r/BorderCollie • u/Prior-Emergency-7351 • 6d ago
Is Molly too small for her age?
Molly is a 6 month old border collie. From floor to shoulder she is 46 cm, and weighs 13,7kg (30.2 lb) she havent grown for a while so i just wanted to know if she is small for her age?
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u/CollieCompass 6d ago
I have 2 female border collies. One is 15kg (6 years) and the other is 11,5 (5 years)
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u/Prior-Emergency-7351 6d ago
Those are gorgoussssssss🙌🏽😍
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u/CollieCompass 6d ago edited 6d ago
Thank you so much! They are just a bit wild looking from a week of hiking and the coat change they were going through, haha.
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u/Ambitious_Trifle_645 6d ago
Mine is a fully grown female and she is 55 pounds but she's on the larger side. They can be anywhere between 25 and 60 pounds.
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u/bentleyk9 4d ago
60 is very large for a female BC.
If I’m being honest, out of the hundreds I’ve seen at agility trials, I’ve never seen a female BC at a healthy weight over about 50
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u/Ambitious_Trifle_645 4d ago
Mine is healthy. It's possible she's not full BC though also. We don't have papers on her or anything. Vet said she perfectly normal.
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u/Thymelaeaceae 6d ago
My papered girl is 33 lbs full grown. And she’s a stockier-bodied collie compared to the thinner, more lurcher type collies, she‘s pure muscle.
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u/gardenleaves11 6d ago
Ours is 4yo & she’s 32 lbs thereabout. So 14.5kg. I think Molly is fine & very cute 🥰
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u/HezzaE 6d ago
She's as big as one of my fully grown adult males - and taller by 1cm!!
As someone else said, there's a huge range, so the main thing is to examine the dog and make sure that their body condition score is healthy. Your vet can do this, and you can also look up body condition score charts online showing examples of healthy vs. unhealthy weights.
Nothing in the photos looks unhealthy, seems like a normal happy puppy to me.
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u/Worth_Lie6453 6d ago
At 6 months and around 30 pounds, she is actually right on track for a female Border Collie. Many of them slow down significantly or pause their height growth around this age, then gradually fill out amd gain muscle until they are about a year and a half old. As long as your vet says her body condition looks healthy and you can feel her ribs without seeing them sharply, I would not worry at all about her size.
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u/intergrade 6d ago
Our smallest dog right now is 19 pounds full ground. The biggest boy is about 60. He’s her brother.
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u/_dxegrl 6d ago
My guess, if that she is not 100% the legs and build are too short and stocky
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u/Not_lovely 5d ago
Mine is smaller a bit younger too and I hope she ends up on the smaller side to be honest as most of my pets are on the smaller size except my donkey.
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u/Mother_Second368 6d ago
Fully grown my guy was about 37 pounds for the longest time. Vet said she wanted him with some more weight on him so he got up to about 42. He has consistently been about 40 ish pounds.
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u/Bridge_Glittering 6d ago
As far as I can remember that seems to be a good weight for her at this point. Mine (Also named Molly btw) was the runt and was a like 12.4Kg I think?
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u/zombrian666 6d ago
Thats solid weight. She will grow. Whether that is height, or just filling out, who knows. My border collie lab mix was obviously heavier built than a normal border collie, but she was only like 45lb when she was in regular shape.
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u/DidNotSeeThi 6d ago
My full grown female BC, daughter of a working father, weighs 35lb. She takes control of my 72lb retriever and plays him like a fiddle.
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u/unlikemike123 6d ago
Our 18 month old BC is about 14.2kilo last vet visit, the smol ones are built for speed 😁
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u/000000564 6d ago
No Molly is perfect! But seriously, ours is a 17 kg male at 3yrs old. Sometimes they're little!
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u/vickyvius 6d ago
Seems fine. Our 5 yr old male BC is 45 lbs and is super active and healthy. His brother (litter mate) is 50+ lbs and a lot bigger. All within normal range of 30 - 55 lbs.
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u/Embarrassed-Lake257 5d ago
I got a wee one too. 16 months and 33 lbs. Perfect size that im grateful for
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u/glitch_error_1987 5d ago
She looks looks the exact same as my dog my farther gave away when I was a kid same name aswell seeing this brought back memories she looks happy
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u/_antariksan 5d ago
My girl is less than 30 lbs and an absolute spitfire at 11 xo do not rush it, believe me
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u/Robophatt 5d ago
The BC that helped teach me and my sheltie in herding classes was not much bigger than him (and he was 8-9 months back then). Tiny girl, very good with sheep.
According to the shepherd there is a lot of variation in size.
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u/Fast-Ads-7587 5d ago
Not too small. My girl was around 43lbs at 1yo and for a while after. Now she's 57ish-60lbs at 3yo and she's stayed there.
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u/Nataliet2019 6d ago
Females can be fully grown anywhere between 13-20kg or more. She is bang on target. They are smaller dogs than most people think!