Full Grown Weigh-in's

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

We all have wondered when we first got our little puppies, how big they will be when they are full grown and I know I asked the same question about 2 years ago when Murphy was a pup and growing by leaps and bounds the first 5-6 months.

So here a lot of us are, 1 1/2 and 2 years later.....SO HOW BIG ARE THEY?

Did you or the breeder guess correctly?

Did the 4 months weight times 2  + approx 10 pd's formula work for you?

Is it what you expected?

 

Murphy's breeder, April, told me he would be about 60-65 pds when he was full grown, Mom was 60 pds, Dad about  45 pds.

 Murphy was 27 pds at 4 months old.  (27 x 2 + 10 = 54-64) 

Murphy is almost 3 yrs old and has been aprrox 60 pds since 16 months old and has held steady at 62-64 pd's since he was about 18 months.

 Show's you what April knows too :)

 

Bella's parents were about the same sizes, and April's guess is the same again 60-65 #'s.

Bella was 29 pds at 4 months.

And now at 14 months is about 60 pds. She still has some room to grow, but her 4 month formula would put her around 58-68 pds, so we'll see in a few months,

So they are both exactly what I was told and expected.

 So how does your full grown doodle(s) weigh in?

 

 

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

Sophie has held steady at 38 lbs for the last 6-8weeks. she is 9 months. The breeder said she was going to be closer to 60lbs but it certainly doesn't look that way to me. I doubt she will get to 45, unless there is some super growth spurt coming our way. Does that happen sometimes (i.e. growth slows down and then suddenly there is a spurt at like 10-12 months or something)??

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

My two haven't had any significant growth spurts at 10-12 months, but I don't know if it's normal to have one or not. She still has some room for growth as I know Murphy kept growing till at least 18 months. I can't imagine Sophie gaining anywhere near 22 more pounds in the next 9 months though.

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

We were told Chloe would be 35 pounds or so and at 4yrs she is 30 and a little overweight.

Myla was supposed to 35-40 range. Well when we got her she was a runt! At 3 yrs she is barely 20 pounds!

 

I'm happy they were wrong!!!

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

At 4 months Luna was 18 pounds, she is now about 38 pounds at 1 year old. :)

 

Her parents were a 15-20 pound mini poodle dad and a smallish 50-55 pound golden retriever mom

 

The breeder predicted 30-35 pounds - she was one of the biggest pups in her litter though. :)