Saw another 105# dog.

Anyone else see the 2 giant labs the people would bring to the MN Game Fair several years ago? I think they were between 120-130 pounds. One was a black lab and one was a chocolate lab. I talked to one of the owners once, and they said the other dogs from the litter were normal size, but their lab got big. They weren't obese, they were simply up sized in all respects.
 
I’ve had two chessies that went close to 100. A female that was about 98 . Long and lean. She did really well all day as an upland dog. She had quite a bit of Sunshine in her
I had a male that was closer to 95 and fit. He hunted more objectively, picking the birdier looking spots in a field and loafing in between. His dad was a northern flights dog.
Both Kennels are out of Idaho
I don’t know if that’s were the size came from?
Neither dog had the stamina to hunt hard more than a couple of days in a row.
 
BrownDogsCan2 said:
I’ve had two chessies that went close to 100. A female that was about 98 . Long and lean. She did really well all day as an upland dog. She had quite a bit of Sunshine in her
I had a male that was closer to 95 and fit. He hunted more objectively, picking the birdier looking spots in a field and loafing in between. His dad was a northern flights dog.
Both Kennels are out of Idaho
I don’t know if that’s were the size came from?
Neither dog had the stamina to hunt hard more than a couple of days in a row.
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I bet they could bust some cattails.
 
westksbowhunter said:
My dog had Candlewoods in his pedigree on the dams side as did most of my dogs. But his top side was Riks Risky Raider. I had a dog back in the 80's out of Candlewoods Nifty Nick. Another big dog and a good one. I just didn't have the knowledge of training back then as I have now, or at least think I have. Guys with small dogs always say big dogs break down, which is stupid to say. Over-weight dogs break down. Big dogs excel where small dogs can't.
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I think you nailed it when you say over-weight dogs break down. Small dogs can over eat (get fed too much) and break down also. For most people, their dogs (especially labs) will gladly be couch potatoes 9 months out of year. Good pedigree and high energy dogs, regardless of their size, make their couch potatoe owners get outside more. That's what I was seeking when I was got mine.
 
Carguy2Banker said:
I think you nailed it when you say over-weight dogs break down. Small dogs can over eat (get fed too much) and break down also. For most people, their dogs (especially labs) will gladly be couch potatoes 9 months out of year. Good pedigree and high energy dogs, regardless of their size, make their couch potatoe owners get outside more. That's what I was seeking when I was got mine.
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Most of the dogs don't weigh anything close to what people claim anyway. 120-130 lbs labs, I doubt it. I have looked at puppies over the years, and the owners claim the sire is 90 lbs. You get there and they won't go 75 lbs.
 
westksbowhunter said:
My old male labrador ran about 91 lbs. During season, with ribs showing, he would be in the 87 lb range. He could out hunt any dog alive in the uplands. He is the dog on my left. I could hunt from dusk to dawn 4 days straight then would have to rest him for a few days. I did duck hunt him some. We hunted the deep strip pits one morning at 5 below zero. He had ice frozen all over his body and never shivered. Hunted him for a couple of hours that morning. Toughest dog I ever seen.
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Tanks!
 
Limitless said:
I pheasant hunted with a 180 pound newfoundland. Ben was a flash pointer. No professional training. I didn't hunt as much with him as with other dogs I've owned, but he holds the distinction of the only one of my dogs who never lost a downed bird. He also liked to go squirrel hunting and would lie down and be quiet when I would stop to wait for the critters to come out. Great with children. Couldn't ask for a better guard dog either.
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Here are Ben (left), Lily (female newfoundland), and Ace (springer).

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Ben wasn't full grown yet in these photos, since they fill out over the first 2 years and I think he was a few months from 2 years old. I also think he filled out some more in his 3rd year. I had a scale that went to 350 pounds. I was 200. I would lift him to weigh him. I couldn't weigh him at home after he passed 150 pounds, so had to use the vet scale. Lily went 120 pounds, had a head like a horse, and was lanky. Ace tipped the scales at 45 during his hunting years. He is under a year old in these photos.
 
Bob Peters said:
Did your old man by chance used 2 hunt geese up on the hi line with a remington 1187 and drive an old Chevy truck? And when he told you that was he drinking pbr?
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No, he got a field bred black lab as a wedding gift from his college buddies that lived in Wisconsin, pretty sure they just wanted to make sure he wouldn't kill his first born...my brother...who is a savage just like that dog lol.
 
I have seen a 120 # lab that was not overweight. He was a very big dog. I have seen a 105 # Weimaraner that was not overweight. He was a big dog. I have seen a 230# Great Dane that probably should have weighed slightly less.

I have seen many 100 # dogs that were not a 100 #s. I have seen 70 # dogs that weighed a 100 and their owners should have been arrested for animal cruelty.
 
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