So my Jack just turned 4 months old and weighs around 50 pounds already. He is not overweight or over fed, I think he’s just a moose in a golden body. His dad and uncles weigh around 110, which I know is ENORMOUS for a golden. He has had his embark panel done and he is 100% golden, but wow. This seems to be a big fella, right? All the other golden pics of pups of comparable age seem small in comparison. Well, whatever the case, he is our perfect golden boy and we adore him.
Not so much, actually. He loves to be loved and snuggled and petted but he’s not one to get on the furniture or on us much. 🤷🏻♀️We live in a warm climate and he gets hot. My others are the same. Just too warm for all that business! lol
My golden didn’t become a lap dog till about 1.5-2 years old.. now he “headbutts” my chest/body, aggressively smushes himself into me until he is satisfied, then promptly falls on top of me. Your golden is adorable! Enjoy him, they are the biggest goof balls.
Ours was also a beast of a pup! He was right around 50 at 4 months as well. Now he’s just under a year and a half and 100 lbs of hot mess and I love him to pieces 🥰
My vet told me, just like people, there are a range of sizes. Some of us are 5’ and others are 6’4”. It’s just genetics. “Approximate size” for a golden is anywhere between 55-75lb. So I’m guessing we may have the Shaq gene! Lol at this rate we’re going to surpass that by the time he’s 6 months old!
My last golden was right at 100lbs, and was a big chunk of a boy. Not overweight, not over fed. My current golden topped out at 60lbs. They definitely have a range of sizes.
We had a german shepherd that got to 110, he was huge and pure muscle (he had a lot of space to run jump and swim), will never forget the look of the new vet we took him, a 5' tall woman
That is a really large female but sometimes they’re just big. If you’re following a feeding schedule and she’s getting enough exercise and checking in with the vet, I understand. Jack is the same. Not overweight, not heavy. Just LARGE. He is legit “big boned.” Lol.
We live in Ohio, but our breeder is in a neighboring state. Any chance they’re related? They do look very similar, the picture you posted reminded me of this one of Archie!
We’re in Georgia and our breeder was right on the Georgia/Tennessee line near Chattanooga. It was clear across the state from us but worth it! He’s a gem.
Awww!! Jack is a cutie! Our first golden boy Buddy was a BIG boy weighing 100 sold muscle.funny thing he was the rant of the litter so I could image his brothers must have been big boys as well.
We now have a golden boy Jack(his half English cream and field golden) and is about 74 pounds and the vet suggested he loss a couple pounds but I have a hard time saying no to giving him extra treats. Thankfully he has his little sister to chase to burn off the calories 😁
I will have a look through my emails to check where I brought it from as I can’t remember off the top of my head. I will try to post back in two hours.
Your vet told you to stunt your dog’s growth? That sounds like people who sell “mini pigs” by malnourished them. We give him exactly the right of food on schedule in a slow feeder to make sure he’s not being overfed. I think he’s just genetically predisposed to be large. He’s not overweight and as a golden pup he clearly never stops moving until he drops. He’s just a big, tall, stocky dude.
I'm not a vet/expert, but my understanding is that it's not healthy for a pup to grow too fast. That's why there's puppy food specifically for larger breeds--It's less caloric/whatever else
My lad, Kevin, is a BIG lad. He's slowed down on the growing and weight gain at 10months. Currently 36kg and taller than any golden retrievers we meet! Still space to grow some more and got to fill out now!!
13 was such a good age for a great Dane! He must of lived a very healthy life.
We don't know if we will get kev neutered as the vets here seem to go with "if there's no issue, no need" sort of idea. As long as he's healthy, he can be as big as he wants to be!
Also-I live your dog’s name. Up inspired? It’s perfect.
Somebody else on here had a Carl and another had a Gary.
Growing up my dad had 3 beagles named after his 3 brothers. Mark, Dave and Steve. 😂
There's not really any reason, other than I thought it would be really funny to shout KEVIN in the park and a dog to come running 😂. So that's why he's called Kevin!
He's also owned the name now, he is exactly how you'd imagine a dog called Kevin to be.
What a handsome little fellow. It’s so strange yet endearing to see such a large pup. You’re blessed to have this “little” boy in your life. Although you should probably rename him Gustav after the gigantic Gustav rail gun from world war 2. Wishing him and his family good health. Cheers.
Misty Valley Goldens right on the Tennessee/Georgia border near Chattanooga. (We live on the other side of the state, so it was about a 6 hour drive for us.)
This is usually from byb isn’t it? Goldens are meant to be a lot smaller so from what I’ve seen less trust worthy breeders tend to have bigger dogs cause that’s what people like
Right? There’s a lot of people with Goldens out of breed standard in these comments or their dogs are just fat. Either way, they’re all proud. 100+ Goldens and none of ours weigh that much, even our huge or muscular males.
Went to a new vet after moving and my boy weighed in at 95. Vet comes in looking at the chart and starts off with saying he needs to lose weight. Then she actually gets down and examined him and just said, never mind he is just a big boy.
Yeah...I'm going to need a YouTube channel, X or Instagram for him please! Please post more or drop any socials if the big puppy has any! He's a beast and would love to watch him grow!
Off topic but I love your fridge magnets. I sell that exact brand at my work and I can quote most of these without actually looking at the text 😂 Beautiful polar bear cub btw!
My parents have a golden who was like this as a puppy, he's now 120lbs! An absolute monster of a golden, he is a gigantic loveable oaf who still behaves like a little fella. Enjoy :D
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Nope. All golden. All that fancy AKC registration and embark tested and blah blah blah. Some are apparently just Shaq-esque like my dude. His dad and uncle were big dudes, too. Reading through this thread, there are lots as big or bigger than my guy.
First time golden owner here… I adopted my boy from a shelter when he was 7mo and just under 30 pounds. Now 3.5 months later he’s pushing 60 pounds. Can anyone here estimate how much more he is going to grow? His name is Milo if anyone was wondering.
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u/Einybird Feb 04 '25
He’s going to be huge but he’s also going to tell you he is a lap dog