When do they stop growing?

Bogey is just under 2 -- he will be 2 in April. He weighed in at the vet the other day at 86.4 pounds. He told me I was wrong when I posted his weight at 82. ooops. So he is 86.4 pounds. Will he grow more?
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There's up growth and outgrowth. First they grow into their height and then take another year to "fill out." It's not so much bone growth as muscle mass increase. I hear people say the chest expands......yeah in some breeds they do seem to get chesty. By two-two and a half they pretty much has it all done......maybe 30 months. If they are very active like Chewie, building muscle, they may gain a few more pounds and they bulk up.

By three I'd worry that weight gain is too many cookies.
Both Oscar and Quincy hit their "fighting weight" at just under two years of age. They reached their final stature at about 12 months, and then "filled out" from there. I think Bogey is probably done with any substantial growth.

Unless, as Susan suggested, it's "cookie growth". :D


Laurie and Oscar
:lol: :clappurple: Love it...Cookie growth! :clappurple: :lol:

And as a note - Chewie's whole shape/weight changes, based on his conditioning. Right now he is super lean...going out to visit Marnie/Kristine/ Sunny this weekend...and Marnie will be sure to be saying something that he is too thin...

But, if you watched those last videos I posted of agility, you can see how he flies and is at a great weight for him. I only wish I was doing HALF as good with myself..... :oops:
Do you really think you could fly over those jumps? :sidestep:
SheepieBoss wrote:
Do you really think you could fly over those jumps? :sidestep:



Ha...bad sentence structure :wink:

BUT, I did used to run hurdles in HS and college :lmt: 8) 8)
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