30-07-2011, 08:39 AM
i think until you get a stable stage in development you can't guess too much about the shape, size or whatever, every growth is usually not harmoniuos.
years ago i got a 6 month pet of a tall breed, the first months i thought she will never become a best of breed, she was growing in a disordinate manner, at the beginning the rear legs grew faster then the front ones, then she grew the front ones very fast but the legs got an X shape with pows pointing out... in that time a judge at a dogs' show told me "if i had to bet on one of your dogs i'll bet on that one, let her grow, give her time, she has a lot of charme" and he was definitely right.
the growth stabilized when she was about 1 year and a half old and when she was 2 years old and the growth was complete she was well proportionate, elegant, a real queen of her breed, i still have in my eyes her trotting around in the garden... but i'm going OT now, and getting blue...
years ago i got a 6 month pet of a tall breed, the first months i thought she will never become a best of breed, she was growing in a disordinate manner, at the beginning the rear legs grew faster then the front ones, then she grew the front ones very fast but the legs got an X shape with pows pointing out... in that time a judge at a dogs' show told me "if i had to bet on one of your dogs i'll bet on that one, let her grow, give her time, she has a lot of charme" and he was definitely right.
the growth stabilized when she was about 1 year and a half old and when she was 2 years old and the growth was complete she was well proportionate, elegant, a real queen of her breed, i still have in my eyes her trotting around in the garden... but i'm going OT now, and getting blue...