When is a puppy no longer a puppy?

Answer 1

Dogs are puppies until 1 year of age - however they grow until 18 months or two years of age. However, some dogs don't act like adults until they are 3.

Answer 2

I stopped calling my dog a puppy when she turned a year old, but I'm not sure what the actual cut off is. I think dogs are almost fully grown at 1, but have just a little growing left to do. The first year of the dog's life is a lot longer in dog years than the others... it averages out to about 7 dog years for each year, but I think a 1 year old dog is actually supposed to be like 15 or something like that... because they develop a lot faster than people... dogs are not a 7 year old child when they get to be 1 year old, they're more like a teenager. and that would make sense that they would be an adult shortly after turning 1 since they'd be 18 soon and legally an adult in people terms.

Answer 3

When it is an adult.

Seriously it depends on the breed and your definition. I believe a dog is no longer a puppy when it has finished maturing physically, emotionally, mentally and sexually (if applicable). A giant breed could be considered a puppy until 3 while a toy would be an adult by 1.5 years.

Hope this answers your question, good luck.

Answer 4

This totally depends on the breed of the pup. We have an obedience statement "when working your pup, you can't take the puppy out of the puppy until the puppy becomes a dog". There are pups even in different breeds that mature at slower or faster rates. I have a West German Show GSD that matured at a younger age than my East German working GSD for example.

Answer 5

Well, I don't know about all dogs, but my 18 month old Dane is still a puppy. Although he's about an inch taller than his dad, his head is still smaller, and his feet are bigger! I expect him to continue to grow in height for another six months or so.

I had one that I got at 2 years old and he grew after I got him. When I took him to visit the shelter from which I got him, they kept saying "we had a Great Dane that looked a lot like him about 6 months ago." I told them that it was him, but they said "no, the one we had wasn't that big and he was already two years old". I told them again that it was him. That conversation kept on for a couple of minutes before they realized what I was telling them: that he had gotten taller and filled our after two years old. He finally got his full size and maturity at about 2.5 years old. That's about when he stopped chewing up things, too.

Answer 6

...at about 1 year. At one year, a puppy can switch to dog food. Between ages one and two, a dog normally grows "out" (fatter) instead of up (taller/longer). A dog that will breed generally shouldn't until age two.

Answer 7

My dogs don't become adults until age two. The larger the breed the longer it takes for the dog to mature. I have Saints and they mature very slowly.

Answer 8

Most small breeds are considerd adult, or at least grown by 18 months-2 years old, and large breeds, as long as 3 years.

Answer 9

I believe dogs are considered fully grown when they're two years old.

Answer 10

After his 1st birthday.