD I have ever personally seen (not pictures).
I never asked what he weighed but he had to be 120-130, not fat at all.

 

I was just looking for a good watch dog/family dog for inside with us. I figured it would be in the standard weight range. I wasn’t looking for something larger than normal. I’ve had great GS before. So, I’m very attracted to the breed.

The sweetest/family orientated/best GS I found is a rescued female that is 103 lb, 26 inches. She looks full blood GS. She’s 6. The vet said if I hadn’t walked in with records dating back to when she was four months old, her hips, eyes, and everything else would cause him to think she was only 3. He said didn’t detect any triggers to pay attention to: aggression, guarding, shyness, etc.

 

Just curious how many ppl have GSDs weighing over 100lbs....

My white GSD is 114lbs but he is such a mommas boy. I rescued him when he was 75lbs and I don’t know how old he was but he definitely got bigger.
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Good looking boy!

 

Waiting for someone to tell me my 9 month old 100 pound boy is over weight. Considering so many people on this thread said "98% of them are obese" .... I'm waiting .... I guess I have the 2% and have had previously too .....

Ideally,I admit that I'd like slightly taller, 90 pound males, just over breed standard. As long as they can do some agility type work and multi hour hikes and chase rabbits and squirrels all day, I'm good.

Here's all legs and all ribs fat boy

 

Where did you get your boy from?