Posted on 01/17/2015 8:21:39 AM PST by lafroste
Hi all! I have a 5 month old puppy. He is (I was told) 1/2 German Shepard + 1/2 Rottweiler. He is also astonishingly intelligent, very easy to train, great memory. Anyway, he already knows sit, stay, come, lay, play dead, and fetch. On his 5 month birthday he weighed exactly 40 pounds. Here are my questions:
If he is 40 pounds at exactly five months, what will likely be his weight when fully grown?
I would like recommendations on what other commands would be useful? I am already planning to teach him to heel. He learns so quickly that I think I can load him up. Any help is appreciated. Thanks alot!
He Will probably be in the 80 to 120 range as both GSDs and Rotties a BIG DOGGIES!
he sounds like a treasure, though! :-)
At that rate, in nine more, five-month periods, he will weigh 400 pounds.
Aww. If it weren’t for my doggie, life wouldn’t be worth living.
pics are necessary...
Fully grown at 18 months, you are looking at somewhere between 80 to 120 lbs. Invest in kibble and turkey necks.
Helpful commands:
Don’t eat that cat!
If you’re going to do dumps that size, learn to operate an excavator!
Get off the roof!
Stop eating my tires!
More later.
He’ll likely weigh in at more than twice that fully grown. A few useful additional commands would relate to barking. Something sending him on alert, and something quieting him, plain old “shhhh” works with mine if they’re getting too talkative.
Wait, wait.
So you are saying that my use of “Git dat kitty” which prompts my GSD to herd my cat is something I should not be doing!?
(Yes, I train my dog in Y’attish)
"Drop it" and "Guard" are both very useful.
I would suggest taking him to ‘puppy’ classes ASAP; smart dogs can learn a LOT in those first months.
‘leave it’, meaning ‘stop playing with, investigating or chewing whatever it is’ , be it a steak, another dog is crucial. So is training them to stop whatever they are doing and come, without question. Both of this can save your dog’s live.
Long (hour plus) ‘down-stay’ is super useful if you are going to go places with the dog; I could put my dottie in ‘down stay’ and eat a leisurely lunch with no one even noticing the 130 lb dog at my feet.
One thing I found out the hard way- dogs are NOT designed/evolved to jump from truck beds or other heights onto concrete or asphalt. Yes. they’ll gladly do it, and of course police and military dogs have to and need to do it, but if you don’t want a high probability of tragic and expensive outcomes, don’t let your dog jump down from truck beds and the like.
Best book, ever, on training’s by a religious order, the Monks of New Skete, who raise and train dogs, extensive, many generational studies of development and what works. “The Are Of Raising A puppy”; not s super quick read, but the standard of dog psychology.
We knew a dog who liked to gain access to the roof from his owner’s bedroom window. His name:LUCIFER.
85Lbs more than likely. I would add sic, bite, kill to the repertoire. :-)
Fluffy!
It is very useful when a curious (or hungry) pup goes after whatever you just dropped (pills or meds) or something he should not be near. We taught our dog this one and it has been our number one for years.
Good luck!
100 lbs. The appetite of dogs that size are very large. You might want to start clipping dog food coupons.
Shake hands,
Down. ( they will try to jump on you)
I taught mine ‘go left’, ‘go right’ to make him useful for getting treed coons and squirrels.
Lookit his paws. He’ll grow into them.
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