Head size

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Hi guys,

My boy Harley is now 6.5 months old and is growing, growing, growing. He looks a little gangly at the moment but I am sure he will fill out. One thing that I have noticed is that his head is not growing proportionately with his body. When he was a pup, his head was well proportioned with his body but it seems his body has all of a sudden hit a big growth spurt but his head is not really keeping up. I had a good look at his parents and his father was a big boy with a big head, and his mother although feminine had a decent head too. Now Harley does not have pedigree papers, the people who we bought him from owned both parents and they gave us copies of parents pedigree papers so we can see the bloodlines.

Harley was desexed at 4 months, our vet from the RSPCA recomended it based on their practices and Harleys behaviour at this age. He was humping everything and was continually trying to be dominant over my young boys, humping them and growling at them.

Could desexing at this early age have affected the development of his head? Either way, I love my boy and would not swap him for any other dog....... Just want to get everyones opinions.

PS there are some pics of Harley posted in the introductions section.

Harley is a stunner, end off

janey wrote:

Harley is a stunner, end off

Thanks Janey, he is very popular in the neighborhood, everyone knows Harley and he gets so many pats when we walk him.

Moo sported hew pink collar & lead today, she can't walk much atm & I have never seen her be such a hit with the public, baby pink & Staffs, something to be said there

janey wrote:

Moo sported hew pink collar & lead today, she can't walk much atm & I have never seen her be such a hit with the public, baby pink & Staffs, something to be said there

Lol, yeah they are like movie stars so may as well accessorize them accordingly, very popular breed.

Tilly was at her height of cuteness when she had her pink cammo ezydog harness and collar , and I honestly didnt mind walkeing her as a bloke (it was me that chose the stuff for her

Tilly is always adorable Dave!! I don't think she can take a bad picture the pink does suit her though!

I would just like to say thank you for this post. I knew nothing of the head-spillting myths until someone came up to Molly at 15 weeks and said she'll have a huge head when her skull splits etc. I hadn't a clue what he was on about!

Thank you one and all

There are a few myths that go around Xx

And eeeuw the skull-splitting myth is one of the worst. I first had heard of it when we got our puppy and lots of people talked about his skull splitting. It made me feel sick then and the phrase still makes me feel sick now, even though I investigated very quickly and found that OF COURSE the bones don't come apart, and it is just the development of muscles.

I really hope that this myth is laid to rest soon.

Got some photos of Harley parents from their owners over the weekend, I think Harley is gonna look a lot like his mum,

DAD


Mum


Harley at 6.5 months

janey wrote:

Moo sported hew pink collar & lead today, she can't walk much atm & I have never seen her be such a hit with the public, baby pink & Staffs, something to be said there

When Loki went to puppy classes, one of the trainers was telling us that a great way to stop people being narrow-minded when they see a Staff is to put something colourful or funny on them. She had a Rasta-colour bandana for one of her dogs and everyone was going on about how great he was, so makes sense.

Oh, and Harley (and his parents) are absolutely gorgeous

Got to agree with that, absolutely stunning!

Marleys head has only just started to muscle up at 14 months. Its one of the last things to develop on him. Dont worry about proportions in puppies as they grow at bizaar rates, laskas rear legs are nearly the same as marleys but her front is about 2" shorter lol