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Offline Adam20v

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Re: Is my 4 month old too skinny?
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2011, 10:36 AM »
Just a quick update on Charlie.  After taking your advice we started feeding 3x a day. He started putting on weight immediately, lol. We weighed him yesterday and he is now a stout 82lbs at 6.5 months. He's getting to be a very big boy!  Thanks for the suggestions!  Here's a few pics from last week.





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Re: Is my 4 month old too skinny?
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2011, 12:02 PM »
Lookin' good!  ;D
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Re: Is my 4 month old too skinny?
« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2011, 12:50 PM »
Very handsome !
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Re: Is my 4 month old too skinny?
« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2011, 01:58 AM »
Here he is getting his beauty sleep...

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Re: Is my 4 month old too skinny?
« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2011, 08:38 AM »
Looking good!  Anybody think that the reason there are so many big dogs these days is the nutrition they are getting.
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Re: Is my 4 month old too skinny?
« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2011, 12:06 PM »
I agree that food may cause the dogs to be taller.
Checking the calcium in the bags, not adding additional calcium, etc.
Protein levels shouldn't be overly high...and of course pedigee of the dog is equally reason for larger dogs.
My last 3 dogs were small compared to the show dogs in my area. 
I also thnk in influx of the European and African dogs are affecting the size of our dogs.
Many people prefer the larger dog...particularly in the show ring....more presence for the larger Breed and BIS rings.
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Re: Is my 4 month old too skinny?
« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2011, 12:12 PM »
At 6.5 months, he is 84lbs and 27" tall to the top of his back.  Do you have any estimate on how large he will get?  When we took him home, the breeder and said she originally expected him to be oversized, but based on his 8 week weight he probably wasn't going to be that large.  Now I'm estimating in the 110-115lb range...
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Re: Is my 4 month old too skinny?
« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2011, 02:58 PM »
I think the European dogs may be heavier, but not often are they as tall as some of the US dogs.  I honestly think a 29" dog in the showring in Europe is most unusual, whereas here it tends not to be frowned upon. 

Adam, I think you are going to have a big dog! 

I actually mentioned my question about nutrition having something to do with size to my vet this morning and he said he didn't think there was any connection and that he wasn't seeing so many huge dogs in other breeds, so perhaps it's just RRs that are growing bigger!

Caroline 
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Re: Is my 4 month old too skinny?
« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2011, 06:48 PM »
Good-looking pup. Unbelievable that he's 84lbs at just 6.5 months old. My girl is 80lbs at 12 months :o.

Your dog will be HUGE. Is he intact?

George

ps-- I just want to point out that your dog gained 44 pounds in 2 1/2 months. That's incredible.
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Re: Is my 4 month old too skinny?
« Reply #24 on: January 19, 2011, 07:40 PM »
Quote from: rhodesianridgebackd on January 19, 2011, 06:48 PM
Good-looking pup. Unbelievable that he's 84lbs at just 6.5 months old. My girl is 80lbs at 12 months :o.

Your dog will be HUGE. Is he intact?

George

ps-- I just want to point out that your dog gained 44 pounds in 2 1/2 months. That's incredible.

Yes, he is intact...for now. We'll be neutering at 12-13 months.
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Re: Is my 4 month old too skinny?
« Reply #25 on: January 19, 2011, 07:47 PM »
Quote from: Adam20v on January 19, 2011, 07:40 PM
Yes, he is intact...for now. We'll be neutering at 12-13 months.
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Do you have other intact males or females at home?

I heard its best to wait till about 18 months to neuter a male (if he has no behavior issues)... give him time to fill out and look like a stud.

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Re: Is my 4 month old too skinny?
« Reply #26 on: January 19, 2011, 09:50 PM »
No other dogs in the house. The contract with out breeder actually requires that we neuter him by 13 months. I'm sure she'll be lenient with that if we asked her, but we'll probably go ahead and do it around that time.
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Re: Is my 4 month old too skinny?
« Reply #27 on: February 01, 2011, 01:44 PM »
holy crap he's huge!! and looks great! Leo is a little over 8 months and around the same weight. My vet estimated him to go to 100 +/- a few (he's leaning towards +), and my breeder thinks he'll be done about 95. He gets to see the breeder this weekend as well as a couple siblings and his dad, so that will be fun
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