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She is 7 months old today and the doberteens are in full force now! Listening is apparently optional at this point so there has been some "grounding" in the crate. I look back at the 6 month birthday with fondness when she had a little less doberteen angst - get ready!
LOL 7 months does seem to be the magic number for the teens to hit them and they work their minds as best as they can to outsmart us.
Oh GOD...the Doberteens started already?? I don't think i can take it!! I swear she's already started them.. i mean, jeez.. she finished teething and became a little "woman" early... why wouldn't doberteens start earlier!!hahaha - Luna is a B*&T#@H but isn't usually loud!!
I had hoped by this point to be done posting but I have come to the conclusion that Luna has a long crop rather than a medium and so it may be awhile yet. How's Miesha's crop looking? Do you think you will be able to wind up the posting any time soon @Prushanks?
This mouthy back-talk, selective hearing, and indignant, entitled attitude!! This girl acts like she thinks she's Cersei Freakin' Lannister and sits her bony ass right on that Iron Throne! 
] she looks like a Bat!! But what's done is done. I measured her ear from the base of the ear fold where it meets the top of her head to the tip and it is 5 inches. Not sure what type that qualifies as but i think her finishing early had more to do with the width of her bell.
Oh GOD...the Doberteens started already?? I don't think i can take it!! I swear she's already started them.. i mean, jeez.. she finished teething and became a little "woman" early... why wouldn't doberteens start earlier!!
Honestly.. why couldn't she just start dressing Goth, pierce a few bodyparts, date a rebel and call it a day???
Posting wise, we officially finished about a month though i experimented with different techniques to see if i could correct or change the way her ears stood but they were pretty much unofficially done even before that in her 4th month. [i kept going because i just wasn't 100% sure and figured it couldn't hurt!] I had asked for a longish Medium crop, which i got but I'm not happy with the width of the bell, [and of course the right bell being wider than the left KILLS me!!
Would LOVE to see pics of Luna!! How big is your Giraffe now??
I am so dreading that! And if she's acting like Cersei then she must be positively evil!! She looks gorgeous in that pic so at least she looks like Cersei (well before the whole hair shearing off thing! lol). I think her ears look beautiful. 
Aww she looks beautiful in it!
That's about where Albert is sitting now. He hit 27.5" back when he was about a year and it held steady since then. He was almost 100# before the hypothyroidism was diagnosed, but it leveled out after that.
I had her at 48 at 6 months and 50 at 6 months 2 weeks but that's with her wiggling in my arms on my scale. She turned 7 months on March 19th and so is now 7 months, 6 days. She seems a little ribbier again. The vet didn't seem concerned but we were talking about all kinds of things (spay options, lyme/tick prevention, and other concerns) and I didn't ask as many questions as I should have. We go back in 3 weeks for the lyme booster shot so I'll get another chance to quiz the vet. In the meantime, I'm starting to get worried I'm going to have a skinny Dobie girl. Shouldn't she be gaining more than 1.5 pounds in a month?? She does get a lot of exercise. Most days she gets a long run at the off leash park and lots of wrestling time with her BFFs (usually a cane corso and/or a bouvier of similar ages - they love to wrestle!).
Drogon went through a stage around 6 or 7 months old where he didn't eat in the morning unless I first exercised him. We would walk about 2 miles around the neighborhood and then when we got back home he would usually eat. Sometimes though he'd still not eat in the AM. The 'stage' last about 3 weeks if I remember correctly. Then he went back to eating AM & PM without needing his AM exercise to build up an appetite.
I would expect more weight gain but my only experience is my male. He was gaining about 10lbs a month up until 7 months and then slowed to 5lbs. Could be that females mature slower - I wouldn't know. The more exercise she gets the more calories she's burning. Only real way to gain weight is to consume more calories than are spent.
That is what I feel like this is. We never skip morning exercise...sometimes he eats afterward and sometimes he doesn't. I panicked at first, but then realized maybe it's just a phase. Thank you so much for your response. I will no longer make myself get down in the floor and hand feed his 67 pound butt out of guilt. I guess his body is just changing and his needs are a bit different. I'm gonna start exercising him earlier so I can give him every opportunity to eat prior to my leaving for work. Thanks so much for your response.
Ares stopped 3 meals a day around 5 months he was just not wanting his lunch. Took that away fed him morning and night. Around 8 months when the doberteen a hit (the hormones) he refused food all together ... Had other things on the brain well I starved him out for a day since he wasn't caring anyways and next day he ate. Don't cater to it. Leave the food down for ten mins don't make a big deal he doesn't want it after ten mins take it up try it again next meal time. I only feed my small dog at night because he's a pig and not that active and anymore then that he will pork out fast! Boo and Ares get meals twice a day. I feed a raw diet lol. It's important not to stress. Upping the exercise is a good way to increase appetite
Ares stopped 3 meals a day around 5 months he was just was not wanting his lunch. Took that away fed him morning and night. Around 8 months when the doberteen a hit (the hormones) he refused food all together ... Had other things on the brain well I starved him out for a day since he wasn't caring anyways and next day he ate. Don't cater to it. Leave the food down for ten mins don't make a big deal he doesn't want it after ten mins take it up try it again next meal time. I only feed my small dog at night because he's a pig and not that active and anymore then that he will pork out fast! Boo and Ares get meals twice a day. I feed a raw diet lol. It's important not to stress. Upping the exercise is a good way to increase appetite
Ya no need to worry
they mature and grow at different rates. Ares after 5 months never wanted 3 meals a day again, and that's fine. I offered lunch for a month but nope didn't want it lol. Don't stress to much unless obvious weight loss is happening, lethargy and things like that
Not necessarily for a girl at that age. The easiest way to tell if she's underweight is by looking at her. If you can see more than her last rib or her hip bones protruding she needs to gain some.
