is there any weight+ age chart? - Page 1

hello..

i have another question.. is there any weight+ age chart ?

i would like to know how much my shepherd need to weight at here ages

thanks as alweys..

shany

Rule of thumb: a male needs to reach half his final weight by 4 months.  He should weigh between 34 - 48 pounds at that time.  Females should hit 1/2 at 16 weeks.  She should weigh 30-42 pounds at that time.

From 8 weeks until about 7 months, they need to grow 2- 3.5 pounds a week.  After that, they slow a lot.

At 7 months, they should be one inch short of final height at withers.

http://jn.nutrition.org/content/vol134/issue8/images/large/2027Sf01.jpeg

This is in kilograms, not pounds, and shepherds would be above the labrador curve.

http://jas.fass.org/cgi/reprint/78/1/27.pdf

This is a technical article, and based on smaller gsd's used for guide dog work.

http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/reprod/petpop/early.html

Here you can see that bone growth abnormalities in dogs neutered very young leads to longer bones, taller, and more final weight.  Just don't do it, but if you do, expect a taller, heavier, misshapen dog.

http://www.nwk9.com/weight_height.htm

This chart is useful, but for very fit, even thin, working dogs.  Most people would want their dogs a little heavier than this.

If you have Excel I can send you a spreasheet with growth charts for GSD males and females, birth through two years.  It's not my data.  I found the growth tables while reading years ago and chunked the data into a spreasheet so that I could graph my young dog's growth. 

PM me if you're interested.

Yvette