ideal weight?!

[Kaz and Harvey]

Harvey is nearly 2 and long haired he last weighed in at 52kg and hopefully lost a bit more since we last got him weighed as our vet said he should be around 45kg, to be honest he doesnt look overweight and you can feel his ribs but he is all muscle and I have been told that he is a "big" dog

[LucyA]

Blitz was last weighed at around 11 months and weighed in at 37kg he is probably heavier than that now.
Last time we saw the vet she told us he was a little over the average and so technically overweight but she said that he was built big and looked and felt a good shape so wouldn't try and have him lose any.

[kezzz]

I just got worried but like i say he was bigger before and 2 previous vets didnt mention the weight yet now hes smaller and a different vet has. hes fit and doesnt have any health problems and the only treats he eats are carrots so im just going to assume hes ok.
I have some pics in my album, im not sure how to add them to this post :s

thanks everyone who replies

[LIBRAGIRL]

HAD LEO WEIGHED LAST NIGHT AT THE VETS 37KILOS HE IS NOW 10MTHS OLD I THOUGHT MAYBE HE WAS A BIT OVERWEIGHT VETS SAID HE IS OK I CAN STILL FEEL HIS RIBS AND HE HAS BOUNDS OF ENERGY BUT STILL CANT KEEP UP WITH OUR ONE EYED GREYHOUND NELLIE NELLIE LETS HIM CATCH UP THEN SHE WHIZZES OFF AGAIN TORMENTS HIM

[Mark D]

Indi is lean and muscular now she is an older girly.
She is weighing in at 34kg and 24" tall!

[flint]

all covered i think, they should be lean rether than over as this helps to avoid joint probs in the future i belive

My lad and his brother both work at the same place, he is 43 kgs and his brother is over ten kilos lighter, it is all about looks and frame i think, i have also been told speed of growth as a pup may hold the key to how much weight they can take as an adult.

[Stuart]

I just got back from Oban vets, where Sam and Kee were having their boosters, so of course while we were there they were weighed,.. Sam is, 29 inches to the weithers and 41.8 kgs, he has always been a lean we muscled dog, the vet said he was one of the best conditioned dogs she had seen for a while,..which made me feel great

So far since we have had Sam, his weight has remain quite steady,...
the day we collected him on the 11.1.10 he was 34kgs,..
on the 26.3.10 when we took him for injections he was 38.5 kgs
on the 18.1.11 he weighed in at 35 kgs
and today 41.8 kgs

Kee has always been very hard to keep weight off her, she has been speyed, and I knew she has always been over weight, so I never had her weighed when we went to the vet for boosters on purpose,.. because although I was trying to get the weight down I knew I was failing.

Last year was the first year that the vet herself put Kee on the scales, while I cringed, she is a small Shepherd at only 25inches to the weithers, and that day she weighed 40.5 kgs,..I nearly crawled out of the place.

Today however I felt better, and wanted her wieghed, I didnt think she was quite right yet, but I was sure she was close,..... today she weighed in at 34.5 kgs... the vet was full of praise for her condition, but suggested to be on the button she needed to be 32kgs,..so nearly there

[lauraburns]

That is great Stuart!!! Your dogs always look in tip top condition!! In my next life, I'm coming back as a dog in your pack!!!