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Permalink Reply by Jane on October 12, 2013 at 2:05pm

How much does he weigh?

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Permalink Reply by Beth on October 12, 2013 at 2:32pm

"A smaller size corgi" means different things to different people.  The standard calls for 22-28 pounds, I think, but an awful lot of breeders are at the higher end of that spectrum.  So a breeder who shoots for a 22 pound bitch and a 25 pound dog is breeding on the small size, but still perfectly within the standard.  On the other hand, some agility breeders seem to be intentionally breeding for 18 pound Corgis that can run in a smaller height class, and I'm not personally a huge fan of this. 

Anyway, it's hard to tell by a photo of one dog by itself.  How tall is he at the highest point of the shoulder?  And what does he weigh?  

I don't think I've ever said this about a dog on the site, but I think Bear could probably gain a couple pounds.   He is very handsome!  He looks a little thin to me, though it could just be the angle of the picture.

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Permalink Reply by Amber Brookfield on October 12, 2013 at 6:18pm

Last time he was weighed he was 15lbs. I'm not sure how tall he is I need to measure him and definitely yes he does need to gain some weight but it seems like he's not gaining despite feeding 3 times a day.

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Permalink Reply by Beth on October 12, 2013 at 7:00pm

Some dogs are almost their full size by 9 or 10 months and others grow quite a bit later on.  He's not got his big-boy chest yet, so that will put some weight on him.   But I do think he'll be on the smaller side, yes.   There is a fair range in size for Corgis; mine are on the big side with Jack going 33 pounds when he's super-thin, about 36 at ideal weight, and Maddie at about 28.

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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on October 13, 2013 at 9:43am

Sage was my "slow grower" It took till she was 2 for her to "fill out and even when she got her full chest she was skinny.

I upped her food by 1/2 cup a day for the next year because she needed the extra food to slowly gain. I also had to add warm water to her food because she is not "food driven".

Here she is at about18 months and you can still see her slender body. My Corgis run 24#-30#.

Corgis are like humans in the fact that we all grow at different speeds.

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Permalink Reply by Jane on October 13, 2013 at 12:48pm

I do think he'll end up on the smaller side (I'd guess less than 25 lbs), but there's nothing wrong with a moderately sized dog. A lot of corgis are oversized these days (mine included). If he doesn't seem to be gaining weight I'd just increase his food. My cardi was getting 2.5 cups a day for a while and still looked super scrawny. He also gained over 10 lbs after he turned a year old, lol.

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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on October 13, 2013 at 2:48pm

Jane, so true...there are soooooo many oversized Corgis nowadays:( Several male Pems I have looked lately are much bigger than standard:(

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Permalink Reply by Amber Brookfield on October 13, 2013 at 2:35pm

No there's nothing wrong with a moderately sized dog considering my first two corgis Johnny and Lulu weighed 30lbs for Johnny and Lulu was almost 40lbs very very chubby. I've upped Bear's serving of Taste Of The Wild to 1 1/2 cups 3 times a day maybe a little too much but hopefully he'll gain a little. I can feel his ribs but can't see them so I know he's not starved plus I caught him last night pushing the kitchen table chair with his butt and jumping into it to get onto the kitchen table to get the loaf of bread. Need to occupy his mind lol 

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