dumbbird7 Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 Jack is now half a year old, born 15 June this year. He is tall, very leggy, and weighs 18 k, or 39.50lbs, and pretty solid, much muscle. His dad was a tall slim BC, mum a Bearded collie.. Can we guess how big he will be when he is, say 18 months and finished growing? He currently measures about 21inches at the shoulder, though measuring is a little tricky as the little blighter refuses to stand straight and still for more than a few seconds. He loves to play with other dogs when we're out in the fields, and seems to choose dogs of his own size and weight but I worry a little about those Bambi legs when I watch the racing and rough and tumble. After 15 minutes or so, I have to step in and spoil the fun, although he has so much energy, it's difficult to find a calmer way to allow him to let off steam without doing any damage. We have a very small patio garden and very small bungalow (so no stairs to worry about thank heavens with regards to legs). But if I reduce his play time he's hovering at 50,000 feet and we're scraping him off the ceilings! We do half hour early morning running loose in the orchard (no jumping), an hour mid afternoon mix of long leash, free run, perhaps other dog or two, and late afternoon another half hour. 2 hours altogether most days. Difficult to keep him in check. Doing mind games, go find, bring me...doing what I call roadwork, leash training, wait, stop, cross over, keep in and so on, doesn't seem to reduce his energy levels. Whatever he's having for dinner, I could do with some...Is 2 hours too long? My old collie took to swimming in rivers when he was 5 months, any depth, any current, loved it. He introduced the pup to his favourite stream several times before his final days and the passion has taken hold. I always felt water is kinder to joints and tires them out, but weather here is too chilly right now. He makes a bee line for any river or little stream he spies, to go in knee deep, so perhaps this will be the way to tire him out when the weather warms up. Lots of rain lately and rivers running high, I maintain it's No Big Deal attitude and let him explore but keep a very watchful eye ready to rescue. Just like when the kids were young... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy1961 Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Our puppy, Harry is 7 months old and around 32 lb. He also looks skinny and long legs. I feed him 3 times a day, each meal is 100g of tinned food and 50g of dry food. He gets treats plus a few biscuits throughout the day. Exercise is pretty much the same as you, half hour early morning, 1 hour late morning and another half hour in the evening. Harry only stops when he is asleep, he has a long sleep in the afternoon. We were fortunate that up until 2 months ago he was not bothered about going upstairs and would only go up 4 steps, but once he decided to go all the way one afternoon, he kept on so we got a stair gate to stop this. We are a family with 2 adult sons who spend a lot of time in their rooms, so we do let Harry go upstairs, he is very good and knows the word “slow”. We met another male collie who was 2 years old, he was a bit taller than Harry, but a lot stockier, so I presume from now on any weight gained will go on his body, and hopefully his legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptJack Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 My BC was something like 30lbs at 6 months (but she was fat). At 4.5 she's 33. She was basically done at 6 months old height wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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