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My chocolate Lab

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Question
I have a male chocolate lab he is 11 months old and is very tall. He is 25 inches from the his feet to his shoulder blade. Everyone who has met him says they have never seen a lab this big. I was wondering are there labs that are exceptionally tall? Will he keep growing and if so what age to they reach their growth. I haven't weighed him lately but the last time he was 85 lbs. He is lean and tall. He is our first lab. My sister had a Black lab but he wasn't this big. Thanks for your help.

Answer
Hello labs vary from line to line some are more stocky...show bred labs and some are leaner...Field bred labs. There are counts of some males reaching 100+ pounds and Not being overweihgt it all depends on breeding I've seen bitch labs as small as 60 pounds as well. My female lab is 22 1/2 at her shoulder blade she is an american type(lower forhead...high forheads are called english labs) and fairly stocky.