Charlie’s update:
7 weeks - 7.04kg (15.5lb)
8 weeks - 7.5kg (16.5lb)
11 weeks - 11.9kg (26lb)
11 1/2 weeks - 12.4kg (27lb)
13 weeks - 14.8kg (33lb)
14 weeks - 16.6kg (36.5lb)
15 weeks - 17.0kg (37.5lb)
16 weeks - 18.0kg (39.5lb)
17 weeks - 19.0kg (41.5lb)
18 weeks - 20.1kg (44lb)
20 weeks - 22.7kg (50lb)
21 weeks - 23.6kg (52lb)
22 weeks - 24.7kg (54.5lb)
23 weeks - 25.8kg (57lb)
24 weeks - 27.4kg (60.5lb)
25 weeks - 29.0kg (64lb)
26 weeks - 29.1kg (64lb)
27 weeks - 29.9kg (66lb)
28 weeks - 31.0kg (68lb)
29 weeks - 33.2kg (73lb)
30 weeks - 34.8kg (76.7lb)
31 weeks - 35.2kg (77.6lb)
32 weeks - 35.8kg (79lb)
33 weeks - 36.3kg (80lb)
34 weeks - 37.0kg (81.5lb)
He seems to be tapering off now and putting on between 0.5-0.7kg a week rather than the 1-1.5kg in previous weeks.
Met an 11 month old male dobie at the dog park on Sunday who was much smaller than Charlie. I’m guessing he really is just a big boy as everyone keeps saying.
Vet is happy with his physique, so I’m happy too.
He is starting to try and assert dominance with other male dogs now though. Wondering at what stages others have given their boys the

, if it helped and any tips for how to overcome this in the mean time?
Everywhere I’m reading and people I’ve spoken to just keep telling me, “It’s a phase”. But we don’t want it to become learned behaviour.