Slower more steady puppy growth

[NewYorkDogue]

This is so timely. Just the other day a man walked up to me at a dog park and asked me what I was feeding Mateo because he was so impressed with the "even-ness" of his growth. And then he pointed to a GSD puppy who is about the same age and looked like a train wreck: skinny, wobbly legs that bow way in and cause the poor pup to not even run in a straight line (and this pup was bought for thousands of $$.) And the proportions on him were, just... off. Now, I don't know if this pup will straighten out; I'm no expert. But I have been very happy with my pup's growth rate and really nice proportion of bone and muscle development-- on RAW, of course.

(Also, just yesterday 3 different people commented on how white his teeth were -of course he's still young, but it is pretty impressive!)

Anyway, a couple of months ago I got sucked into the vortex of watching way too many youtube videos of dogs, and Dogue de Bordeauxs. I was kind of disheartened to see home videos of their Bordeaux puppies looking gangly and/or way too soft-- and then their owners wondering if their 5 month old puppy was "underweight" at only 68 pounds(!) It's as if they want a massive dog right away. Mateo wasn't even close to that weight at 5 months (I'm thinking low 50's...).

Now, he's 80 pounds at 7 1/2 months. Never had a weird growth spurt. Maybe he could be bigger, but as long as he is growing at a steady, healthy rate, (and avoid any growth/joint problems) I'm beyond happy.

[Liz]

I think all the collies need to get together also and one little ol hound (LOL) would just spice up the mix. I think it would be fun.

[Scarlett_O']

I think all the collies need to get together also and one little ol hound (LOL) would just spice up the mix. I think it would be fun.

And if I can get her too I can probably bring my little Mini Hound-dog along, just to keep everyone in line......now Brody, well he will GLADLY back out if it is any thing other then sunny out....so no worries about a Puggie tagging along!!LOL

[Chocx2]

I think my lab pup grew much slower than my other dogs also, she is 19 months and still seems to be growing first heat was a couple of weeks ago. My other female had her first heat before she was a 12 months and grew different than the one on raw. And my Aussie has changed since on all raw, lost his bulkness around his chest area and now has a nice waist ? Just thought I would add that lol