Perspective - what's a big dog?

I'd say your dogs would be medium given those measurements.  People usually call my huskies big dogs, but they are officially a medium sized breed.

Im used to Charlie (about 7kg) so Id call anything from a big lab x up a big dog, so Id say anything 25-30kg up constitutes a big dog to me, but then again Id call anything 45kg+ a huge/giant dog! I suppose it's what your used to, it would be interesting to hear what tiny chihuahua or yorkie owners would constitute big dogs?

simple to sort this disagrement out just google yor dog's breed and you should get the history of the breed and it should tell youwhat size your dog will be full grown or what ever

jake owner wrote: if you google your pet size and weight am sure some where on google will tell you if your dog medium /large or small size and there proper weight Am suprised you dont know your own dogs size people usually know what there dog going to turn out to be before buying the dog even if you got your dog from a rescuse centre they usually tell you the size of the dog or how big its going to be fully grown. if you google the animal breed you beable to find out all about the dog and what size there will be when fully grown or what size they should be when grown

Hmmm ... confused by the total Myxomatosis of some posters? Perhaps posters are using some 'phone logic to post ... guess I really don't understand a word of it!

How and ever ... in between not knowing what size a particular progeny is going to be you do have certain indicating markers ... the size of the bitch and the size of the sire, as well as any previous litters the may have had. Sound OK, so far ... BUT you can NEVER know that a particular "pairing" is going to give you the desired (what you as a Breeder) size.

It totally pisses me off with so many people wanting "small" or "miniature" Yorkshire Terriers. Get real! They ARE a freak of nature and as a responsible breeder you can NEVER guarantee the "size" of ANY dog breed to any degree of certainty.

Back to the OP question ...

1. Chihuahuas, Yorkies, Pugs, Bichon Frise, JRT (oops, putting my foot in it) - SMALL
2. Collies, Boxers, Spaniels, Staffies, Dobermann, Retrievers (all of 'em) - MEDIUM
3. Great Dane, Newfoundland, Rottweiler, Irish Wolfhound - BIG

This isn't an exhaustive list (obviously) and it is NOT down to the "eye of the beholder" or some arbitrary Kennel Club Classification ... it's quite simply down to how much they weigh and how BIG they are. It's not subjective nor open to "discussion" ... it's too f**king obvious to have an argument about?

Or, am I missing something

Ahhh ... So now we have a new class ... "f**king Enormous"?

I know my system will clean the swear words ... I mean, yes, a Retriever can become an enormous lump; a lovely Kleenex puppy turns out to eat you out of house and home ... a Husky needs a lot of calories to keep going?

But ...

bramble wrote: So yeah, there is room for argument

Huge room!

Peter Banks wrote: it's too f**king obvious to have an argument about? Or, am I missing something

Peter Banks wrote:   Ahhh ... So now we have a new class ... "f**king Enormous"?

Having owned Great Danes in the past I would say they were big dogs, then I got a couple of labs who by comparison were a lot smaller but after a while the Danes did not seem so big, I suppose you just get used to the size. For big dogs they could curl up quite small into an arm chair. I now no longer have Danes but still have the labs and cocker Spaniels, who compared to the Labs are quite small. Its all in the perspective I think and of course how much room they take up on the sofa.