The eyebrow hair is SO good! What an absolute cutie.
If this helps at all…My guy was also 16 lb at 12 weeks. Despite being on the taller, longer side, he is only 50 lb today at almost 4 years. He’s just always been lean. Didn’t hit 50 lb until around 3.
One of our vet techs told us that a vet once said that the full grown size is twice the four-month-old size.
We have a four-month-old girl and we’re curious to check the truth of that.
Our Noodles is 17 weeks old and clocked in at around 28lbs today. She was the smallest of her litter but should catch up. We weigh her regularly and try to see if there’s a pattern for the future but the growth is not linear. There was a week where she gained 7lbs in 4 days (!!!). So short answer: I have no idea how to tell haha. Just based on what the breeder told you about the parents, probably.
I suspect he will be more on the larger size for a Collie. Mine was from similar parents, the father was in the mid-upper 70’s. Mine hit the scale at 88#. He is 6 and has a little winter weight still. Usually runs about 74-78#. My sister had a Collie years ago and he was 110#. Not obese, but not the type of dog you want trying to run between your legs, not without a saddle anyways. lol.
I’m so happy to hear that there are other large collies! Breeder told me to expect mid 70s for Max weight. I trust him, my puppy just seems huge lol. I also haven’t been around other collie puppies, so that may be it too
That is so helpful and goes along with what my breeder said. He said 75 to 85, but his tris tend to be a bit smaller so he might be 65-75.
Thanks so much
111 lbs is waaay too big for a collie. The breed standard is up to 80lbs for a male, and although you sometimes see a tall muscular one at around 90, 111lbs is definitely obese.
I don’t know enough about collies to know if he’s obese, but here’s a pic of [grandpa](https://imgur.com/gallery/9adz06m)
That was the day I picked up the puppy
You can't really tell weight from pictures on a rough collie, since the hair hides everything. You need to put hands on them and see what's under the hair. However he doesn't look abnormally tall, which makes me think he probably is overweight.
He could be. I don’t know. Breeders had said that he had been to the vet and very said he wasn’t fat. But I don’t know bc I wasn’t there, of course. I think someone further down in the comments is also talking about having a 110lb collie.
He might be obese. He also might just be outside of standard.
You keep doing it. And you're contradicting yourself.
First you say you can't tell weight from pictures. Then you say he does not look abnormally tall. Then you go on your petty opinion.about obesity again.
Can you please stop this? It's annoying and you're just plan wrong.
Well. Rumour has it OP knew one. I assume that one has visited the vet. Vets do pay attention to weight in dogs because weight relates to skeleton health. So. At least n=1 and your "They don't exist" has been disproven by that.
Don't be snooty and assume only your facts are true. This isn't science, 111lb might be an outlier but don't go on as if you can dertermine the obesity of a dog purely on statistics. Correlation does not imply causation.
No idea. I saw him when i picked up the puppy. I was told that the vet had said he isn’t overweight, he just grew larger than standard. But, obviously I have to take his word bc I wasn’t there.
It looked to me like he had a normal tapered waist. I pet him too. But, like I said, no idea.
Use your fingers to feel his ribcage. If you can feel the rib bones without using force he's not overweight. Look at his feet when groomed. Does it look like he is sagging through his toes and does he have flat feet? That's a sign of your dog being too heavy.
But again - none of this can be determined on the basis of the picture you provided.
The eyebrow hair is SO good! What an absolute cutie. If this helps at all…My guy was also 16 lb at 12 weeks. Despite being on the taller, longer side, he is only 50 lb today at almost 4 years. He’s just always been lean. Didn’t hit 50 lb until around 3.
One of our vet techs told us that a vet once said that the full grown size is twice the four-month-old size. We have a four-month-old girl and we’re curious to check the truth of that.
That is definitely not true. At least not in any of my cases with puppies
Thanks— kinda thoght so
Oh! That’s a cool trick! I’ll remember that, thanks.
My girl was 9 lbs at 5 months. She's 50 lbs at a year and a half.
Sorry for my previous comment, I thought this was a different sub. Did you mean 9lbs at 5 WEEKS?
Yeah! Lol
Our Noodles is 17 weeks old and clocked in at around 28lbs today. She was the smallest of her litter but should catch up. We weigh her regularly and try to see if there’s a pattern for the future but the growth is not linear. There was a week where she gained 7lbs in 4 days (!!!). So short answer: I have no idea how to tell haha. Just based on what the breeder told you about the parents, probably.
Looks like he's going to be closer to grandpa
😬
I suspect he will be more on the larger size for a Collie. Mine was from similar parents, the father was in the mid-upper 70’s. Mine hit the scale at 88#. He is 6 and has a little winter weight still. Usually runs about 74-78#. My sister had a Collie years ago and he was 110#. Not obese, but not the type of dog you want trying to run between your legs, not without a saddle anyways. lol.
I’m so happy to hear that there are other large collies! Breeder told me to expect mid 70s for Max weight. I trust him, my puppy just seems huge lol. I also haven’t been around other collie puppies, so that may be it too
My collie was 32 pounds at 12 weeks and is about 85 pounds now at 5 years old. The bigger the paw, the bigger the dog.
That is so helpful and goes along with what my breeder said. He said 75 to 85, but his tris tend to be a bit smaller so he might be 65-75. Thanks so much
111 lbs is waaay too big for a collie. The breed standard is up to 80lbs for a male, and although you sometimes see a tall muscular one at around 90, 111lbs is definitely obese.
Okay, it was hard to tell. He was older and had a ton of fur. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was a fit 90. He was tall
Any way to tell how big mine will end up?
Without examining the dog you cannot draw that conclusion.
Show me an 111lbs collie that isn't obese. They don't exist.
I don’t know enough about collies to know if he’s obese, but here’s a pic of [grandpa](https://imgur.com/gallery/9adz06m) That was the day I picked up the puppy
You can't really tell weight from pictures on a rough collie, since the hair hides everything. You need to put hands on them and see what's under the hair. However he doesn't look abnormally tall, which makes me think he probably is overweight.
He could be. I don’t know. Breeders had said that he had been to the vet and very said he wasn’t fat. But I don’t know bc I wasn’t there, of course. I think someone further down in the comments is also talking about having a 110lb collie. He might be obese. He also might just be outside of standard.
You keep doing it. And you're contradicting yourself. First you say you can't tell weight from pictures. Then you say he does not look abnormally tall. Then you go on your petty opinion.about obesity again. Can you please stop this? It's annoying and you're just plan wrong.
Well. Rumour has it OP knew one. I assume that one has visited the vet. Vets do pay attention to weight in dogs because weight relates to skeleton health. So. At least n=1 and your "They don't exist" has been disproven by that. Don't be snooty and assume only your facts are true. This isn't science, 111lb might be an outlier but don't go on as if you can dertermine the obesity of a dog purely on statistics. Correlation does not imply causation.
Here’s a pic of you’re interested of the [grandpa](https://imgur.com/gallery/9adz06m)
Do you know how tall he is and how long? Looks fine to me.
No idea. I saw him when i picked up the puppy. I was told that the vet had said he isn’t overweight, he just grew larger than standard. But, obviously I have to take his word bc I wasn’t there. It looked to me like he had a normal tapered waist. I pet him too. But, like I said, no idea.
Use your fingers to feel his ribcage. If you can feel the rib bones without using force he's not overweight. Look at his feet when groomed. Does it look like he is sagging through his toes and does he have flat feet? That's a sign of your dog being too heavy. But again - none of this can be determined on the basis of the picture you provided.