If you are certain she is Border/Parson, then according to those breeds she is overweight, however its a guide and each dog should be taken individually. For me, she is carrying too much weight, there should be a dip behind her ribcage, I cant see that, but photos can be very deceptive. if you feel she is not too heavy, then chances are, for her size she is fine. My biggest male Border is 8.5 kilos last weigh.

I would say maybe a little bit. She doesnt look to have a tuck up in that picture, although her back legs are right back and its hard to tell in pictures. She is your dog, and if you are happy with her then I wouldnt worry to much. Its not like she is very fat or anything like that!

Im sorry, bit thick. Whats span them?

Thank you. I felt it was a lot of weight he said she needs to lose, thats what suprised me.

Thanks for your reply. Thats the breeds we were told she was but she is a lot taller and bigger built than both breeds so I think there must be something else in there to account for that and I dont really want to compare her to those breeds to see if she's correct. I can accept she may be carrying a couple of extra pounds (bit like her owner!) But three quarters of a stone is a lot for her and Im sure she would look unhealthely thin if she lost that much. I will get my vet to weigh her and take their advice. If they believe she is overweight, I will get onto that. I dont want to make her unhealthy as she heads into her middle years. Thanks for the advice.

Thanks for the reply. I was happy with her weight, she's a really picky eater so Im just happy when she does have a full meal! And I have no intention of letting her get any bigger.

Of course she`s not over weight! The man`s a pillock. She`s lovely.

Thank you. Thats one of the names we called him!

You should be able to put your hands around their ribcage behind the shoulder and they meet above and below.

Id say a Whippet may of sneaked in there too.

Blimey I can only just do that with Lily but she has got a very deep ribcage.

Oh and I've seen Tilly run so I would say you are spot on there!

Well I cant quite do that but she does have a very deep chest and as I say she's bigger than both breeds so would that make a difference.
As for whippet, who knows! She's certainly overweight for a whippet though!!

She's got the speed. Maybe i could put her in the lurcher classed. Whippet x something fat and hairy!

I was thinking you should have put her in the pedigree class actually. I mean, she looks like she could be a Standard Poodle. Or type. Maybe...