Dog Weights...a musing...

[loopiesteff]

I was in the vets last night just to pick up some paperwork. While I was waiting, an owner was weighing her Great Dane for the vet so they could get the correct dosage of drug for whatever the problem was...He weighed 55kg. For the size of him, I was expecting a lot more? I have a jack russell x fox terrier and he weighs just under 14kg, but is solid muscle and extremely fit and healthy.

Terrier - 14kg
Great Dane - 55kg

just doesn't seem like a big enough gap for the size difference?

As I say - just a musing really... anyone know what fully grown GD's tend to weigh?

 

[SadKen]

I dunno, but my GSD is a big lad and he weighs 40kg. He's absolutely solid and is big for a GSD. I guess 55kg may not be far off the mark, that's just shy of 9 stone. GDs are quite slim dogs I think, so I think 55kg is OK. That GD weighs four times as much as your terrier, so 4x JR/FTs = 1x GD.

Maths has never been so fun. hehe

 

[loopiesteff]

Lol. Maybe it is right then! I don't know why but I felt like it should have been a lot more given the size! The owner was same height as me (5 ft 4ish) and the GD's back was higher than her waist! He was a beast - a very beautiful beast with lovely colourings and a lovely face, but just massive!

 

[Cahill]

my 3.5 yo rottie is 43.7 and a tall lean boy,
he is fit because his best buddy is a lurcher

(I don't like extending leads but too many rabbits+deer about at the moment)

 

[twiggy2]

that was a small GD, minimum weight is 54kg. max apparently is 90kg

 

[loopiesteff]

that was a small GD, minimum weight is 54kg. max apparently is 90kg

Dear lord that's HUGE!

 

[galaxy]

My German pointer weighs 30 kg and my friends golden retriever weighs 40kgs! I think a lot of it is the build of the dog rather than height.

 

[dunthing]

If it's of any interest, we have a two year old lab, very muscular, who weighs 30kg. I think 55kg is about right for a great dane, they are rather more tall that chunky. Your rottie is lovely, my second favourite breed, next to labs.

 

[Spudlet]

55kg is just over 8.5 stone, which is the same weight as some people! when you think of it like that, it doesn't seem quite so weedy

 

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My greyhounds range from 20kg to 35kg - all pure greyhounds, the smallest is very small and the largest is an average sized greyhound dog They are in perfect condition, I abhor fat dogs, so there is quite a difference in weight with them

 

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my 3.5 yo rottie is 43.7 and a tall lean boy,
he is fit because his best buddy is a lurcher

(I don't like extending leads but too many rabbits+deer about at the moment)

J is in stunning condition, I love seeing his pics on FB

 

[cbmcts]

My Rottie was small for a dog and was kept below 40 kgs because of his legs - at his very lightest as an adult he was 36kgs after an op but had no muscle, his heaviest was about 43kgs and he looked like a blob.

My short legged JRTs were all about the 7 - 8kg mark - old girl was on a diet for years though to keep her at a weight at a level where her belly didn't scrape the ground (she was very long backed with short legs, sure there was dachie in her!) Younger bitch was very dainty but tended to run to fat, especially in winter as she just didn't do bad weather. Current dog is 7.5kg at 11/12 years old and could lose 250 - 500g without looking skinny IYSWIM.

Cahill,

Your boy is gorgeous

 

[Goya]

My 3 are as follows;
Border collie is 20 kg
Ws is 21 kg
And cross breed is 22kg.

They are all around the same height. The x_breed is about a kilo over her ideal weight but she has arthritis and doesn't run around as much as the other 2. Also they are competing in Fly ball and Jess is retired ( much to her disgust. She would love to race again but I just dare not let her.)
I hate to see overweight dogs.

 

[I*HM]

Think a lot of it comes down to build.
My old border collie was always around the 28kg mark when in his prime (he was very fit, lean, active) though he was a very big and extremely sturdily built dog. Muscle machine.
Our collie of questionable heritage is only a youngun' so still a couple of months of her proper adult weight but she barely pushes 15kg. Though she is built like a twig on stilts.
In contrast out little mongrel hound is half her height but weights 12kg, real block of a dog.
My point is, the frame of a dog has a lot to answer for.

 

[loopiesteff]

55kg is just over 8.5 stone, which is the same weight as some people! when you think of it like that, it doesn't seem quite so weedy

Yeah when you think of it like that it definitely doesn't sound so unbelievable!

 

[stencilface]

my 3.5 yo rottie is 43.7 and a tall lean boy,
he is fit because his best buddy is a lurcher

(I don't like extending leads but too many rabbits+deer about at the moment)

He's a lovely boy! Need to keep mine on lead ATM he had a merry chase after a deer the other deer, thank goodness we were walking where there is a huge wall between path and road, as he had certainly forgotten his name temporarily! Off to the beach tmrw, great place for off lead tennis ball fun

You're all making me feel mean, my gsd x rottie is a lean 35kg. He has dodgy hips (apparently!) so it's probably best he's on the slimmer side....

 

[Wishful]

Our lab is about 28 kg and muscled. Friends young lab is 33kg or so without any fat on him. Despite being younger makes Webs look like a puppy! Just a bigger dog. Another friend's staff cross is 24kg and not fat but is like a barrel on legs. Great Danes are lanky beasties - all leg!

 

[Fides]

My first thought was that the JRT is more likely to be overweight at that weight...

My lurchers are 28 inches at the shoulder and weight 32 and 35kg

 

[loopiesteff]

My terrier? He's as fit and lean as can be. Definitely not overweight. But he's not pure JRT. He's cross with fox terrier so is a lot bigger than a JRT.

 

[Dizzle]

My Border Terrier is fit and healthy, mostly leg and looks good but at 10.2kg the vet has told me he is bordering on the very edge of his healthy weight, interestingly I'd got a bit lax with his feeding and on the measuring cup had started giving him to the top of the thick line not the bottom, clearly it made a difference!