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Lean is excellent. Too fat is never good no matter what a dog's age but especially in its growth state. So keep up the good work. I do a lot of raw too, venison and my guys are lean. No porkers here, except me!

We like shameless!!

What an awesome looking guy!! Get a "patriotic" pic with Thor and enter the photo contest!!

After reading these posts im definitely thinking Harvey is way younger than his rescue family said he was...
I was told he was 8 months old in the start of December when I got him but considering his ears dropped and are starting to come back up now I'm thinking more around 5-6 months now, give or take. Also considering he's at about 37lbs now while looking to be at a healthy proportion to his size.
Over all he's growing like a weed. Seems everyday I come home from work he seems to have grown a bit haha.

My new (foster) boy is about 10mo-1yr and already almost 85lbs! And he is thin. He does not appear to be a mix, very classic Dutchie, except for his giant size. He is 28" tall. I guess it depends on the breeding!

Heres Jax all tired out. 5 months old on May 17th. He is growing like a weed.

In puppy growth charts, weight at 5 months is approximatly half adult weight.

i sure hope not, that would make demons eventual adult weight about 150lbs seeing as he was 73lbs at barely 5 months

I Was looking at larger breed charts A mini dachshund site said double 12 week weight for approximate adult size. So, DS being in the middle, maybe about 4 1/2 months.

I know this is an old thread but I'm relieved to see someone else posted about their pup's size at 5 months! Grendel weighed in at 38.4 lbs. beginning of this week, which is just past the 5 month mark. People (who are not familiar with DS) keep expressing surprise at how small she is and saying she's probably not going to be more than 50lbs tops. Since she's 1/2 DS and 1/2 GSD, I did expect her to be larger by this age, but seeing this thread makes me think she is right on track to be about 60lbs. I was starting to worry that she was going to be a dwarf!!
I've heard several people say "look at the mini shepherd!" which I assume is because her proportions are oddly adult like already- she doesn't look all that puppyish.

Just wanted to add to the 5 month old weight stats. Seems like there is no standard weight, but Kaboose is 5 months and 2 days today and as of this morning, he weights 52 lbs

Here he is from the side, being very awkward, having no idea why I'm asking him to hold still for this picture

Man, Grendel is a dwarf!
She is 7 months, 1 week today, and weighed just over 48 lbs on Monday.
On the other hand, she gained 4 lbs since coming home from trainer last week. Maybe she'll catch up.

im no expert, and Ill add in Furys weight when he gets to five months. However, I have often heard the:
double the weight at 4 months, plus 10# rule.

Not sure how accurate it is, but seems it might apply to DSD.

Hmm never heard that rule

MultiPurposeK9 wrote:Hmm never heard that rule

I read it online somewhere and there was another one with some crazy math equation. I tried both for fun. The math equation one put Xander at 60 pounds grown. The one above put him at 70 pounds. He's 75 pounds. Pretty close I guess. I'm sure it's coincidence. But who knows.

Hello All,

I just wanted to contribute to the puppy size database. My boy is a few days shy of his six month birthday, was weighed today and is (gasp) 65 pounds. Not entirely sure if that's considered normal given other people's experience.

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I'm jealous. Grendel has turned out to be,a runt. At 8 months people constantly say "what a cute puppy." Granted, she IS still a puppy, but she looks like she's 6 months old. And since she just went into heat and hasn't gotten any taller in 2.5 months, I don't think she'll be having any growth spurts.
Has anyone here heard of a GSD or DS that stopped growing in height at 6 months?!