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Is he an EM

123gav321

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Thanks, awesome pup voidecho. Lincoln is stunning

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Thank you so much, Amanda F.
 
Don't be worried, my EM was only about 40 lbs at 16 weeks and very leggy and gangly. Just like the others were saying, their growth shoots up and drops down all the time and every dog grows differently. 077.jpg
 
Don't be worried, my EM was only about 40 lbs at 16 weeks and very leggy and gangly. &nbsp;Just like the others were saying, their growth shoots up and drops down all the time and every dog grows differently. &nbsp;<img src="http://www.mastiff-forum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=18712&amp;stc=1" attachmentid="18712" alt="" id="vbattach_18712" class="previewthumb">
 

Crystalanya

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My Gummy Bear has this same problem. People think he's a great dane mix because he's so tall and lanky! (and I think the brindle colouring throws them as well). I met both his parents and several of his siblings and they all look very EM standard. Gummy is just taking his dear sweet time filling out. I'm not too terribly worried. If he's a smaller EM, I'm fine with that. My last one was a really big lad (93 kilos at his full adult weight).
 

123gav321

Well-Known Member
Thanks Crystalanya. He will be loved no matter what, its just when you pay for something you expect that. He will fill out for sure, just so tall and lanky at the moment, He is already taller than my bullmastiff girl and he is six weeks younger, and she is a lump at 72lbs 5mths
 

birdman

New Member
hi , i would not be overly worried sometimes its quite beneficial to keep growing pups lean rather than obese, that way joints are less likely damaged. not that pictures are perfect tool to use but his bone size is not massive, thats to say he probably wont make a huge specimen, as previous posters have noted they do grow at awkward stages and its always best to make the frame first then hang the meat as a farmer friend remarks.
is he kc registered ? there have been a lot of reputed full mastiff litters advertised on the internet in uk but the parents were crosses or extremely poor examples and should never been bred, during the period of your dogs birth only 5 litters were registered with the kc and only 3 apricot dog puppies out of 2 litters , both from very successful show kennels.
what certainly would not have helped your pup is the poor nutrition in his formative weeks, wagg dog food is definately not the food for giant breed pups , but atleast you have got him on the better stuff now, my boy was on r/c for his first year (70kg @8 mths) then moved over to raw feeding as was my bitch , at 3 yrs theres still bit more scope for size although not height at 32 in he is just above average for most uk bred dogs and his present weight is 96 kgs
certain mastiff bloodlines do mature very slowly and pups can look like dane crosses for over 18 mths then they start to beef up and can be considered not finished till around 3/4yrs and what ive noticed is to get a good idea of the finished dog look at the grand parents your see more of them in your dog than mum or dad .
some of my boy from 4 mth to 2 yrs 028.jpg011.jpg038.jpg065.jpg
 

Crystalanya

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Indeed, I do understand about the paying aspect of it. My breeder said that we could talk when he's about 2-2.5 if he's not breed standard cos I did purchase him with the expectation he'd be at a minimum breed standard. He was the smallest of his litter though and I knew that when I got him. He was significantly smaller than his sisters, which I think will likely come in handy when I have to fly him back to the UK in a couple years. If at any point in the future, you decide you want another mastiff, message me. I got my last mastiff from a breeder slightly north of London and I love them. I almost considered getting this mastiff from them, but I didn't want to put a pup through the flight.