SpotTheCat
Herding cats
Thank you! I am looking at getting a adult dog now so I know the hight, I have found a 3 year old female german shepherd that needs a homeI recommend you look up the heights of various breeds.
From what I see, German Shepherds and Labrador Retrievers can both be over 60 cm at the shoulders. Not all of them will be that tall, but some should be.
If the height is very important, you will have to either get an adult dog (so you know the height), or get a puppy of a breed that should grow even taller than you need, to be sure it doesn't come out too short.
The biggest breeds do tend to have a shorter lifespan, as compared with the less-big ones. That's a tradeoff you might be stuck with, if you need it to be big.
You could talk to breeders about how long their dogs live, because I'm sure some individuals and families of dogs will live longer than the average for their breed, and some others will tend to die younger than the average.
