The video mentions they need an active family but they are honestly less active than the average lab or german shepherd. This breed is just amazing. They do not need to be a hunting dog. They make fantastic family pets. Just get one from a show/pet line not a working line. I don't know why they aren't more common but I guess that's good.
Question. I hope someone sees this and knows the answer cuz I have been stumped forever about this. My korthal's Griffon started out the exact same as any other. Idk why, but he's fully grown now and is WAY larger than other Korthal's Griffons. He fluctuates between 90-95 pounds throughout the year (colder months = heavier) and IS NOT FAT IN THE SLIGHTEST. In fact he is quite athletic but the size/weight difference has traded raw speed for strength (he shoved our ENTIRE fridge like 5ft across the floor for to get his toybehind it and was one of those fridges with a sliding drawer style freezer on the bottom and a cabinet door style refrigerator on top and the freezer was half full with frozen meats... like this was a lot of mass to move). Here is where it becomes quite unique though, he is otherwise identical in description to a Korthal's Griffon in every single way. Physically he has a steel coloured wiry textured hair on the entirety of his legs as well as most of his body and at the very tip of his tail. He also has a much softer and nimbler reddish-brown/burgandy coloured hair on the entirety of his head, in a splotch shaped spot near his rear which continues into his tail until just before the very tip. Personality wise he is REALLY affectionate even for a dog, sensitive and unreceptive to scolding/separation, very emotionally intelligent, highly receptive to praise and positive reinforcement, mischievous curiosity, overall very passive/hippie like nature. Very loving when he's calm but also, as if a switch were flipped, when he engages or plays he becomes extremely animated, driven and bold... it's really something else to see that. Reason I say all this is to sorta to ask if anyone has seen something like this before because it's not gigantism or something like that, whenever I've heard about out-of-the ordinary level large sized organisms (as in they are waaaay out of the standard weight range and its clearly genetics related) it's always been due to some, ultimately debilitating, genetic defect that causes them physiological problems as well as a more than significantly shortened life-span. But my KG's body proportions are the same as every other KG (Korthal's Griffon), they're all just larger in general but the ratio is the same. He looked identical to his siblings when I saw the litter at the breeder's home (which was 3 different trips there prior to buying him so i wuda noticed). His growth was noticeably fast in the first half - 3/4 year after getting him and then grew at a standard pace for the next 6 months or so after that.=. He is 13 now and still, within context of his age, totally athletic/health. He only just started getn somewhat creakier joints starting about 6 months ago so he is slightly more lazy than before but thats to be expected at that age for a medium/large breed and it's barely noticeable change from before anyway which I assume means that the joint wear and tear really is quite minor especially for 13. He seems as if he's on route to sorta outlive the avg life-span for the breed by at least a little. Not an important question as he is fine, I know. But I can't really find much about such a drastic difference in size (keep in mind he is literally as low as 50% and as high as 90% larger than other KGs going by the range of mass given in this video... like that disparity is waaaaay out there for an organism of a KG's average volume:surface area ratio. It is definitely a mutation of some sort as he is also way larger than both his parents whom were average weight/size but its as if it were like a "perfect" mutation in the sense that despite the insane lottery that is gene mutation, all the mutations worked in tandem seamlessly causing no adverse health issues. I've looked this up and I cant find anything that quite matches the magnitude of this without it being a "defect" as in it causes adverse health issues. If anyone knows I'm drooling to understand this somehow as it seems very anomalous.
This reminds me so much of my parents white mini schnauzer bowie. He also grew to be larger than his parents, and is also much heavier. Hes supposed to be mini but somehow hes so heavy set. He is so loving,strong, proud and affectionate and resists scolding which makes him so stubborn and yet forgiving. I think its definitely genetic, one of his siblings also grew way larger than the parents. I guess it goes to show how diverse their gene pool is.
The video mentions they need an active family but they are honestly less active than the average lab or german shepherd. This breed is just amazing. They do not need to be a hunting dog. They make fantastic family pets. Just get one from a show/pet line not a working line. I don't know why they aren't more common but I guess that's good.
My boy is 6 months old and 1/2 Griffon, 1/2 Australian Shepherd. He's got one solid green eye and one eye that's split blue and green. Very beautiful
Greatest dog breed
I have a griffon and chocolate lab mix and she weighs 90 lbs and is the sweetest girl
They are 100% Lovers
What a sweet dog, the supreme dog!
