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| He has no way finished his growth spurt around 18 months is usually when they finish growing. Somtimes the height what they call going up in leg slows as other parts of the body are developing, say the head is getting bigger & chunking out in the body more, they look out of sorts as this stage sometimes all head and no body, other times all leggy and gangly, and no head. It all seems to balance out around 18th months, your boy is only 8 months and has a lot more growing to do, so don't worry about size.
The standard is when fully grown 22" and up for dogs and slightly less for bitches. This measurement is taken from the withers to the ground. 
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| I have heard that there are two sizes. The smaller version have a rounder head and get up to 25". The larger size will get up to at least 34', the height of my first OESD. They will have a longer snout. Not sure if it is true but I think it is. |
| There's only one Old English Sheepdog, perhaps you're thinking of the Bearded Collie? Their coloring is similar and they both have long hair but are smaller than an OES at full size.
All dogs are different too so it's hard to make any assessment without knowing the parents or the health of the dog. Poor nutrition can also affect growth during the first few months of life. Just today I was watching Animal Cops on Animal Planet. There was a 7 month old Rottweiler that was starved during her major growth period and the poor girl was only 29 pounds at 8 months when she should've been about 80. I'm defintely not implying that you mistreated your dog-- just giving an example! |
| Yep, there's only one type of OES, but lots of different size variations can occur. I don't think sheepies are supposed to have long snouts. Aren't they supposed to be square?
My dog is about 17 months old and I'm thinking he's about done with growing, but he is definitely much bigger now than he was at 8 months. We rescued him at 6 months, so I think maybe our good nutrition helped with the growing too... |
| I was wondering about Daisy as well. She is 9 mos old and weighs about 50 # and about 21" tall. I am beginning to think she is going to be on the smaller side but guess you just can't tell at this age. The rescue dog that may be her littermate looks to be about the same size from the picture I have gotten. |
| I think you can just have such huge differences. Like Darcy's Panda is in the 50s, and then my parents' dog is close to 80 pounds...and they are both girls...Or, my Barney is in the 80s and some males get to be 100+ pounds, so I guess it depends on the health and the size of the parents. |
| It's not just bone structure size either. Norman is a very compact sheepdog but weighs about 95 pounds. Carl is huge, all lanky and long and he's only about 80 pounds. |
| That's correct too, I have one girl that is 23" and weighs more then the other at 26", she is thicker set in the bones and more chunkier.
Size is not an issue with the breed you can have big ones and small ones what is most desired is "Balance" ie. height = length and also all other proportions like head size etc being in balance with the rest of the body. An Oes snout/muzzle should never be long and thin, it is square or what they call it "Truncated". |
| Fattie, I mean Bunkie weights 93.3 lbs (they weighted her on Saturday). She's not very tall. Just thick and wide! |
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