You should easily be able to feel his ribs, have a taper in his waist when you look at his body from the top, and from the side, he should have an abdomen tuck meaning from his ribs going toward his hips, his abdomen should not be the same level as his ribs.

Yes, he sounds like he's OK.
If you can see a few of his ribs through his fur, he could be a little on the thin side.
Since he's only 5 months and still growing, you could give him a little more food if he still seems like he's hungry.

I think he's fine.
As a guide, you should be able to easily feel his ribs, but you should not see his ribs through his fur.
If he regulates himself with food, that's fine too.

lol sorry this topic made me think of this

on a side note, he is soooooooo cute!!!

Those pictures are hard to tell by. Can you post a photo of him standing taken from the side? That will better show if he has any 'tuck' or waist.

Koda at 7-8 months went through a tubby puppy fat/excess skin phase, and by 10-12 months lost it all. Maxi looks like his stomach hangs low, but I'd bet it'll go away in the next few months.

He's only 5 months old so I wouldn't really worry about it. It looks like he's just got some "baby fat" still and I bet it'll go away within a few months. All puppies look a little tubby when they're that young

Edit! Didn't notice it says 5 months in the post, is your ticker wrong?

I don't think her ticker is wrong, in Europe the date sequence is dd/mm/yy.

He'd still be only going on 4 months then. Hmmm.

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He'd still be only going on 4 months then. Hmmm.

I was going to say that. I had to count like five times just to make sure I wasn't wrong.

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He'd still be only going on 4 months then. Hmmm.

You caught me, I didn't do the math.lol Maybe it is the date of the pictures.

yulia86 wrote:

Jessica you can see more of him here
https://www.itsahuskything.com/t7086-maxi-s-pictures-and-updates

Okay now I'm really curious, when is Maxi's birthdate? XD The ticker, if it represents his birthdate, suggests either April 8th, which can't be right as he doesn't look 9 months old, or August 4th, which would only make him 4 months old, but you said he's five months? I'm soo confused! xD

He is 4 months today he was born on 4th august 2012 and he doesn't stay for pictures but i will try later today.My husband kept saying 5 months it got stuck to me

August 4th would be 4 months, though...

He just looks a tab heavy set to me, but not terrible. But how thick is his coat. Elara looks fat a lot of the time, but she really isn't, it's her coat that makes her look like that. You get her wet in a bath and she sure looks skinny!