Tikka was about 65lbs at 6 months.

 

Hi all, I know this thread is old but since people are still responding and I also have an issue with size, here goes. A trainer recently told me my puppy, who is now 29 weeks and the biggest of the litter at birth, won't grow much in height and I'm eager to hear your opinions about this. His father is really big, doesn't fit the standard but is a beautiful dog. His mum is apparently on the larger side too. My pup's height is around 60 cm at his withers.

 

My pup is exactly 6 months old. His weight is around 23 kilograms (50.7lbs), a bit on the lighter side. His height however is around 59/60cm (23.2/23.6inches). He still needs to fill in a bit.
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Can't really comment on the fact if he's going to be big or not. Mine is about the same height and two weeks older.

 

Mine is 6 months and 65 pounds right now.

 

Ours just turned 6 months and she is 40 pounds. I don't think she'll grow to be past 60 pounds… We shall see.

 

Mako was 43lbs at 6 months. He is 68 - 71 lbs now at a year depending on which vet's scale I use lol.

 

At 6 months Hagan weighed in at 39# (lean) and Hera was 42#. Hera will be towards the top of the standard for females and Hagan probably more towards the bottom (61-62 cm) for males. Weight is a poor way to compare since many people keep their pups too fat and working people tend to keep them very lean. 60 cm at 6 months would not be something I would be concerned about. He will still grow.

 

That's my dog's name! And I thought it was so unique! ****.

 

Big Boy

Bahston just turned 6 months on the 8th and he's 71lbs. I worry sometimes, that he is growing too fast :/

 

Just checked, Mika was 18,3kg (40,3lbs) at exactly 6 months. I try to keep her lean.

What I find more interesting than the weight is the height. At 6 months she was 53cm (21inch) and I really want to know if she will grow much more than that. To me she still looks tiny (until she walks side by side with grown golden retrievers, she is as tall as them).

That said, she didnt grow much between 5-6 months (only gained 1kg/2lbs and maybe 1cm in height), but seems to have another growth spurt 6-7 months, as she gained another 3kg within the last 3 weeks (and about 2cm/1inch in height). Now she is almost 22inch at 6,5 months. Or maybe I just fed too much.

 

Beautiful puppy. Did the vet ever figure out what was the cause to him itching? My little guy is starting to itch a lot.

 

Citra was 61 lbs at 6 months.

 

I think Kody was around 40 lbs at 6 months, and he is now 70 lbs at 4 yrs.

 

Just weighed Rollo last night. He will be 8 months in a week and is 29kg/64lb. Lean mean ball-crazy machine :grin2:

 

not sure if this is in the right forum, but it does regard weight..

weight seems to vary so much, my pup Saiya just turned 6 months this week and although i don't think she looks too skinny i am worried because she is eating very little. by very little we are talking under 3 cups a day of taste of the wild puppy pacific stream.

does she appear too thin, do i need to worry? i have not weighed her recently but she weighed 32.5 lbs on 07/16 (she was 16 weeks at the time)

posted a few pics for critique

 

Jack is 78 pounds at 6 months, and about 23" at the shoulder.

 

april is 15kg at 4.5 months

 

Don't worry about size since GSDs have a very large scale ranging from 45 to 120lbs

Maggie was 45lbs at six months and max was 86lbs. And about how skinny your is could be from a whole list of things you should probably consult your vet but both Maggie and Max were really skinny at that age.

She is very pretty by the way!

 

My female Remi just went to the vet at four months old and is 27 lbs. the vet said because she is proportional that she thinks she'll only gain a few more pounds but I'm confused because she is only four months old??? I also saw her parents and they were quite sizeable. Is if possible for her to be pretty much done gaining weight and growing at around four months???

 

She will keep growing, she is just a puppy. GSD's fill out around 2 - 2 1/2 years old.

 

Draco was 75 lbs at 6 months

 

75 lbs at 6 months is way too much weight for a GSD pup to carry. This is the dog that wound up weighing over 130lbs, right?

Just a general statement for the novices and puppy owners on the forum: GSD's are medium sized dogs as a breed. Heavy, overweight puppies are not a good thing. One should strive to keep their puppy lean and in shape. Not fat and overweight. You should be able to easily feel each rib when you run your fingers down your pups side, like little "speed bumps." If you can not easily fell each rib, your dog is overweight. You should see a waist line when you look down at your dog from above.

German Shepherds are not measured by weight as a sign of quality. Bigger is not necessarily better and heavy, fat, overweight puppies turn into fat dogs and pay the price for their obesity. It is taxing on hips and joints and certainly takes it's toll on the dog. Too many well intentioned owners slowly kill their dogs with kindness.

I'm sorry, but this is a pet peeve of mine. It is a weird thing with many GSD owners to brag about the size of their dog, as if the 120 lb GSD is something to be proud of? It is similar to bragging about your 6 year old child weighing 200 lbs. People may agree that the kid is big, but is he healthy? Is he fit, healthy, in shape or just obese? Even worse are breeders that focus on the size of their dogs, and brag about how big the sire or dam is. A huge red flag IMO, and it means run away, run away really fast.

 

I answered the question honestly, he was a slender puppy and that's my experience having owned a few GSDs. Yes he is longer than a GSD should be, which means more volume, which means more weight. He also grew fast which is a very common issue in larger breeds (I consider 66-88 a large breed). Again, I answered a question honestly, and I did not say that everyone else' dog should be heavier or anything like that. He had a number of health issues which caused weight gain between 1-3 years old, and since last year he has lost nearly 30 lbs. Not that it is any of your business, anyway. I do not believe in dieting puppies, but he was 26 inches at 6 months and considering I could see ribs I considered him healthy. If you want to make a thread about dog obesity, go for it, but you don't know my dog or his proportions and I never said that he was the IDEAL. This thread is about what your dog weighed, not what other's dogs should weigh.

