growth chart for GSD puppies - Page 1

I have found numerous weight chart for the GSD. What I have trouble finding is reliable height charts from 2 months until full grown. The GSD's growth plate is done or whatever the term is at 14 months. So that means they will not grow taller after 14 months. Do they really keep growing up to more than a year? What is your exerience. My 5 month old male is 21 1/2 to 22 in now. He doesn't apear to have grown into his feat or ears yet. Just wondering as in the long run you can't do anything about how tall they will be.As far as weight is concerned my vet and I have both gone by fealing the ribs ans how much they are covered up or not to guage weight.

this link has tons of great information.

http://www.dog-information.com/

My problem with growth charts has always been that they don't specify if it's for Showline or Working Line or American Line.  Regardless if one believes some are oversized for height or length, it doesn't really matter when it comes to judging the corresponding dimensions.  And I have been told that it is an "average" of the lines; in which case how much practical help is it?

For me, it's more practical to go by ribs and hip bones.

The chart link given by animules link does not fit my dog, he is a working line, and at 12 months of age, the chart is to low by 10 kg, and I thought he was underweight, as you could se his ribs sticking out.

I think you should take dawgs advice, and go by the ribs and hip bones, rather than a chart.

In my opinion, dogs are just like people. That means that dogs from different "families" (lines, parents etc.) grow at different rates. I have seen puppy males which grew so quick that everybody was concerned about them being oversized. At 15 months, they were upper medium size. On the contrary, I have also seen small sized puppies until they were about 4 to 5 months old. A year later, they ended up being the tallest of the litter. I can only come to the conclusion that dogs, just like people have different developmental stages. I also believe that every dog will reach his or her genetically predetermined height, regardless of how much and what they eat, unless there is evidence of malnutrition or a sickness.

Having bred both, show and workingline litters, I also realized that diffferent females produce different size puppies. My very first breeding female 15 years ago produced these tiny puppies which at 8 weeks of age, could not be tattooed. So,  I kept them a week or so longer. They all ended up as nice sized and good boned adults. One of my current females has huge puppies. They look like monsters when they are 5 weeks old. They too turn into normal adults.

Chris