Doodle size

[Dawn]

My 4 month old doodle is gaining about 3 lbs a week....is this normal?  She weighed in today at 26.7lbs.  She is going to be so big!  Does this seem like an average weight for this age?

 

dawn

[Katie, John & Parker pup]

Parker did that for a while too...then he stopped and now he's only 55lbs at 11 months! The way he was growing, we thought he was going to be a big doodle! But his daddy now calls him a "mini" doodle! lol

[Barbara B., Sasha & Oliver]

Oliver was gaining about 3-4 lbs every few weeks then leveled off, then had a huge growing spurt from 6-9 months where he gained about 15 lbs.. and got very tall.  He is my big boy.  Sasha gain weight from a puppy at a steady rate but was only a pound or two until about 1 year old.

[Chloe, Finley & Mama Shelley]

my Chloe is doing the same thing..she is going to be 5 months on the 19th and she is 37 lbs! about 2 lbs a week for the last month..Growth spurt I guess. I expect her to be about 65-70 lbs.

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Dawn, many of us have used the formula of their weight at 4 months, x 2 add up to 10 pds and you have a pretty good idea of full grown weight. Works for most people I know. It was almost xact for both of mine.
So you might get up to 53-63 pds. Not bad, but mine are both 60 so I think of that big as normal.

[Hazel & Chester Wayte]

That was the rate Chester was growing 3 Lbs a week. He is 6.5 Months and weighs 60 Lbs. We are anticipating around 80- 90 Lbs. 

There is an equation that other doodlers have shared.. the 4 month weight doubled + a few pounds is the likely adult weight.

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

What was he at 4 months?

[Hazel & Chester Wayte]

He was 42 Lbs at 4 months..

His Brothers Tucker and Dillon (Other DKers) are weighing in about the same

We had him neutered at 6 months- Does this have an effect on the growth? I hope not!

There seems to be a few Schools of though on the best time to Neuter..

[Lynda Kamrath]

Neutering does not effect the growth.  85 - 90 lbs. sounds about right and I think that 6 months is the perfect age for neutering.  Many puppies are neutered before even leaving the breeder and I think that is too young.  Both my dogs were neutered before I got them.

[Bonnie and Kona]

We love our giant doodle! Hope Chester is as much of a love boy as Kona. He was 94 pounds for a while but has trimmed down to 82. ;o) We thought we could see him growing as a puppy!

[Hazel & Chester Wayte]

He is a gentle Giant. .. He is pretty tall and trim.

How did you loose the weight? must have been hard to not feed him when he wants it.

[Ginny Nightingale]

My doodle was 10 pounds at 8 weeks and 20 pounds at 20 weeks and now weighs 35 pounds (11 months old)--they grow really fast at first. The rule is to double the 4 month weight, so you could be looking at 50 pounds. I see now that others have told you this already. 

[Thuy & Hops]

Mine is 4 months tomorrow and he is 22 pounds.