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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Markley on May 4, 2012 at 10:28am

I had a corgi/white labrador mix (I think lab anyway) and he was never more or less than 32 pounds his whole life.  Best dog I ever had, or ever will again.

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Permalink Reply by Anna Morelli on May 4, 2012 at 1:47pm

If by big you mean how tall, most of the pup's final height, measured at the top  of the shoulders,  should be in by 7 months of age. After that you may still gain a little height, but it will be so gradual, you probably won't notice.

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Throneberry on May 4, 2012 at 2:11pm

Well she's 20lbs at five months they say labs can grow till there 2 years of age. We are noticing more about her we have had her for a month now and just noticed she has an extreme under bite. We never knew before cuz it look perfect from the outside. Does underbite mean they will have other issues? 

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Permalink Reply by Anna Morelli on May 4, 2012 at 6:42pm

True she can grow in weight and body mass until fully mature.  I only addressed height, because this you can assess fairly early. How she will mature and fill in, because she is a mix, is harder to predict.  Even in purebred dogs, different bloodlines can have different  body types and mature differently. This is especially true of Labs.

As for the under-bite, this does become more evident as the pup grows and will not correct.  If she is eating fine and chances are she is, I would not worry about it.  Most dogs gobble their food anyhow. For you, it should just be a cosmetic issue.  She should make up for it in personality :-)

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Throneberry on May 4, 2012 at 7:09pm

Well if anything we can't get to stop eating. Some of her canines are growin in crooked but I couldn't tell she had an underbite it look perfect from the outside. I just always thought dogs with underbites have other health problems or deformities. 

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