Family life must be suiting him and he must be contented, bless!  Graeme (OH) put on weight too when his life settled down and he got contented - must be a guy thing (I wish)! 

4.5 kg eh? that rather puts it in perspective tho little Rag is still a pup so there's a way to go yet !

Thats very heavy indeed, i dont think i have heard of a greyhound that big
He obviously likes his grub but there's nothing wrong with that
Would be nice to see piccies of him

he is,most definitely, a big lad! his strength isn't obvious, as most of the time he's very laid back. when I put his harness on to take him to the vet it proved to be too small now. then he was leaping round like a loony and ended up tripping down the step out of the front door and sitting down! v funny to see- almost as if he'd surprised himself.

I will get some piccies done and put on here soon - I need to take some of him next to an object that will demonstrate his size. any suggestions as to what to stand him next to so you can all visualise his bigness? I suppose I could measure him from floor to shoulder and include that.

I don't think 39kg sounds that bad at all. Harry is around 35kg. He was skin and bone when we took him home and - just like Tom - he put on about 6kg in his first few months with us. Muscle weighs more than fat so Tom and Harry are just big strong muscle men!

I've heard of a male greyound weighing 42kg. In fact, isn't it one of the dogs on this forum? Possibly Morse? If anyone can remember then I'd love to have my memory jogged.

Wow, and I thought Mason was big at 34kg. He was just over 32kg when he came to me in August and has maintained at 34kg since about November.
Last month when he was at the vet after hurting a leg it shot up to 36kg, the vet was dubious when I said it was probably because he had not been to the loo since the previous evening because he wouldn't walk on the leg and sure enough when we went back a few days later, his leg back to normal and toilet breaks as norm, he was back down to 34kg.
Now that's what I call water retention

What an absolute beauty, he is big but very handsome.  Nora

Oooooohhhh he is lovely. I love his face . He looks amazing compared to those very first photos you posted when he was still in Kennels. It just goes to show what a bit of TLC can do. Well done.

Landess

Check out those long legs - they seem to go on forever! He's a big old lump of gorgeousness, rather than lard.

My he is a big handsome lad

His coat looks so thick and shiny, he's goregous

Just catching up - what a handsome lad and what a change from the earlier photos of him.  Living with you and your pack is definately suiting him. 

Forgot to say - love the expression on his face, so wistful!

-- Edited by Isla at 21:35, 2007-04-02