Puppy Growth

[sleddog]

just out of interest if a pup is 26 inchs at ten mounths old how much taller would he be expected to grow are most lurchers finished height wise at 12 mounths

 

[stormydog]

just out of interest if a pup is 26 inchs at ten mounths old how much taller would he be expected to grow are most lurchers finished height wise at 12 mounths

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this is a popular question. i have to say i personally think theres no guaranteed equation or coefficient to calculate lurcher growth rates. i asked this about my China and the nonsense answers i got back from some of the johnny-know-alls from my own area lol i was told she wont stop growing till shes 19 months then i was told shes defo finished at 10 months.

what ive bred from Storm were grouwing like crazy at about a year then stopped overnight. i suppose it depends on you mix of lurcher. your dog id hazard a guess at another inch or inch and a half....then hel get body to his physique. im assuming theres deerhound there somewhere.. ?

 

[sleddog]

just out of interest if a pup is 26 inchs at ten mounths old how much taller would he be expected to grow are most lurchers finished height wise at 12 mounths

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this is a popular question. i have to say i personally think theres no guaranteed equation or coefficient to calculate lurcher growth rates. i asked this about my China and the nonsense answers i got back from some of the johnny-know-alls from my own area lol i was told she wont stop growing till shes 19 months then i was told shes defo finished at 10 months.

what ive bred from Storm were grouwing like crazy at about a year then stopped overnight. i suppose it depends on you mix of lurcher. your dog id hazard a guess at another inch or inch and a half....then hel get body to his physique. im assuming theres deerhound there somewhere.. ?

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thanks stormydog i thought about an inch or so . no deerhound in him 5/8 grey cross had lots of dogs but this is my first sighthound just woundered if they were the same

 

[becci]

hi, we are having similar thoughts !!

Our pup is not yet 4 months and is almost 20" , we were told he was a whippet x, but we are liking whippet x dinosaur !!!!

 

[sleddog]

hi, we are having similar thoughts !!
Our pup is not yet 4 months and is almost 20" , we were told he was a whippet x, but we are liking whippet x dinosaur !!!!

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if its any help my pup grew at about 2 inchs a mounth for the first six mounths then at 1inch for the next four hes now starting to put on body mass as well he was 13 inchs at 8 weeks

 

[Horsie]

This subject interests me as our puppy is now just over 5 months old and is 25" tall. He is 2nd cross Greyhound Deerhound and I think (and hope!) that he'll get to about 30". Would I be right in thinking that?

 

[sleddog]

This subject interests me as our puppy is now just over 5 months old and is 25" tall.  He is 2nd cross Greyhound Deerhound and I think (and hope!) that he'll get to about 30".  Would I be right in thinking that?

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as far as i understand it the larger the dog the later the growth plates fuse in the legs this happens between 8 and 14 mounths so your pup may well reach over 30 inchs if he was a sled dog of that size i would exspect him to keep puting on weight until he was 2 and reach final height at 14 mounths

 

[becci]

it does all add to the excitement of watching them grow.....Harrison is almost 4 months and 20". At the moment he is growing an inch a week, and already stretches the length of the 3 seater in the evening ( much to my husbands delight :- " )

 

[Horsie]

and already stretches the length of the 3 seater in the evening ( much to my husbands delight  :- "  )

I can join that club! We thought that it was OUR sofa but it appears to be Lenny's!

Is it a Lurcher thing?

 

[coatsy]

This subject interests me as our puppy is now just over 5 months old and is 25" tall.  He is 2nd cross Greyhound Deerhound and I think (and hope!) that he'll get to about 30".  Would I be right in thinking that?

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as far as i understand it the larger the dog the later the growth plates fuse in the legs this happens between 8 and 14 mounths so your pup may well reach over 30 inchs if he was a sled dog of that size i would exspect him to keep puting on weight until he was 2 and reach final height at 14 mounths

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sounds abot right they reach there final height at 14 months we found this with our bitch zena :thumbsup: