what do you consider medium?

[.sarah]

I consider all of my dogs to be medium sized dogs. They are about 19-22" tall. I go more by height than weight, because a dog of the same height can easily be 25 lbs whereas my dogs are 55-70 lbs.

[elizabethann]

Fenway is 20 pounds and I consider him small. For me, medium is 40-60 pounds.

[lute]

i consider a medium sized dog to be about 35-60lbs. My Gracie weighs in at 55lbs. She is a medium sized dog.

[Flatcoatluver]

I would consider my two dogs medium. When I think of large dogs, I think of great danes, borzois, St. bernard, etc.

[Husky_mom]

I go for size too........and also consider medium a cocker, a pit, a bull terrier, a bulldog, a dalmatian, a schnauzer..........

husky, lab, rottie, dobie are big...........on the bigger big, akita, shep, malamute

and huge come the saint, dane, mastiff, etc........

as for small I go with pug, westie, poodle, pom, maltese

and for tiny a chihuahua, yorkie

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I consider anything between 25-60lbs (approximately) to be a medium sized dog, with a height of between 17-23". Large to me is 65+lbs, and anything taller than 24" tall (with a few exceptions).

[Danegirl2208]

Medium for me would be anywhere from 30-60lbs, breeds like the American Pit Bull Terrier, Lab and Husky come to mind... a large dog to me would be over 60lbs.

[BCollie_Kelly]

I really agree with whats been said. I'd say 30-60 pounds for a medium sized dog (though thats *most of the time*, there are always exceptions)

[SunsetRose]

To me, a medium sized dog is 25 to 50 pounds. Small would be 25 and under, large between 60 and 100 and giant over 100.

So to me, kelpies, ACD's, Border collies, and aussies are medium. German shepherds, labs, tervurens, malamutes are large. Chihuahuas, mini and toy poodles, shih tzus are small and Irish wolfhounds, great danes, bernards, mastiffs are giant.

Of course it depends on the individual dog. Normally I'd say goldens are large breed, but I've seen some small goldens that I'd classify as medium, same with german shepherds.

And if you go for height, if the dog stands at about 3/4 or less up my calves, it's small. Medium is just below my knee, at my knee or just above my knee (top of my knee measures 22 inches). And large would be well above my knee more like 1/3 of my theigh. And then something like a borzoi....well a borzoi's withers would be just below my hips and their head roughly at my chest.