what do you consider medium?

[IRescue452]

What constitutes a medium dog? Everybody has a different answer. There needs to be some universal.

I say between 14-18 inches and 25-50 pounds (it would have to fit both categories because I don't consider a 35 pound-21 inch siberian husky to be medium)

All the replies we get for an ad asking for a medium adult dog are what we consider big. We got two replys for labs, one for a golden retriever, one for a shepherd and so on. I feel so mean turning down these people after their sob stories of why they have to dump their dogs, but don't they see the word medium?

Maybe 50 pounds is small?
Tiny= 10 pounds or less, 7 inches or less
Small=10-25 pounds, 7-14 inches
Medium=25-50 pounds, 14-18 inches

No, even if you add in tiny, I still don't consider 50 pounds to be in the next level.

[borzoimom]

You are pretty close- its 20 to 55 pounds.

[cali]

I agree with the weight rage you listed, but NOT the height range.

of my own dogs:

Happy-I, and anyone in their right mind who looks at her would say she is Medium. she is 30lbs, but she is 21" tall.

Misty-I also consider Medium, she is 18" tall and 30lbs

Electra-again, Medium she is 17" tall and 30lbs

Blair-my last medium, he is 15" tall and 22lbs

Ripley-I consider small, he is 13" and 18lbs

Perky-also small, at 12" and 20lbs.

[areias]

I actually consider medium to be...cocker spaniel/Springer Spaniel/Wheaton Terrier...etc. Large would be lab, shepherd, etc.

[.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.

[Twisterdog]

Hard to say.

I'd call labs, goldens, and collies large.
I'd call mastiffs, danes, and wolfhounds giant.
I'd call miniature poodles, shih tzus and pugs small.

So ... what's left in the middle?
Springers, chows, Australian cattle dogs .. I'd call these medium.
Anything between the size of a cocker spaniel and the size of a lab, perhaps.
Perhaps a dog about knee high?

Just trying to think of some visual representations ... honestly most people have NO idea whatsoever what a dog weighs, how tall it is or how to measure it.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Maybe 50 pounds is small?
Tiny= 10 pounds or less, 7 inches or less
Small=10-25 pounds, 7-14 inches
Medium=25-50 pounds, 14-18 inches

I agree with your assessment...though maybe I would say medium to be 25-60. I consider the corgis to be "medium" sized dogs, and I think they are widely considered medium- they are 10-12" at the shoulder and 25-30 lbs.

But I also consider Adele to be "medium" she's only a bit over 50 lbs, but I think around 22" at the shoulder, so maybe she would really be considered large? Kind of interesting to think about.