Hi all,
This is my first ever post here, so apologies if I'm not posting this in the right area.
I have a 8 month old Rottweiler boy who is our baby and gets a lot of love and attention. He didn't have the best start with food as we've had numerous tummy issues and soft poo problem and it's partly my fault for chopping and changing his food too much (part love and part panicking to find a solution). He's gone through a number of different food brands, types of food, many vet visits and finally settled now after a few months with great poop and home cooked meals that work really well for him. I have a couple of questions as I'm wondering if the food issues we've had affected his growth in anyway.
at 11 weeks he was 10 kilos (22lbs)
at 16 weeks 17.50 kilos (38.5lbs)
at 20 weeks 29 kilos (63.9lbs)
at 6.5 months 34 kilos (74.9lbs)
and now at around 8.5 months he is around 42 kilos (92.5lbs) (not much from his 7 month weight of around 40 kilos)
His dad is a bigger than medium dog with a nice head and mum is a leaner but very nice looking Rottie. He now eats around 2400 -3000 grams per day with around 50% + of that meat (mainly turkey and kangaroo) with veggies, bone mince, eggs, sardines, organs, turkey necks etc on the side.
1) Is this a good size for his age? have you personally had a pup that has been in his weight category at the same age? if so how big did they get at their adult weight size?
2) His head is still very puppy like most of the time (sometime he gives a very serious looks that makes it a lot bigger). Have you had a pup that started growing the block head at a later stage?
3) At the moment he doesn't look very stocky like most Rotties in his training group, but looks more lean (not skinny). People do comment and say he is a big boy and say he'd end up getting BIG when I tell them he is only a puppy still and 8 months. Do most puppies at this age grow/look very stocky? have any of you had puppies at this age looking very lean and then adding on thick muscle later on?
Thank you so much for reading my post and thanks in advance for any advice you can provide. He is not planning to be a show dog or anything fancy for us, he is our much loved family member and our little goofball puppy, but I'd love to know and get thoughts on this from owners who have seen and experienced it all
Thanks
This is my first ever post here, so apologies if I'm not posting this in the right area.
I have a 8 month old Rottweiler boy who is our baby and gets a lot of love and attention. He didn't have the best start with food as we've had numerous tummy issues and soft poo problem and it's partly my fault for chopping and changing his food too much (part love and part panicking to find a solution). He's gone through a number of different food brands, types of food, many vet visits and finally settled now after a few months with great poop and home cooked meals that work really well for him. I have a couple of questions as I'm wondering if the food issues we've had affected his growth in anyway.
at 11 weeks he was 10 kilos (22lbs)
at 16 weeks 17.50 kilos (38.5lbs)
at 20 weeks 29 kilos (63.9lbs)
at 6.5 months 34 kilos (74.9lbs)
and now at around 8.5 months he is around 42 kilos (92.5lbs) (not much from his 7 month weight of around 40 kilos)
His dad is a bigger than medium dog with a nice head and mum is a leaner but very nice looking Rottie. He now eats around 2400 -3000 grams per day with around 50% + of that meat (mainly turkey and kangaroo) with veggies, bone mince, eggs, sardines, organs, turkey necks etc on the side.
1) Is this a good size for his age? have you personally had a pup that has been in his weight category at the same age? if so how big did they get at their adult weight size?
2) His head is still very puppy like most of the time (sometime he gives a very serious looks that makes it a lot bigger). Have you had a pup that started growing the block head at a later stage?
3) At the moment he doesn't look very stocky like most Rotties in his training group, but looks more lean (not skinny). People do comment and say he is a big boy and say he'd end up getting BIG when I tell them he is only a puppy still and 8 months. Do most puppies at this age grow/look very stocky? have any of you had puppies at this age looking very lean and then adding on thick muscle later on?
Thank you so much for reading my post and thanks in advance for any advice you can provide. He is not planning to be a show dog or anything fancy for us, he is our much loved family member and our little goofball puppy, but I'd love to know and get thoughts on this from owners who have seen and experienced it all
Thanks
