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Question about how much taller does german shepherd grow in height after 6 months?

Is it possble to answer for someone with experience - and also when they stop growing in height by what age of month?

I honestly don't know - and I' am not asking trick question and I' am not here to test nobody; I honestly asking the people who has experience. And if it's not difficult to let me know. Thanks:)

individual dogs grow at different rates. there is no static answer to your question.

hero grew the fastest from 6 to 8.5 months and then slowed down. he's only 10 months right now, so he will continue to mature. he may grow a bit taller and will grow wider.

sita grew at a very even pace untill she was about 11 months, then slowed down considerably. she stopped growing taller at around 13 months and now at 17 months is finally starting to fill out.

if you really want a better idea, ask the breeder of your dog.

Thanks!


Shtal:)

So far with an small update, my male GS puppy will be 8 months next week and he is approx ~28 inch tall at the shoulder.

When he was 6 months - he was approx ~26 inch tall at the shoulder, about ~2 inch taller within almost 2 months, I wonder if he is done with the height or maybe NOT!!!!!

From Shtal:)


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He is approx ~90 pounds right now. I will scale him next week to be exact.

From my own personal experience.....dogs continue to gain height until about 13mos old.
The usually reach their height "size" by then, and continue to develope "physically" months after......I don't think males  completely fill out till around 3.
JMO

I think our fellow stopped growing up sometime after a year - he is now two and continues to mature and fill out (but not up.)
Shtal,if your pup is only 8 months old and already weighs 90 lbs and is 28'' at the shoulder he is oversized  - so if you are still feeding puppy food quit and switch him to adult food pronto. I'm sure you love him, and he's probably gorgeous, but keep in mind that the bigger and heavier the dog (especially at a young age before the growth plates have closed) is putting an additional burden on the joints.............adult food will help to slow his growth down.  

Thanks again for the reply!



adult food will help to slow his growth down - But one person I believe said here that when he switch to adult food early for his GS - and it cause skin-coat stop to shine on the puppy. "I 'am simply asking honest question"


I believe what you said - it also talks about here as well:) www.cluebus.com/holly/gsdfaq.html#size

[quote]Offhand, if your puppy is growing very quickly, you might want to ask your vet about switching to adult food even as early as 12 weeks. Studies have shown that puppies growing quickly may exacerbate a prediliction to hip dysplasia. Otherwise, you can consider switching any time after 10-18 months depending on the dog.[/quote]


From Shtal:)

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growth plates have closed - do you have a picture for me to see the growth plates, I was looking for them for a while now.

I'm in the US, and there are quite a few people who now believe that puppy food is either a) not needed after 6 months, or b) not needed at all. I feed raw with no dry at all, so when we adopted our boy at 6 months he was immediately switched to the same diet  as our adult female. He was large for his age, and being fed Science Diet puppy food (yuck). I wanted to slow his growth down because in large breed dogs you don't want rapid growth - slow and sure is the best way, so that the joints have time to form properly. Bigger is not better in the GSD, the article you quote is correct in saying that. Elbows can have dysplasia as well as hips......... I don't know anyone who feeds puppy food beyond 4-6months, and I can't imagine what the consequences might be for a dog kept on it for up to 18 months!

Switching to adult food should not in any way affect the quality of his/her coat. If the food is the best quality that should not be an issue, but you can always add some salmon or fish oil ( a lot of dry food contains canola oil which isn't as good.)

Thanks, one last question!


My Uncle has 11 month GS, he is also oversize - about ~100 pounds right now and about ~28.5 inch tall at the shoulder, sligthly taller then my puppy GS. But when we put them side by side comparison my puppy's paws looks:) but not exact twice the width and twice the bigger then my Uncle's male GS paws; judging by the paws he should be even more bigger then my Uncle's GS.

I' am not making this story up. Honest truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


From Shtal:)


Hint: My Uncle's 11 month male GS - his paws looks normal for his size, but my almost 8 month male puppy his paws looks to big for his size - still even now. So if I switch him to an Adult dog food - will he still grow into his paws?????????????????

Wow those are big puppies! Where did you get them from? Someone on this Board was looking for an oversized shepherd a few months ago, perhaps she will read this ......Anyway,as far as paws go, it's sort of like people's feet - some are bigger than others. When our fellow was very young (he is two now) I thought his feet were huge. They stayed that way until he started to fill out (about 16 months), and now that he is an adult (physically anyway, mentally he is still a puppy LOL) he seems to finally have feet that are proportionate to his body. The same should happen with your guy, it doesn't have anything to do with food. He just needs to stop growing up and start growing out......