growth chart
 

The growth chart that is posted here on YT - can anyone tell me how accurate it is? I know it's never 100 % but am just wondering how much to rely on it when looking at a puppy.

Like if a pup is 1lb 10 oz. at 8 weeks.... I'm trying to figure how big she will be. Her dad is 3-1/2 lbs, her mom is around 7 lbs.

Thanks!
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I would say between 5-6 lbs..

:embarasse I've never been able to make heads nor tails of the growth chart! However, I think(?) the rule of thumb is: 8wks weight X 3 or (at most) X 4. My Abbie was 2.2 @ 8weeks, and is now 6lbs at 1 year. Will she grow more...? :idontknow

The chart is definitely a theory. Exceptions are the rule. Pick your baby on personality of the pup because that is what you are going to fall in love with. Good Luck on your search.

it was not accurate for Ceeby at all. My breeder told me he would be about three and a half or four pounds as an adult. that little booger started growing like a weed and didn't even fit on the chart as an adult. (I think it shows up to five and a half pounds). I was so disapointed. But he stopped growing at seven months. The breeder was right, he waivers betweeen four and almosst four.

I would say your puppy should be about 6 pounds fully grown maybe a little less. My tucker weighed 1 pound 9 ounces at 10 weeks old and he ended up being a little under 4.5 pounds fully grown. He had the frame of a 4 pounder, but Stucky Tucky loved human food and treats:D ;) :)

Lucy weighed 1.5oz at 8 weeks, 2lbs at 14 weeks, and she weighs 3.5lbs at 1 1/2 years.She might gain a little more body fat, but the chart was accurate for us. I did track it and logged her weight only out of fun. She should have been 5 or 6 lbs judging by her parents weight.

I've heard 8 weeks x 3 and 12 weeks x 2, so tripple the weight now and in 4 more weeks double it and that should get you pretty close.

The weight chart wasnt accurate for me but mine are overgrowers. It seemed like they had miracle grow in their food or something

I have two here in some of my books both of which have never been very accurate. I think dogs are alot like humans and we can tell when they will be of small frame or small boned but weight can be a different issue. Like my sister and I were both 8 and 9 lb babies and were the same size basically all through our child hoods but we changed into different sizes as we each matured.

I know for a fact there are some puppies that you can just "see" are going to stay very small or be larger due to many factors, but have found that with average weight pups up to 12 wks that it can go either way "sometimes" varying a pound or so as an adult to totally surprise us. Nature. When dealing with living things we can only use a chart as a helpful guide along with our hands on of each individual pup and it's ancestors. In a perfect world all puppies would be kept until around 6 months of age and there wouldn't be as many mis-calucations...but I realize this cannot always be done (myself included) so we give the best estimate based on our knowledge.:)

I look at the frame of a puppy at 8 wks first and foremost. I monitor the weight throughout the growth of each baby in the litter and then refer to a past litter if it's an identical repeat breeding along with the parents, grandparents. Aunts and uncles can also be very valuable in having current information on.
If it is a first time litter between two parents, I refer to the ancestors and play it by ear until we have a bit more maturity to base it on along with the parents, grand parents, aunts and uncles. Its very important to me to keep current information on past puppies along with having accurate information on as many of the ancestors as possible. My notes over the years have turned into my own book on weights and characteristics. And yes, it has thrown me a loop before. :)

by the chart it says the pup will be 5 lbs and it has been pretty acurate so far with Peeka but always look at pedigree's because th parents might be small but the grandparents could be much larger and vice versa.

This is very true. I have a puppy and the chart says he won't be any bigger than 7 1/2# but his parents are 10 & 11#. Both of them are throwbacks and I don't know the size of the mother's parents so I don't know how much bigger than her parents she is. The male is one # bigger than his mother and 3# bigger than his father. I don't know the size of his grandparents. These 2 had a litter of 4 and nely one of them is supposed to be near his parents sizes. Sylvia

Judging by average experience only, if a pup is 9.5 months old and currently weighs right around 3 lbs., what are your guesses for adult weight?

At that age and that weight, I'd say he wouldn't gain another 8oz but you need to look at the size of his parents. If they are a lot bigger than him, he could keep slowly growing till he's 15 months old. Sylvia

Lucy gained only 1 1/2 pounds after 6 months.

Parents are 4lbs and 6lbs.

He's 9 months old and he weighs about 3#, his parents are 4 and 6#. Looking at the size of his parents, I would say he COULD grow another pound but at his age I think he's pretty well grown. The vets say that the bone structure is set by the time they are 6 months old but my Pirogue would be very fat at 11# if that were true. He's a little over 2 1/2 years and he grew and grew like Jacks Beanstalk. LOL Sylvia

wow Peeka is 8 months his mom was 4.5lbs and dad was 3.2 and Peeka is 4.3 so do you think he is done growing? Kinda scary isn't it when they are so tiny!

If he's that big at that age and his parents are those sizes I'd say he's probably going to be his mama's size or a little bigger. I don't know how often or rare it is for a puppy to be bigger than it's biggest parent. I do know that it's better to look at the grandparents sizes to predict the size of their grandbabies.

I have a litter right now that have a 3.12# father, 6.12# mother, 2.12 grandfather, 5# grandfather, 3# grandmother and and 8# grandmother. None of these babies look like the are going to reach 5# and maybe not 4.8#. But the last litter by the same parents threw a 3# female and a 6#male. The female has tiny bones so I don't think she's gonna get bigger but the brother may grow another pound or may just go to his mother's weight. The other 2 brothers should be about 4.8#. Sylvia

strange weights for puppies
 

Princess threw a lovely litter of three. After about 3 weeks I could tell that that one of the females was going to be large. At 8 weeks the male is small with a small frame little legs small body weighs in at 13ounces. The other female is the same however she has a longer body weighs in at 16 ounces. The one we call marge weighs in at a whopping close to 2lbs. A little concerned went to the vet he just laughed he said it is like kids they grow different. She even looks different. The two have baby doll faces she has the long face with very large ears. Both mom and dad are not large. Go figure.:rolleyes:

It's very hard to judge how big they will be. My 2 bigger babies have changed who is the biggest by one ounce. LOL My big girl is now the 2nd to the biggest. Sylvia

it's funny because his litter brother Boo weighs 3.9 lbs and Peeka is smaller than him lol

Yeah, that's kind of what I was talking about when I said the vets say their bone structure is set at about 6 months old. Sounds like Peeka is probably built a little stouter than his brother.

My last litter from this couple, I got a 3# female and a 6# male. This is one of the reasons I like to know the grandparents sizes. I know this male has surpassed his father and paternal grandparents sizes. His mother is still 12 oz heavier than him but his maternal grandparents are 5# and 8#. I know he can reach up to 8# but by watching the growth of his siblings and seeing their weights staying steady for the last few weeks, I can safely assume that he probably won't grow much more, which might make him the same weight as his mother. Sylvia