Quote Originally Posted by BC_MoM
This is a sincere question:

Is that a good or a bad thing? And why?
It is a GREAT thing that Buck is growing nice and slowly. Large and giant breed puppies that eat a higher protein diet (which raw is mostly water - I found out from Sarah!) results in more rapid growth, and thus more developmental problems, such as canine hip displaysia, panosteitis, osteochondrosis dessicans, and wobblers syndrome.

I found the following from - Canada's Guide to Dogs

"Excessive growth rates lead to an increase in both muscle mass and total body weight. These in turn lead to excessive stress forces on long bones which, in a puppy, are less dense and have a greater susceptibility to being remodelled. As bones of large breeds are relatively weaker than those of small breeds, they are inherently more susceptible to these stress loads."

Hope that makes sense!