If my dog weighed an extra 10 pounds, I'm not sure I'd even be jumping them at 16.. That's like and extra 50-70 pounds on a person. Hard on backs and joints.. When my kids were learning they jumped stupid low, like 6". If your dog feels squishier than the back of your hand, they probably shouldn't be jumping more than elbow height.
Vets can be a poor judge of weight, and most dogs don't have a magic number to strive to. It's more how they feel under the fur. A lot of agility competitors keep their dogs on the thinner side to try to protect joints. A lot of pet people have told me my dogs are too thin, and a lot of vets see mainly dogs that are too chunky and then only make suggestions that dogs need to lose weight when they are on the large side. It makes many vets these days a poor judge of decent weight, let alone a good weight for extra strain from performance events.
Vets can be a poor judge of weight, and most dogs don't have a magic number to strive to. It's more how they feel under the fur. A lot of agility competitors keep their dogs on the thinner side to try to protect joints. A lot of pet people have told me my dogs are too thin, and a lot of vets see mainly dogs that are too chunky and then only make suggestions that dogs need to lose weight when they are on the large side. It makes many vets these days a poor judge of decent weight, let alone a good weight for extra strain from performance events.