Introductions and the old size question

[georger]

Hi everyone. Like many, I've been reading the pages for a while and am finally prompted to say hello and introduce myself and my dogs. Please meet my girls Tralee and Pickles.

 

Pickles is my 5 year old Border Collie from rescue. We have been taking herding lessons for about a year now and we love it. Pickles has come very far, as I didn't start herding till she was sort of over trained in obedience and was treat trained to do tricks. She has also been a neutral dog for trainers here in Tucson. Plus her parents in rescue looked like Border Collies...but you never know. Our biggest challenge has been getting her to leave my side. It's been a long road, but she has actually come farther than people thought she could ever go and I'm so proud of her.

 

Tralee will be 14 weeks old tomorrow and she weighed in at 15 pounds today! She is enamored with all people and doing well with dogs so far. She is an ABCA registered dog, and I know you'll be happy to learn that AKC is not in her vocabulary. People are always asking me why my Aussie Puppy has a tail! But I swear she's all BC and I can't wait to start herding with her! I named her Tralee after a town in Co. Kerry Ireland, where I visited once and was insanely impressed with the sheepdogs there!

 

Not in the photo is Cody Bear my Mandarin Collie (Chow Chow/Shepherd mix) He loves his girls. But....hide your sheep from him!

 

For no other reason than curiosity I am overly interested in how big she'll be when she grows up! Pickles is a tall 42 pounds. So, if you have any educated guesses, I'd welcome them for sure! I know you're all probably sick of all us new guys asking you to predict how big our puppies are going to be! Sorry! Haha.

 

Georgette (George)

 

PS...here is a short video of her dad working sheep! Sorry it's very short.

[PSmitty]

Lovely dogs! Tralee is downright adorable...Love me a tri with pricked ears!

 

I think there's a very general guideline (that some swear by, others not so much), that you can double their weight at 16 weeks to get a guesstimate of adult size. So, maybe 35ish lbs full grown? Total guess, though!

[GentleLake]

There are a couple of websites with calculators, too. You could do a keyword search to find them.

 

I certainly couldn't vouch for their accuracy, but I happened to run across one quite accidentally right after I adopted Tansy. At the time she was 6 months old and I thought she was a BC. Even though she turned out to be a lurcher (so still possibly a BC mix), the prediction was spot on.

 

And a friend had a 6 month old English Shepherd then. ESs weren't included in the breeds offered, so she used BC to calculate. He's right about what they predicted as well.

 

Again, I wouldn't claim anything about the sites' accuracy based on this, but it could be fun to see the prediction.