Well, I suspected that you took my post personally, that was not my intention. I apologize if I offended you. I also answered honestly, as I always do on dog forums. Occasionally, that does insult people as we all love our dogs and some folks take information very personally.

Here is the thing, many folks are new to owning GSD's and some think that GSD's are "large breed" dogs, which they really are not supposed to be. As I have mentioned they are not really a large breed dog. Males should be in the 70-85 lb range full grown, females 55 - 70lbs give or take. Naturally, there will be bigger GSD's out there, especially American bred dogs. But, over 100 lbs is the exception and not the rule and not desirable when it comes to GSD's. As you know dogs bred like that are likely to have a myriad of health problems, from hips, elbows, spine issues and then you wind up with all the other problems that come form breeders who think size is everything.

The thread is about "how heavy is your GSD." My response to the folks reading this thread, heavier is not better. Learn what a GSD should look like, weigh and be healthy. Because someone has a 70 or 80 lb GSD puppy at 6 months; does not make it healthy or even a good representative of the breed as a whole. It makes the people that have dogs at the correct weight think they are doing something wrong or their dog needs to gain weight, "to keep up."

I have little idea what my dog weighed at 6 months, he was about 74 at a year and 84 at 3. That was his top weight. He weighs around 70 lbs at 11 years old. I can tell you that he could run at 32 mph, easily clear 4' fences and jump on and over cars. He can still jump over 4' fences, climb ladders, run, do bite work, excels at narcotics detection and is almost ready to retire. I only weigh him because the vet asked for his weight on Monday. I check his physical condition daily, checking how his ribs feel, his waist line looks and how he acts and behaves. Weight is not a factor, never was and only needed once a year for his vet chart. The dog has no health issues and is still going strong at 11. I doubt it would be that way if I let him get and stay at a heavy weight.

 

Well, I suspected that you took my post personally, that was not my intention. I apologize if I offended you. I also answered honestly, as I always do on dog forums. Occasionally, that does insult people as we all love our dogs and some folks take information very personally.

Here is the thing, many folks are new to owning GSD's and some think that GSD's are "large breed" dogs, which they really are not supposed to be. As I have mentioned they are not really a large breed dog. Males should be in the 70-85 lb range full grown, females 55 - 70lbs give or take. Naturally, there will be bigger GSD's out there, especially American bred dogs. But, over 100 lbs is the exception and not the rule and not desirable when it comes to GSD's. As you know dogs bred like that are likely to have a myriad of health problems, from hips, elbows, spine issues and then you wind up with all the other problems that come form breeders who think size is everything.

The thread is about "how heavy is your GSD." My response to the folks reading this thread, heavier is not better. Learn what a GSD should look like, weigh and be healthy. Because someone has a 70 or 80 lb GSD puppy at 6 months; does not make it healthy or even a good representative of the breed as a whole. It makes the people that have dogs at the correct weight think they are doing something wrong or their dog needs to gain weight, "to keep up."

I have little idea what my dog weighed at 6 months, he was about 74 at a year and 84 at 3. That was his top weight. He weighs around 70 lbs at 11 years old. I can tell you that he could run at 32 mph, easily clear 4' fences and jump on and over cars. He can still jump over 4' fences, climb ladders, run, do bite work, excels at narcotics detection and is almost ready to retire. I only weigh him because the vet asked for his weight on Monday. I check his physical condition daily, checking how his ribs feel, his waist line looks and how he acts and behaves. Weight is not a factor, never was and only needed once a year for his vet chart. The dog has no health issues and is still going strong at 11. I doubt it would be that way if I let him get and stay at a heavy weight.

Except I am not advocating larger GSDs, so why is this relevant to me?

 

48#s - 88#s, medium size.

 

Don't get me wrong, I TOTALLY get your point, but I am not saying my dog was the ideal. He was from VERY large chested, long bodied GSDs, he used to have a weight issue (not as a puppy, but around 1-3 years), and he grew way too fast. He was 14 lbs at 6 weeks which from my understanding is what they should weigh as 8-10 wks. But he did not have an obesity problem at 6 months, and I am in no way saying 'bigger is better'.

 

There's different shapes too. GPs are taller than GSDs and generally just thicker, so naturally they will be heavier. Here is my GP at 7 1/2 months, 100 lbs in the photo. Draco was maybe 80 lbs at that age. She is now 115 lbs and he is 107. I think his build is different than a 'proper' GSD. His ideal weight would be 100 lbs according to the vet. He was 132 last year, his body score was a 4, it's now a 3. I don't have any side shots of Draco at 6 months available to me right now, I'll try to get some off my laptop after work.

This is the best most recent pic showing that he has a waist line, and I feel his ribs again and see them depending on his position
https://www.instagram.com/p/BRWorvYjGFz/?taken-by=dracothegsd&hl=en

I've heard that at 6 months a dog is approx 75% of its adult weight, if that's true, then 75 lbs matches his said ideal weight of 100 lbs.

 

Congrats on the weight loss.

GP's and GSD's are completely different dogs.

I looked at his picture and he is a nice looking dog. I hate to be contrary or run the risk of offending you again, but IMHO, 100 lbs is not his ideal weight. If he were mine I'd take another 10 lbs off him.

Your GP looks great!

 

I can deal with him being 10 lbs overweight, but not 40 We will see how much he loses. He lost another 4 lbs in the last 3 weeks, I thought he stopped losing when he his 115, but he didn't. He is not fit, but he is healthy, and that's all I was hoping for so I am proud of him.

 

Not fit is NOT healthy.