RE: [PyrNet-L] RE: CHAT gaining weight to fast?

["Murden, Deanna" <Deanna.Murden@wl.com>]

Geez! I wonder if I have a mini-pyr??<<g>>

My 18 wk old is 33 lbs, 19 inches at the withers.
She gains about 2.5 lbs/week, which, as someone posted, sounds about
average.
She was the runt of a litter of 10 pups, so got a late start in the
weight category. (8.8lbs at 7.5 wks)
(She is normal in all her proportions, so in my amateur opinion is not a
dwarf candidate)
I just never knew my pyr was less than average! 
These other growth statistics (previous posts to this thread) are
amazing!


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Donna Coffman [SMTP:dcoffman@erols.com]
> Sent:	Saturday, August 22, 1998 5:48 PM
> To:	pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> Subject:	Re: [PyrNet-L] RE: CHAT gaining weight to fast?
> 
> 30 pounds at 13 weeks is okay.  15 pounds at 10 weeks is underweight.
> She
> must have been very thin 3 weeks ago if she only weighed 15 pounds
> then.  I
> have 11 week old pups who weigh over 30 lbs. and they are tall, leggy
> and
> on the thin side.   Taking her off puppy food at 5 - 6 months is okay.
> You
> can feed Iams or Eukanuba "Big Breed" Puppy food as that is formulated
> for
> large breed dogs.
> 
> 
> ----------
> > From: Rick Nygaard <rlnlln@abilene.com>
> > To: 'pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org'
> > Subject: [PyrNet-L] RE: CHAT gaining weight to fast?
> > Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 12:02 PM
> > 
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > I have been lurking on this list for about 4 weeks since we got our
> first
> 
> > pyr!  I love all the tales that are shared and advice with training
> etc. 
> >  Baby is now 13 weeks old today and already weighs 30 pounds.  Is
> this 
> > normal?  When we brought her to the vet three weeks ago she weighed
> 15 
> > pounds and the vet warned us about her gaining weight too quickly.
> She 
> > also suggested that we take her off of puppy chow at 5 - 6 months so
> she 
> > won't continue to gain so much weight.  I would appreciate any
> thoughts
> on 
> > this.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Linda
> > <><
> > 
> >