growth spurt??

[belindabone]

do dogs go through growth spurts like children??we took moose to the vet 2 weeks ago to weigh him,and he was 38#.well,i just got home from the vet,he had to go get shots and heartguarded..but his weight today is 47.9#!!!!hes gonna be hunormas!!!so,my question is,do they go through growth spurts?when will platue off and quit gaining weight???hes not even 4 months old yet!!

[APBTMOMMY]

Honestly, I don't know for sure. But I would say yes.. Maybe someone more educated will come along and help out.

[APBT_MOMMA]

I would say they do. If you want to know something funny, when Nevaeh was 6 months on the dot, she weighed in at 55lbs and everybody told me she was gonna be around 60-70 lbs full grown, well today she is 1 yr and 2 months and she weighs in at a whopping 45 lbs, lol. So yah, I would say they hit a growth spurt but in the end it all pretty evens out the way it should as long as you keep a nice consistant feeding with them. :) But also, there is a chance he still can be around 55-60 lbs when he is older, to me it is whatever the genetics are, past or present that will affect his growth. Lot of ppl told me to double Neveah's weight when she was 4 months old and if that is the case she would be 80 lbs right now, lol.

[Dansgrizz]

bullies grow differently than the APBT and usually grow til 2 or 3. An average growth weight is 2-4 pounds a week. In my experience seeing many peoples bullies grow they grow up n then out alternating between the two. I'd say the major growth spurts are between 3-5 months and 6-8 usually spaced 2 months apart so if be hits a growth at 4 he will hit one at 6

May I add with the huge difference in bullies I.e. Pocket bulls, shorty bulls, xxl bulls there is a wide range of weight gain also. Keeping a growth chart of height vs. Weight helps alot it will help you gauge his food intake an excercise better.

[vdubbinya]

^^ nice post d!ck :)

[ItsMe]

bullies grow differently than the APBT and usually grow til 2 or 3. An average growth weight is 2-4 pounds a week. In my experience seeing many peoples bullies grow they grow up n then out alternating between the two. I'd say the major growth spurts are between 3-5 months and 6-8 usually spaced 2 months apart so if be hits a growth at 4 he will hit one at 6

May I add with the huge difference in bullies I.e. Pocket bulls, shorty bulls, xxl bulls there is a wide range of weight gain also. Keeping a growth chart of height vs. Weight helps alot it will help you gauge his food intake an excercise better.

I definitely have seen big changes in size in the months you mentioned with Remy. It's funny though, cuz I wanted a really big dog and would get frustrated because she wasn't growing like I wanted, but now I think she is the perfect size and don't really want her to grow much more.

[Dansgrizz]

YAH LOL i wanted an"XXL" pit LMFAO!!! i have learned ALOT since buying grizz and he is now 65.6 and i am throughly pleased with him.

[vdubbinya]

btw dan i wasnt bein rude bro it was jus a joke :P

[Dansgrizz]

Thanks brother!