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**DariushPetresku** · 04-30-2012, 12:43 AM

Thanks everyone. Sounds like she has about 3 more months of growing then.

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Yes, she's 6 months.

About 3 more mths of growing in height that is.... she will keep growing by filling out much more after 9mths of age. Before 9mths, she'll probably look like a skinny, tall, gangly looking dork.... then she'll start looking more and more like a normal dog after that lol.

Are you 100% sure that she is 6mths?
There's no way that when you rescued her she could have been 2mths and not 3mths? Just something to think about.
Did you see her parents and how short/tall they were? Maybe she just had really small parents.
Maybe she was the runt of the litter.
As long as she's at a healthy weight, it really shouldn't matter

But I personally would not compare her to other shelter dogs because you never know how old they truly are or that dogs true breed/s. As far as I know, shelters use what information they are told and when they don't have any info on a dog they guess the age based off of the condition of the teeth and guess the breed based off of shape and coat color.... which at times can be very wrong. You can really only compare her to her very own siblings... but in most cases, that's not possible.

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For comparison:
Here's Rocko at 3/4mths old and then at 6mths old (tall and dorky)

And here's Onyx at 3mths old and at 6mths. She was also on meds which could have made an impact on her growth.

04-30-2012, 12:43 AM	#16
DariushPetresku Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	Thanks everyone. Sounds like she has about 3 more months of growing then. ---------- Post added at 05:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:08 PM ---------- Yes, she's 6 months. About 3 more mths of growing in height that is.... she will keep growing by filling out much more after 9mths of age. Before 9mths, she'll probably look like a skinny, tall, gangly looking dork.... then she'll start looking more and more like a normal dog after that lol. Are you 100% sure that she is 6mths? There's no way that when you rescued her she could have been 2mths and not 3mths? Just something to think about. Did you see her parents and how short/tall they were? Maybe she just had really small parents. Maybe she was the runt of the litter. As long as she's at a healthy weight, it really shouldn't matter But I personally would not compare her to other shelter dogs because you never know how old they truly are or that dogs true breed/s. As far as I know, shelters use what information they are told and when they don't have any info on a dog they guess the age based off of the condition of the teeth and guess the breed based off of shape and coat color.... which at times can be very wrong. You can really only compare her to her very own siblings... but in most cases, that's not possible. ---------- Post added at 03:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:38 PM ---------- For comparison: Here's Rocko at 3/4mths old and then at 6mths old (tall and dorky) And here's Onyx at 3mths old and at 6mths. She was also on meds which could have made an impact on her growth.
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