1 year vs 2 years vs 3 years
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travisgardner1983
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@mka The biggest changes you'll see are if your dog isn't altered. Dogs altered earlier than 2 often retain some of that lanky puppy look even as adults.
This is my unaltered male at about a year, at 2 years, and 2 1/2.
He's a lot wider in the head, neck, shoulders, and chest.
https://preview.redd.it/oxgyrh7h4ph...bp&s=109a0ff93e85b9ab18029f9fa122d459551e05b1
This is my unaltered male at about a year, at 2 years, and 2 1/2.
He's a lot wider in the head, neck, shoulders, and chest.
https://preview.redd.it/oxgyrh7h4ph...bp&s=109a0ff93e85b9ab18029f9fa122d459551e05b1
@travisgardner1983 Thank you! Looks like even muzzle got wider a bit!
Yeah, not planning to neuter mine
Yeah, not planning to neuter mine
travisgardner1983
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@mka Yeah, overall he's way less lanky and leggy but it's most obvious in his head/chest area that he's filling out.
Years ago when I had a shelter GSD that had been neutered at 6 months, I recall a GSD forum telling me he had a "very feminine head" and had no idea what that meant (I'd asked, I knew he was byb as the shelter had his pedigree and--yeah no titles, no OFA, and he was 115lb so way out of standard) but looking back now, it's obvious he was neutered young.
Most breeds have some kind of size/feature difference between males and females but man, for me, it's distinctly obvious in GSDs if you have an adult intact male sitting next to an adult intact male.
The first one I had, the one that was neutered at 6 months, definitely had a very feminine head structure.
What they meant, more accurately, wasn't that he looked feminine so much as he still had a puppy face.
As puppies and in early adolescence both sexes look pretty similar. Once they get to around that 2 year mark the differences tend to become more obvious.
Snagged this pic from Google Images as it shows the pretty clear differences between an adult male and adult female.
https://preview.redd.it/5hvrdd7cvsh...bp&s=48fe6918efd74b667ed3cb58f9bfdd997a4517e5
Years ago when I had a shelter GSD that had been neutered at 6 months, I recall a GSD forum telling me he had a "very feminine head" and had no idea what that meant (I'd asked, I knew he was byb as the shelter had his pedigree and--yeah no titles, no OFA, and he was 115lb so way out of standard) but looking back now, it's obvious he was neutered young.
Most breeds have some kind of size/feature difference between males and females but man, for me, it's distinctly obvious in GSDs if you have an adult intact male sitting next to an adult intact male.
The first one I had, the one that was neutered at 6 months, definitely had a very feminine head structure.
What they meant, more accurately, wasn't that he looked feminine so much as he still had a puppy face.
As puppies and in early adolescence both sexes look pretty similar. Once they get to around that 2 year mark the differences tend to become more obvious.
Snagged this pic from Google Images as it shows the pretty clear differences between an adult male and adult female.
https://preview.redd.it/5hvrdd7cvsh...bp&s=48fe6918efd74b667ed3cb58f9bfdd997a4517e5
@travisgardner1983 Wow, thank you for a detailed answer ! Appreciated
@travisgardner1983 Very handsome working line boy 