How long for an EP to reach full growth?

[Brazos]

How long does it take an English Pointer to reach full size? I have a 6 month old EP that is around 42 pounds. My wife thinks he looks shrimpy compared to our last EP (granted he is now gone and was a puppy 13 years ago, so hard to remember). I think he looks normal for his age but at times he looks little to me to compared to my 13+ year old GSP. I have forgot how long it takes for a dog, EP, to reach full size.

[TChism]

21 months and 3 days... Well I really don't know, but there can be a great difference in the size of pointers. I have a 3 yr old male that is 55 lbs in fighting weight and a 22 month old female that might push 42 lbs on a fat day. But I train with a guy that has a 70 -75 lb male that is not fat at all.

I would think they would have reached their frames max at 18 months but it might be 24 months before they are fully filled out.

[Big bloc]

Hard to say. I have a female just shy of 2 and weighed in at 60lbs six months ago. For her size vet said she looks great. She is not fat but tall. She is a birdacholic

[RayGubernat]

I'd say it takes about 15 months for ta pointer to reach their full physical height and length, but it may take a full two years for the pup to fill out.

The others are right...pointers come in all sizes from 35# to 70#.

It ain't the size of the dog...it is the size of their heart. That is especially true of pointers, I think.

RayG

[Nutmeg247]

I have a neutered male that I believe reached full height around the 15 month mark, who still at 19 months seems to be putting on a bit more bone on the shoulders. He was 42 pounds at 7 months and is 64 pounds and lean now, but he and a sister were the biggest pups in the litter and I knew when I got him at 7 months that he was likely to end up big. Vet says he's in great shape, and people in the park occasionally lecture me he needs more food, lol.

[Brazos]

Thanks. Sounds like around 15 months to get to their full frame potential. We were both trying to remember from our last EP and were thinking 6-9 months. Our last EP was 60lbs and was a puppy 13 years ago. That is the last puppy we have had. So it's been a while.

[asc]

I have two litter mates, at 10 months one is 49 #'s the other is 38#'s..

The smaller is not the runt.