NOTE: FINER BONED, SLOWER COATING PUPS THAT APPEAR WEEDY OFTEN TEND TO GROW LONGER, UP TO 10-1/2 MOS, WHILE HEAVIER BONED, EARLIER COATING, FINISHED LOOKING PUPS MAY BE FULLY MATURE BY 8 MOS. BLENDS OF FAST/SLOW MATURING STOCK TEND TO FALL IN BETWEEN THIS RANGE. IF A PUP IS A BITCH AND OVER THE WEIGHT LIMIT BY MORE THAN HALF A POUND, BUT UNDER THE HEIGHT LIMIT FOR THE AGE, SHE IS A BETTER BET TO STAY IN SIZE THAN A MALE WITH THE SAME STATISTICS. BY 5 MOS, A 13-1/4" TO 13-1/2” DOG WILL USUALLY MATURE AT 15”.

Copyrights 2002. All rights reserved on reproduction of any part, text, photos, or images anywhere on this website without express written permission of the owner, author, or artist of each. This means no “lifting” or other copying is allowed for personal, private, public, or commercial reasons, even educational, without written permission. Any violation of copyright laws shall be subject to legal remedy under intellectual and artistic property rights. Sales of all artwork shall grant personal and private use of such only, and shall not in any way grant permission by that sale for use in any business, public, or other commercial ways or means. Single copies may be printed for personal use only, not for publication in print whether on paper or online at another site without express written permission of the author.