Border Collie Maturity Age

An adolescent border collie.

Border collie maturity age. When i was speaking to the owner i was surprised to learn that this was their second border collie. Transition to adulthood period 16 to 36 months old. They continue to put on weight and reach their full weight by around 18 months of age. Considered highly intelligent extremely energetic acrobatic and athletic they frequently compete with great success in sheepdog trials and dog sports they are often cited as the most intelligent of all domestic dogs.

Sexual maturity in puppies typically begins to occur between 6 to 9 months of age although certain giant breeds may not reach sexual maturity until they are older. Border collies still behave immaturely until they are closer to 24 months they start acting like adult dogs. Compared to this border collie juno was a superstar when she was that age. Meanwhile the males will become sexually mature by the age of seven months.

The second way to find out your border collie puppy s adult weight is by dividing his current weight from his current age in weeks. I was even more surprised to learn that the reason they had got a second border collie was that their first one had been easy to live with and calm from the day they got him. At what age is a border collie fully grown. For example your puppy weighs 8 lbs at 13 weeks 8 13 0 61.

As previously mentioned a border collie reaches it s full size between 12 to 15 months of age.