> impossible to judge finished weight of a dog. Just when I think I have it figured out, one > will stop growing, another will keep on growing forever! This is not true for many breeds, > but for ours, I've found it to be the norm. What has been your experience?
I know this was addressed to someone else but I thought I would answer too. Dogs are no different from people. They do tend to grow on a *curve*. The big difference is slightly more variety because of multiple puppy litters--just like people who give birth to quintuplets etc. But as said before I do find mine grow very steadily on a curve and end up approximately what I think they will judging by weight at 3 months of age for girls and 3 1/2 to 3 2/3 months of age for boys and doubling it--so long as they were normal weight at birth, never got sick, grew consistently, etc. As soon as you get to exceptionally large or small litters, premature puppies, sick puppies, etc. it gets a lot harder to judge final size. Laura Lang ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
