What is the average weight for a WGSL female? - Page 2

She looks like the perfect size

My girl is a SL/WL she is compact, solid and thin and 65lbs. My other female whom I have no pedigree on is 10-15lbs heavier and about an inch taller at the withers, but definitely thicker around the rib cage.

Anthony, your bitch is beautiful, what a beautiful expression!

My old German working x show female was around 55lbs as an adult in good working weight.  She was slight in frame and could have had more substance, but she was listed as a medium size female on her koerung.  Her daughter is around 50lbs.... and her granddaughter is around 55lbs as well (she 3/4 working 1/4 show lines and Kkl1).  

While I would prefer my girls to have a bit more substance and bit larger bone, I do not mind their size at all.  I do not need a female to be 75-80lbs.  Some think my dogs are small, but they are well within the middle of the standard.  

but not full WGSL like the OP was asking... 

at that age 55-60 lbs
fully age is aroung 68 -72 lbs..this is what I was told by two breeders who WENT  to Germany and titled themselves and joined a GERMAN CLUB...

THE proper weight is almost a laughing joke in USA>

Only those who work and are very much serious about knowing and doing the proper weight even if your dog has large bone..it cannot weight over the weight to jump and work and fly into it job with accurancy and for what the shepherd was intended.

A sl dog may have been bred to weigh more by the breeder,  you got it from, AS GENETICS  plays a huge part in the bone density and the stucture , before  you feed it,  but that is why we speak so firmly about how you breed, what you breed to and the WHY you breed and for what end purpose.

Yr


Your pictures are astounding...gorgeous head view and size is good...but a lot of people will say to you

in person when they come upon you and your dog....why is your dog so Skinny?

i HAVE HAD MANY say that to me...I get tired of explaining...and my vet tells my customers..you better get that weight off before Jan sees him or her...Many of them I board and they see the vet to get a rabies etc and that is the first thing MY vet tells them..

So there is a different standard for WGSL?

Dogs can be the same height at the withers and still not weight the same. Oval bone is more dense and weighs considerably more than round bone; a GSD with the correct oval bone can easily weigh 5, 10 lbs more than one of the same height with round bone. The size of the bone is also a factor. A fine boned female will weigh much less than a female with heavy bone.

Anthony - she is beautiful - and looks exactly the right weight for her frame. 
Soooo many people forget (especially is the US)  that the GSD is a MEDIUM sized dog.
Bitches that are 26 inches and 90 pounds are OVERSIZED !! 

and I recall one piece of data from "the early years" before we started breeding -- A GSD puppy is approximately 2/3 of it's final adult size at 7 months.   and I know that many keep growing after 1 year.  I had a fairly large bitch who put on an additional 1/2 inch aroun 18 months old - and her final siize was the full 25 inches and usually around 80 pounds.  That's the way highest upper limit  and she never produced female puppies as large as she was. (Thank God) !!