Doodle Size

[Casey]

Our Stanley is still only 10 pounds at 3 months. His dad was 60 pounds, and his mom was 40.  I know about the general rule of doubling the weight at 4 months, give or take 10 pounds. But, I'm curious about your personal experiences. 

Does he have any hope of being as big as his dad? When does the 3-4 month growth spurt hit (my research suggests he is supposed to grow quite a bit this coming month).

Thanks for your thoughts ;)

Casey

[Emery & Watson]

My pup is a F2 mini/medium goldendoodle and his parents were between 30-40 lbs.  He was 6.5 lbs at 8 weeks, around 10 lbs at 3 months and he is now 11 months and 26-27 lbs.  His biggest growth spurt was between 3-5 months (although not as much as standard doodles).

He is tall and fluffy and looks almost the same size as my friend's lab mix that is 50 lbs.

[Marybeth & Yankee]

My lug was 35 pounds at 4 mos.

[Ginny Nightingale]

Just throwing this into the discussion--if he is an F2B, than there is a back cross to a poodle--given the mom's size, that was most likely a mini-poodle since golden retrievers or labs are much bigger than 40 pounds--it is possible that Stanley got more of the mini-poodle genes for size than the other retriever genes and he could end up about his mom's size or even smaller--not too likely, but there is no guarantee that the litter will be an average of the two parents--and end up at around 50 pounds. The sizes vary depending on which genes they got from their background. And the size at 8 -10 weeks tells you very little --they need more time to show how big they will be--so now that Stanley is over 3 months, you will begin to see a growth spurt for a much bigger dog or slow growth and he will be on the small side. 

One litter I raised had two smaller pups and we expected them to end up around the same size--30 pounds--Mom was 50 pounds and the dad was 35 pounds...one of those pups is now 48 pounds and the other is 28 pounds! Go figure!