i am cross with my vet...!!

Hi all just really wanting some feed back as i have mentioned on afew posts before.
I know that these days there are many shapes and size staffords out there, and they do not all reach
KC or show criteria.
My Skye is a pure blue and is KC registered, she is alittle taller than others but not one of the really leggy staffies.
15inches too shoulder.
She is extremely fit and muscle bound, infact the vet i saw before this one said he was shocked at her age as she had the body teeth and overall health of a 3yr old she is 6 and half.
I took her for her yearly check up it was a new young vet and when he weighed her he told me she is too fat she is quite heavy for a bitch 21kilos but she doesn,t have an ounce of fat on her she is lean and hardly eats.
What do you all think??

firsty she deffently not over weight looking at the pics
and secondly must agree she looks a lot youinger than her age

As a general rule you should be able to feel the ribs but not see them, if that helps at all.

I love the first pic, what a stunner

Deffo not fat. Vets are like doctors, they go by weights and what they should be. Go with your own gut.

thanks all she is a beautiful girl and he gave her a complex now she won,t eat think shes gone on a diet
I can feel her ribs and her stomachgoes up nicely shes just full of muscle lol, i was cross because he hardly examined her just said she was over weight

She does not look fat to me at all but gotta admitt i cant see the "lean" bit either lol. She looks nicley in the middle and hey shes a woman and we're allowed to carry a bit extra hehe!

She looks good to me.

Looks very healthy to me, just remember that muscle is heavier than fat so if she is muscular she will be a bit heavier.

Silly vet should have known that.

kathytake2 wrote:Looks very healthy to me, just remember that muscle is heavier than fat so if she is muscular she will be a bit heavier.

Silly vet should have known that.

id be scared to find out what a vet actually doesnt know

Looks good to me ! Defo not fat, she looks nice n solid tbh.

My blue girl is 15mths and 19kilos, way over standard but she's not fat. Sod the vet IMO !!!

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She looks fine to me, lovely pics of her

Firstly, 15 inchs is not tall, thats a nice height for a bitch, also muscle is heavier that fat. I wouldnt worry to much, she looks great. I know when we've had Kenny weighed it was said he was heavy (21 kilos). But like your dog, he's all muscle, because he's walked regular. I should measure his height but not sure where his shoulder is lol. Is it at the top of his leg? I estimate Kenny between 16-18 inchs. x

Vets go by the book, if they read a book and it says 'a staffy should weigh 15kg' any stafford that doesn't is going to be overweight! You know you dog better than anyone, ignore him!

Nosipho wrote:Vets go by the book, if they read a book and it says 'a staffy should weigh 15kg' any stafford that doesn't is going to be overweight! You know you dog better than anyone, ignore him!

awe she's beautiful non the less

Any less meat on that gal and she'd be miserable! Listen to lc and ignore the vet.

I agree with everyone else , she looks great! Vets like doctors are not always right. Heck on this forum alone you have probably seen/spoke with more staffys then your vet.