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How much weight do French Mastiffs gain between their 1st and 2nd year of age?

Masong11

Masong11

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Apollo is 10 months old, he will be 11months in 2 weeks. Apollo weights 105 now and I am wondering how much more weight does the french mastiff typically gain between 12-24 months ?

I am sure the blood line and other factors play a role but judging from his current weight being 105 and 23 1/2 at the withers does any one have enough experience to give me a ball park figure?

I read online that 20-30lbs is typical between that this time period. Also, has his head reached maturity at this age?

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Masong11

Masong11

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I dont know much about the father's blood line. His father was very athletic and extremely lean and muscular/defined but small (for a ddb, nonetheless a cool, big dog!) 110-115lbs. The Mothers side was full of HUGE monsters! One of the uncles was 28in at withers 170lbs and not fat. The biggest head I have ever seen. He was part of the Rolex Embrez line ( mothers side also). The mothers Dame was Large Marge, a 150lbs female.



Here is Apollo's Uncle

Debonaire: 155-160lbs IMG_2194.jpgIMG_2195.jpg


His mother Jasmin: 130lbsIMG_5349781418522.jpg
 
Kujo

Kujo

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Almost impossible to answer this question, it's all relative to the dog at hand. For example: my boy Kujo is about a year older than Apollo and Apollo outweighs him by 5 pounds. Every dog is different...best way to get a good guess is to look at the parents.

Apollo comes from a very handsome line of dogues :) that Jasmin is a beauty!
 
NYDDB

NYDDB

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I agree with Kujo- really hard to say for sure, but of course his bloodlines will give a clue.

Mateo was about 120-ish at one year, and is 143 pounds now at age three. Between 12 and 14 months, he probably gained 13 pounds, and then this past year the next 10. I didn't keep weight records, so it's just a guess.

I think my boy has settled into this weight now, since it hasn't changed in awhile. His father was about 160, his mother 130 pounds.

By the way, Apollo's uncle is a big, thick Bordeaux- reminds me a lot of Mateo's old man. :)
 
Masong11

Masong11

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Kujo said:
Almost impossible to answer this question, it's all relative to the dog at hand. For example: my boy Kujo is about a year older than Apollo and Apollo outweighs him by 5 pounds. Every dog is different...best way to get a good guess is to look at the parents.

Apollo comes from a very handsome line of dogues :) that Jasmin is a beauty!
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I figured there where to many factors involved.

How much did Kujo weigh at 1 year? I know that "Tank" Apollos father would bounce back and forth between 100-115 from what the breeders tell me. I think Tank may have been closer to 100lbs the day I had seen him and he was a great looking dogue! Great personality too.
 
Masong11

Masong11

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NYDDB said:
I agree with Kujo- really hard to say for sure, but of course his bloodlines will give a clue.

Mateo was about 120-ish at one year, and is 143 pounds now at age three. Between 12 and 14 months, he probably gained 13 pounds, and then this past year the next 10. I didn't keep weight records, so it's just a guess.

I think my boy has settled into this weight now, since it hasn't changed in awhile. His father was about 160, his mother 130 pounds.

By the way, Apollo's uncle is a big, thick Bordeaux- reminds me a lot of Mateo's old man. :)
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Wow, 120lbs at a year. He is a big boy! Is Mateo tall?
 
Masong11

Masong11

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NYDDB said:
He is 26" at the withers, which is I guess about average.
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He is a good size. Thats almost the breed max height for AKC standard. He is probably above average but thats just taking into account what I have read online.

I had seen a DDB that was fully mature and was 100lbs at a dog show and looked bigger than Apollo. The other dogs ribs where much wider than Apollo's. Do there ribs widen with age?
 
Kujo

Kujo

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Masong11 said:
I figured there where to many factors involved.

How much did Kujo weigh at 1 year? I know that "Tank" Apollos father would bounce back and forth between 100-115 from what the breeders tell me. I think Tank may have been closer to 100lbs the day I had seen him and he was a great looking dogue! Great personality too.
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Roughly 90 pounds, it took about 7-9 months for him to gain 10 pounds to put him at the 100 pounds he's at now, and he'll be 2 in July. He's my lil mini mastiff :)
 
AussieGirl

AussieGirl

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Weight is hard to guess. Some DDB's get huge and some just don't. They are all beautiful though :) my friends 18 month old female DDB weighs about 5lbs less than my 19 weeks old EM but I have also seen pictures of how huge they can get :)
 
chichi251076

chichi251076

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Don't know about the weight issue but would like to say he sure is hansom an oh my his folks are BIG

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NYDDB

NYDDB

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The thing about overall weight, too, is that the mass of bone accounts for a lot- and DDBs tend to be heavy in the bone department-- especially their skull, LOL.

Just adding that because people tend to think of weight being primarily fat and muscle... at least when it comes to ourselves. :)
 
Kujo

Kujo

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NYDDB said:
The thing about overall weight, too, is that the mass of bone accounts for a lot- and DDBs tend to be heavy in the bone department-- especially their skull, LOL.

Just adding that because people tend to think of weight being primarily fat and muscle... at least when it comes to ourselves. :)
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Great point!

The DDB does have the largest head in the canine family...wonder if there is a way to weigh just their heads...considering the average human head weighs about 8 pounds, my guess is the average DDB head weighs about 12 pounds.
 
NYDDB

NYDDB

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Kujo said:
Great point!

The DDB does have the largest head in the canine family...wonder if there is a way to weigh just their heads...considering the average human head weighs about 8 pounds, my guess is the average DDB head weighs about 12 pounds.
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I heard the human head weighs between 8-12 pounds, with the brain coming in at about 5 pounds.

Whenever people comment about the size of Mateo's head, I just shake my head and say, "Yeah, he has a really thick skull....and very, very little brain, LOL."
 
2nd Chance

2nd Chance

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debonnaire and apollo's uncle (in my opinion) are over weight dogs. As in carrying fat. So im sure if you are willing to have a fat dog, you can beat that weight easily, as they do love their dinner generally. Im sure any dogue would be willing to assist in 'how big can i get' games.
All the photos are extreemly handsome specimens. Awesome features, and goregous chops i want to squish. You have some good looking genes there!
 
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