| lksdolls | 03-20-2006 01:03 PM | Quote:
Originally Posted by twinkie I find the weight charts fairly inaccurate. Since your puppy was the only one in the litter it will be on the bigger side at first, but shouldn't affect the final size. My Princess chi was 1 lb 3 oz at 12 weeks old when I got her, which should have put her at about 3 lbs full grown & now she is a bit over 5 lbs at almost 2 yrs old. Your little one will be over 4 lbs since at 9 weeks they still have a ton of growing left to do. Some breeders will just lie to you if they think you want a small dog - not all of them, but unfortunately it does happen, sometimes breeders cannot guarantee size, but in this case it seems a little unreasonable to say the dog will be 4 lbs when it is already 3 lbs at 9 weeks. I don't feel my breeder for Princess chi lied to me about her size as she was sooooo tiny when I got her, I just wanted to make sure I had a dog within the chi breed standard under 6 lbs as my sisters chi is 6.5lbs & I wanted one a bit smaller.
I would talk to the breeder about this if it bothers you. | I couldn't agree more that weight charts are fairly inaccurate and should be used more as a generic guideline. Our Tucker was from parents of 4 & 4.5 pounds. He just kept growing to 11 pounds. Our Reggie is from similar weight parents and she is 8 pounds. Her sisters are 4 & 5 pounds, her brother was 2.5 pounds full grown. Reggie & Tucker have made puppies that average between 4.5 & 5 pounds but every now and then, a biggin' pops out. Our Sassy was the largest of her litter with a 6.5 oz birth weight, her brother was 5 ounces. She grew to 5 pounds, he grew to 10 pounds. Last year we had a large litter, most grew at a normal pace except for Blondie, she got big real fast. I would have kept her for breeding but thought she was going to get really big. Well, she didn't, she stopped at just under 5 pounds. So any projected adult weight is just that, a guess. Usually by around 6 months they level out and stop growing. But remember, the key word here is "usually"! I keep track of our birth weights through the time a pup moves to a new home and most of the time, the new owner keeps me updated. My guesstimate of adult size is based on my records, their birth weight, considering the parents weight, comparing to other pups at the same age, and watching them as they grow. But, I make sure I tell the buyer that my best guess is just that, a guess. And I might add, most of the time I guess their adult weight higher than they actually grow to. I know, this doesn't help answer your question. :animal-pa |