voidecho
Well-Known Member
Honest Heights & Weights
Inspired by taraann81, let's start a thread with 100% honest heights and weights. Starting a new thread because we've hijacked poor DonnieH's thread long enough.
Only post weights that were measured on a vet's scale or a large scale at a pet store. None of this, I'm guessing he's 205lbs cause his dad was 195 and he looks bigger.
As for heights, it's a little trickier. The only way to do it properly is to use a level. I taped a yard stick to the wall and finally got Lincoln to stand still and "mostly" stand tall. Then laid a level on his back where I think the whithers are and made sure the level was perfectly, well level and noted where the bottom of the level touched the yard stick. This is a very tricky process for most of us as our dogs don't necessarily want to stand perfectly still and stand perfectly tall...at least mine doesn't.
So where exactly are the whithers? The way I'm interpretting the pictures I've seen is that the whithers are basically right at the top of the shoulder blades, almost directly above the front legs. NOT a few inches up the neck. Pretty much right at the base of the neck where the neck meets the back. You should be able to feel the shoulder blades under the skin. If you're dog kept their legs perfectly still and lowered their head, I'm guessing the whither would stay the same height.
So let's see the results. I'm guessing pretty much nothing will change from previous heights and weights we've seen posted here before. I'll post Lincoln's below.
Inspired by taraann81, let's start a thread with 100% honest heights and weights. Starting a new thread because we've hijacked poor DonnieH's thread long enough.
Only post weights that were measured on a vet's scale or a large scale at a pet store. None of this, I'm guessing he's 205lbs cause his dad was 195 and he looks bigger.
As for heights, it's a little trickier. The only way to do it properly is to use a level. I taped a yard stick to the wall and finally got Lincoln to stand still and "mostly" stand tall. Then laid a level on his back where I think the whithers are and made sure the level was perfectly, well level and noted where the bottom of the level touched the yard stick. This is a very tricky process for most of us as our dogs don't necessarily want to stand perfectly still and stand perfectly tall...at least mine doesn't.
So where exactly are the whithers? The way I'm interpretting the pictures I've seen is that the whithers are basically right at the top of the shoulder blades, almost directly above the front legs. NOT a few inches up the neck. Pretty much right at the base of the neck where the neck meets the back. You should be able to feel the shoulder blades under the skin. If you're dog kept their legs perfectly still and lowered their head, I'm guessing the whither would stay the same height.
So let's see the results. I'm guessing pretty much nothing will change from previous heights and weights we've seen posted here before. I'll post Lincoln's below.