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.
"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.
85Lbs more than likely. I would add sic, bite, kill to the repertoire. :-)
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.
Actually he could weigh as little as 70 lbs (German Shepherds are NOT as “huge” as people think they are, although there are many oversized ones), but being part Rott he could be bigger.
Actually, it is best to approach training as if they are going to be very big!
Glad you are doing heeling. All the basics of obedience are needed, and it seems you’ve done that (just keep practicing until he is sure).
Yes, it is good for his to “drop” it, or “leave” as I say. Even better to have conditioned the pup from the first to simply allow you to take things because you are boss and can do what you want. Also to condition him to be alone, and to handle his feet and mouth (toothbrushing, etc), all for the sake of vets most especially, as well as for “troubleshooting” and grooming. Hopefully it is not too late for that. I made sure all my pets could do that - GS and kitties, too.
My (now) 3yo black lab was clean smelling untill around one year .. then, no matter how much we shampooed (once a week ... and THAT I thought was too much) .. he still smelled like he had been at a whore house all night.
I switched to a grain based food .... no more dog BO.
See if you can teach him to put his toys in a basket when he is done with them so they don’t lay around the house. If he can learn that he is really smart.