[pyrnet] The overgrown Pyr-Moose

[Rhonda Collins <rhonda@castlepublishing.com>]

> > I have no experience with Pyrs other than with him, so I don't have
> a clue, 
> > but a 6 month old male who is as big as a full-grown female St.
> Bernard 
> > seems pretty big to me!  I DO think he's gorgeous, and I've
> lost my heart 
> > to him (to say nothing of my finger).
> >   
>
>          He really does seem
> fairly large for his age. Do you recall how big 
> he was in the 6 month pic?  I have a 6 month boy now.  
> Charlie

I can't find my records at the moment, but it seems to me he was 
78-80 lbs when he was 6 months. He gained about  11-18 lbs a month
between 2 months and five months, then slowed down to about 8-11 lbs a
month. Thank goodness. If he kept growing at the rate he did the first
couple of months, he'd weigh 1000 lbs by the time he was grown!
LOL!  Seriously, though, he was in very poor shape when we got him
at 2 months, with HORRIBLE fleas, ear mites, three kinds of worms,
underweight and severely anemic (under all that hair, he was downright
bony). Now, although he's big, he's just right, I think...a little on the
slim side, but that's the way I want to keep him as he's
growing.