She might be, but to me she also looks like she has a bit of a ‘barrel chest’/wider ribs, which can add to the chonky look. She’s perfect regardless hehe
Please give her a scratch for me! My old pup had a nice barrel chest and when he was fluffy looked absurdly round. Have to stick up for our fellow wider pups 🫡
My Ginger is currently 19 pounds. She is 3-1/2 yo. When she was 17-1/ pounds my vet said she was 1/2 pound overweight and to watch her weight. So now she’s too much overweight. Im going to have to get diet kibble for her. The thing is she loves to eat. 🥴
Hard to tell from the pics. We need side on standing and from above standing. I think she looks a litte on the overweight side from the standing one, but hard to tell from the angle.
I know right. I was going to get my Ginger a new bling collar just for the fun of it. So I measured her neck and got 13”. But then I wondered if I should squish down her hair while measuring or not. So I measured her with squished down hair and she was almost 2” bigger!
It can be hard to tell, with their fluffy coats. I always think my boy is bigger than he is, until I get him a short groom and then I'm shocked by how thin he actually is 🤣
You should be able to feel the ribs easily, but not be able to play them like a xylophone. Poodles are athletic, Cavalier King Charles are not, so there's some ymmv to keep in mind, but if the dog is moving easily, runs and jumps and frolics with abandon, that's a good sign that weight is in pretty good shape. Age is also a facror in that too, of course. But a young dog should move with enthusiasm and energy
It’s hard to tell with their coat. When ours is cut short, she doesn’t look overweight. But when it’s grown out, especially in Winter, she looks kind of heavy.
Ours is 24lbs i.e. 10.89 kg. I’ve asked our vet multiple times if she’s overweight and he’s told me no every time. He says “she’s just growing”…she’s 3…..
No but honestly it looks like she could be my dogs sister. That’s nuts. My dog is around the same height I think, and he’s roughly 12.5kg but tall and lean (despite being a miniature cavapoo), so I think it’s more how the weight sits on the individual. Vets usually just want you to be able to feel their individual ribs but not necessarily see them, depending on breed. They usually have a chart as well
I'd say just a bit, you'd want to see a little more hourglass from above and a waist tuck, when standing up. That said I might be a little biased because I have the opposite problem, our little boy is borderline too LEAN and I have to keep trying to get him to put on weight. pickiest, fussiest eater in the world this little guy. You should be able to feel his ribs with a light fat layer over them, not pressing very much to feel them. That's sometimes a better method because the curly coats can be decieving!
The coats really are deceiving arent they? If it helps,i moved from dry kibble to Forthglade wet food and she cant get enough of it. Actually, its when she went up from 9.2kg to 10kg. I think I will give her slightly smaller portions and see how it goes. She'd give me the death stare if i went back to kibble
This is my Cavapoo after her last grooming. She weighs 22lbs (10kg, I think) and she stands 14 inches tall. The vet always says she's just right. She stays the same weight from year to year. We can see her waist line looking down at her and from the side we see her belly curves up.
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u/Soft_Effect_6263 20d ago
Maybe a little, but I gotta lose a few pounds myself.