rockhillmanor wrote:
My Danes were all well above the weight of a 40 lb beagle.
Not to get off on another tangent, but a 40 pound beagle would be *very* overweight. In general healthy weight beagles run from about 15 to 30 pounds (depending on whether they're 13 or 15 inch beagles). When I was with beagle rescue it wasn't unusual for us to get females a little under 15 (at healthy weight). So some of the testing could be on smallish dogs.
My vet, who tends to be conservative, has always advised going for the lower dosage for dogs who are right above the cut off. My Brittany hovers around 47 pounds and the vet has always recommended using Frontline Plus in the 23-44 pound dosage rather than the 45-88 pound dose.
