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Post by Guest Mon May 16 2011, 14:19

How do you measure the height of a staffy. Is it from the floor to their back or do you include the head?

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Post by shane dee Mon May 16 2011, 14:39

from the floor to the top of the shoulders, withers as they are known in dogs
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Post by Guest Mon May 16 2011, 14:41

thank you, what is the average height of a full grown male

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Post by Guest Mon May 16 2011, 14:42

I've always wondered that myself too.
Had a quick look on the web, and found a site which states desirable height at WITHERS

http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/87

down the page a bit under "size"

Now just to work out how to keep my dog standing still long enough to measure.

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Post by Guest Mon May 16 2011, 14:43

Loopy wrote:I've always wondered that myself too.
Had a quick look on the web, and found a site which states desirable height at WITHERS

http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/87

down the page a bit under "size"

Now just to work out how to keep my dog standing still long enough to measure.

exactly, thanks for the link

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Post by Guest Mon May 16 2011, 14:47

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Desirable height at withers 36-41 cms (14 to 16 ins), these heights being related to the weights. Weight: dogs: 13-17 kgs (28-38 lbs); bitches 11-15.4 kgs.

from the kennel club website, weight - billy was 17.5kg last time he got weighed and he is not fat, not particular big, just normal and he is still a puppy. Is that weight right? Do your dogs weigh more than that,

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Post by Guest Mon May 16 2011, 14:50

lynne wrote:Size
Desirable height at withers 36-41 cms (14 to 16 ins), these heights being related to the weights. Weight: dogs: 13-17 kgs (28-38 lbs); bitches 11-15.4 kgs.

from the kennel club website, weight - billy was 17.5kg last time he got weighed and he is not fat, not particular big, just normal and he is still a puppy. Is that weight right? Do your dogs weigh more than that,

LOL....Roxy is only 5 months old and we weighed her last week...she was 14.4 kg ???????? Hmmmmmm

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Post by Guest Mon May 16 2011, 15:40

lynne wrote:Size
Desirable height at withers 36-41 cms (14 to 16 ins), these heights being related to the weights. Weight: dogs: 13-17 kgs (28-38 lbs); bitches 11-15.4 kgs.

Wow, Kita weighed around 14.8-15kg in her hey day and she's a small bitch. Sort of makes Izzy look like a giant, might have to get the tape measure out.

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Post by janey Mon May 16 2011, 16:01

Moo must be a fatty, she was 19.25 last time I weighed her Laughing
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Post by Guest Mon May 16 2011, 16:09

memphis is 16" tall and 20.5 kg and he deff not fat and he coming upto 11 months

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Post by Nosipho Mon May 16 2011, 17:34

yep you measure the height from the withers to the ground Smile

Nowaday's chunkier type staffords find it hard pushed to stay below 17Kgs. My bitch is dinky at only 14 1/2 inches but she still weighs in at a solid 16.5 Kgs and she looks really small. My other little girl is very slightly built for a stafford (bone structure etc.) and measures 15.5 inches and weighes in at 17.5 Kgs.

Think nowadays if you whacked the winner's bench of a stafford class onto the scaled very few of them would weigh under 16 - 17Kgs
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Post by Steve Mon May 16 2011, 19:23

http://staffy-bull-terrier.co.uk/howtomeasureyourstaffords.html

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Post by Guest Mon May 16 2011, 22:23

Nosipho wrote:
Think nowadays if you whacked the winner's bench of a stafford class onto the scaled very few of them would weigh under 16 - 17Kgs

That's the thing, it's easy enough to bring a measuring rod into the ring, but not scales - that's just too much! So nobody's bothered if they're breeding staffs over the weight recommendations.

But they are only recommendations & not set in stone, just 'desirable'!

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Post by Guest Tue May 17 2011, 08:37

Steve wrote:http://staffy-bull-terrier.co.uk/howtomeasureyourstaffords.html

thank you steve
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Post by dkay72 Mon Aug 08 2011, 09:50

steve on that measuring guide do you measure to where the red lines meet eachother to the floor then, cus im measuring to the very top of the shoulder and that red line is lower to were im measuring to
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Post by Guest Mon Aug 08 2011, 10:44

You measure to the top of the withers - ie the highest point of the shoulder.

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Post by dkay72 Mon Aug 08 2011, 10:50

so caryll is that drawing allowd of cods wallop cus im getting confused here, whats those lines about, basically im measuring to the top of his shoulder which is basicully his back yeah Crying or Very sad Laughing
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Post by Guest Mon Aug 08 2011, 10:54

well i dont know his weight in KG but Lemmy is 7 months old 13 inches tall and weighs 2.1/2 stone. he's not fat he's just right i think and has a skinny bum
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Post by Guest Mon Aug 08 2011, 10:56

dkay72 wrote:so caryll is that drawing allowd of cods wallop cus im getting confused here, whats those lines about, basically im measuring to the top of his shoulder which is basicully his back yeah Crying or Very sad Laughing

No, the pic is right! The withers are the highest point of the dog's shoulder!

The vertical line shows how to measure height. The horizontal line shows how to measure length.

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Post by dkay72 Mon Aug 08 2011, 11:00

ahh i see so were they cross is not the height were you measure to then Blushing
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Post by Guest Mon Aug 08 2011, 11:02

No, that's just where the lines cross! You take from floor to the highest point (withers) for the height & from brisket (most forward point of chest) to back of the thigh for length.

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Post by dkay72 Mon Aug 08 2011, 11:04

thanks ive been doing it right all along its just that pic confused me thats all Big Grin
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