Growth Rate, Food & Bone Health

Lets say both parents of your OES are in the 80 lb range and your breeder says your new puppy should reach 80 lbs as well. What is the correct growth rate week 8 -12 and week 12- 16 Month 4 to 6 etc.

Roger gained around 2 lbs per week until he was 6 or 7 months old then he gained 1 or 2 lbs per week until he was about 14 or 15 months old, he weighed 68 lbs at 15 months now at 20 months he weighs 70 lbs and he seems to have stopped gaining weight.

Is there a study out there? What are your experiences?
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If you go to the Eukanuba/Iams website they have a lot of excellent info available on this subject, including charts etc....
They have a calculator where you enter the expected size, age etc and it will pop up a graph to show you what to expect.
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