Corgi weight
So a few months ago, we went to a class for dog breeders and went with my fiancé's stepmom. Alot of people have commented on Moises weight saying "he's the smallest corgi they ever seen". He is only a little over a year old and he eats normally, but he doesn't gain weight. When we went to the vet last he was around 17 pounds. Will he just eventually bulk up on his own? Somedays the comments of "he's so skinny" and "he's such a skinny corgi" bugs me Somedays like they think we are bad owners or something. We walk him everyday and he eats everyday. The vet hasn't said his weight isn't bad though either. The event we went to was for people learning how to be judges.
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Permalink Reply by Krystal G on
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Mooses* and sorry for not editing. I'm on my phone.
I'm just wondering if this is normal for his age or is there something we should do?.
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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I've had some that took at least 18 months to get to their full weight. How long is he? be glad he isn't overweight!!!!!! You are not bad owners....he is just growing at his rate and ignore otheres comments. He will be what he is meant to be but he will still gain some:) Please don't overfeed as this wouldn't be good for him to just gain weight.. Sage weighs #19 at 9 months but I don't think her mom weighed that...she will be a little bigger like her dad!
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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Marie O'Bryan on
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dont worry you are not bad pet owners at all!:) i honestly have had the same comments. teddy has a little bit longer body and is very fit. he is all muscle because we take take him everywhere. he eats like a horse! but like Jane said dont overfeed him but im sure if u cook an egg 3times a week for him he will start to bulk up as its protein and dosnt have much fat, i feed that to teddy with half a cup of food in the morning
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Permalink Reply by Sam on
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Ein took a little over 18 months to get to his full size. I wouldn't be worried at all. Even after he gets to his full size, he'll bulk up a little bit at least.
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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Where did you get him? Have you talked to his breeder? Are his lines small?
How tall is he at the withers (the top of the shoulder where the neck flows into the back, which should be the highest point of the shouler)?
Can you see his ribs, or just feel them?
In agility I met a woman with an 18-pound Corgi from a breeder in New England somewhere. Some people who run agility look for tiny little dogs who can run in the smaller class-size and be more competitive in open classes. I'm personally not a fan of intentionally breeding pocket Corgis, but some people do it. This little female in my agility class was perfectly proportioned, just tiny. Since my male is oversized, he was literally twice her size and looked like a giant next to her.
If he is of good proportion I would not worry. If he always looks skinny (not just undersized) then the vet may want to run some tests to see why he's not thriving on a normal amount of food.
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I asked my fiance's stepmom about it, and she said that Moose's dad took about 2 years to fully bulk up. We can't see his ribs at all, but when we give him tummy rubs we can feel them. He also LOVES to run, He runs atleast 3 times a day til he gets tired and then comes inside. We also take moose everywhere too. I can measure him when I can find something to measure him today.
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Permalink Reply by Jane on
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It's hard to say without a better photo, but I would assume he's just going to be on the smaller side for a male corgi. A lot of people overfeed their dogs and that may just be what they're used to seeing. He'll probably bulk up some in the next year or two but I doubt he'll gain more than a few pounds.
This chart might help:
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Moose looks like a number 5. I showed it to my fiance and he agreed that Moose is closest to number 5. I just get worried about being a bad corgi owner and overfeeding or underfeeding him. His legs are very muscular because he runs so much. Moose is my fiance's dog but I live here now, and I never had an indoor dog before, just outside dogs growing up.
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Someone mentioned that people are used to seeing corgis that are overweight and that is very true so if they don't know much about the breed (even owners) or just can't say "no" many times you will get a comment like this. I have!
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Permalink Reply by Sherrys pups Kali & Kowboy on
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Mine is 17 weeks and we walk her everyday and she plays with my Border Collie. Oh and I have a 4 and a 6 yr old that play with her to death. So mine is VERY active. But my breeder said that her dad is on the small size. I can tell she is going to be small. Thats ok cause if she gets bigger my 4 yr old daughter cant pick her up ALL THE TIME! lol Its better on the back for them if they dont have that weight. If you cant see the ribs you are fine.
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Markley on
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If he's a 5 by the chart Jane posted, he's great! It's much easier to keep the weight off than get it off once it's on. I thought we were doing good to get Seanna down to 25 pounds until we got Jackson. She's HUGE compared to him...and not all of it is fur! (I'd like to think so though!). So we are now working on a goal of 23 pounds, which is what the vet originally wanted her at. That still may be too big...
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Permalink Reply by Atlas & Trinity on
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I had the same question a few months back. Atlas was a year and he never really broke the 20lb mark, his parents were big corgis and he came from a litter of I think 6 or 7 he was the biggest of the bunch. He has finally 22lbs and still growing, I will confirm that some are late bloomers
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