Question. I hope someone sees this and knows the answer cuz I have been stumped forever about this. My korthal's Griffon started out the exact same as any other. Idk why, but he's fully grown now and is WAY larger than other Korthal's Griffons. He fluctuates between 90-95 pounds throughout the year (colder months = heavier) and IS NOT FAT IN THE SLIGHTEST. In fact he is quite athletic but the size/weight difference has traded raw speed for strength (he shoved our ENTIRE fridge like 5ft across the floor for to get his toybehind it and was one of those fridges with a sliding drawer style freezer on the bottom and a cabinet door style refrigerator on top and the freezer was half full with frozen meats... like this was a lot of mass to move). Here is where it becomes quite unique though, he is otherwise identical in description to a Korthal's Griffon in every single way.
Physically he has a steel coloured wiry textured hair on the entirety of his legs as well as most of his body and at the very tip of his tail. He also has a much softer and nimbler reddish-brown/burgandy coloured hair on the entirety of his head, in a splotch shaped spot near his rear which continues into his tail until just before the very tip. Personality wise he is REALLY affectionate even for a dog, sensitive and unreceptive to scolding/separation, very emotionally intelligent, highly receptive to praise and positive reinforcement, mischievous curiosity, overall very passive/hippie like nature. Very loving when he's calm but also, as if a switch were flipped, when he engages or plays he becomes extremely animated, driven and bold... it's really something else to see that.
Reason I say all this is to sorta to ask if anyone has seen something like this before because it's not gigantism or something like that, whenever I've heard about out-of-the ordinary level large sized organisms (as in they are waaaay out of the standard weight range and its clearly genetics related) it's always been due to some, ultimately debilitating, genetic defect that causes them physiological problems as well as a more than significantly shortened life-span. But my KG's body proportions are the same as every other KG (Korthal's Griffon), they're all just larger in general but the ratio is the same. He looked identical to his siblings when I saw the litter at the breeder's home (which was 3 different trips there prior to buying him so i wuda noticed). His growth was noticeably fast in the first half - 3/4 year after getting him and then grew at a standard pace for the next 6 months or so after that.=. He is 13 now and still, within context of his age, totally athletic/health. He only just started getn somewhat creakier joints starting about 6 months ago so he is slightly more lazy than before but thats to be expected at that age for a medium/large breed and it's barely noticeable change from before anyway which I assume means that the joint wear and tear really is quite minor especially for 13. He seems as if he's on route to sorta outlive the avg life-span for the breed by at least a little. Not an important question as he is fine, I know. But I can't really find much about such a drastic difference in size (keep in mind he is literally as low as 50% and as high as 90% larger than other KGs going by the range of mass given in this video... like that disparity is waaaaay out there for an organism of a KG's average volume:surface area ratio. It is definitely a mutation of some sort as he is also way larger than both his parents whom were average weight/size but its as if it were like a "perfect" mutation in the sense that despite the insane lottery that is gene mutation, all the mutations worked in tandem seamlessly causing no adverse health issues. I've looked this up and I cant find anything that quite matches the magnitude of this without it being a "defect" as in it causes adverse health issues. If anyone knows I'm drooling to understand this somehow as it seems very anomalous.
My WPG is 150 pounds!
So I’m sure how that happened😜
mine is 60 pounds
This reminds me so much of my parents white mini schnauzer bowie. He also grew to be larger than his parents, and is also much heavier. Hes supposed to be mini but somehow hes so heavy set. He is so loving,strong, proud and affectionate and resists scolding which makes him so stubborn and yet forgiving. I think its definitely genetic, one of his siblings also grew way larger than the parents. I guess it goes to show how diverse their gene pool is.
They are so cute
We named ours “Buddy” after the elf character because he has the same personality as B_____ the Elf.
Who else has a Griffon
Carly Keyes l will soon
I have a griffon(which is pronounced griff-on) and his name is griffon (pronounced as griffin)
Emmy Risdon it is
Becker Mayor some people pronounce it differently I don’t think there is one right way
Emmy Risdon I have one as well, he is 6 now.
I have a griffon. Her name is Babette. She's 6.
My griffon is black with grayish chest and brown beard soo
To me they are all 'Funny Faces'.
I got one 🇧🇷❤️ love my baby
i have a very cute griffon
I have 3
Scooter
Hahaha my baby girl ways like 65 pounds she’s a big girl she’s not chubby either she’s just a big girl she’s 4 :)
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It's not pronounced Grif-in; it's pronounced with a French accent Grif-fon, accent on the last syllable.
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