How much more growing after six months?

[Discussing Labradoodles & Goldendoodles]

How much more do our doodles grow after six months; and is it mostly in height or weight, and does the weight gain slow down now? Hattie was predicted to be 35-40 pounds and now weighs 29 pounds but still seems very short to me at 14 inches compared to what I expected. Her parents were 17 and 20 inches tall. I just wonderheight there is more height yet to come or, if her growing both height and weight is going to slow down now somewhat.

[Linda, Webber and Seda]

Mine grew until about 8-9 months in height.  After that they filled out.  By a year they were at their "final" weight and have remained pretty much the same since then.  Webber is 43-45# at 22.5 inches (small standard) and Seda is 34# at 18 inches (medium).

[Ginny Nightingale]

It is pretty accurate to double the weight at 4 months--the height is pretty stable after 9 months as Linda said. They do slow down after 6 months though.

29 pounds is pretty heavy for 14 inches--are you measuring her at the highest part of the shoulder? Rio is 19 inches and weighs 35 pounds at 8 months. His brother is 16-17 inches tall and weighs 27 pounds. He will probably end up being about 36 pounds.

I think Rio will end up being about 40 pounds and was 20 pounds at 4 months. 

[Ginny Nightingale]

You don't mean that she was 40 pounds at 4 months, do you--if she is 29 pounds now? Is that a typo? The way to measure the height most accurately is to lay a stick so that it is level across the shoulder blades and measure how high that stick is from the ground. The shoulder socket would be lower.

[Taina, Trassel and Toffee]

I have kept statistics both of my puppies aged 1 year and 7 months at the moment. They are both standards Australian Labradoodles , so I don`t know if this is useful to you because your puppy expect to be large medium, but some guidelines it will give though.  Trassel just turned 1 year and he is almost 24 inches (60,8 cm) and Toffee aged 7 months 22,5 inches (57 cm). Trassel gained height 6-9 months of aged aproximately 2,5 inches per month, but after that the growth became slow and he gained height only 0,5 inches per month. Trassel grows, however, still at this very moment! Toffee`s growth curve appears to be similar to Trassel's Growth curve.

Trassel`s weight increased by 2,2 pounds (1 kg) per week up to 6 months of age and 7 months of age onwards no more than about  1,1 pounds (500 g ) per week up to 8 months of age. 9-12 months of age, he reached a weight only 0,4 pounds (0,2 kg) a week.    

More of doodles growth rate You can find this link:

http://www.goldendoodles.com/care/growth_chart.htm

For us, this Growth curve was useful for my assessment of the adult size, and in our case, It has Been true. My dogs eat raw food and raw food often slow down the rate of Growth. It should also be taken into account in the assessment that the dogs who eat the kibbles are growing faster.

[Bryce P]

Huff at 6mos was 65 lbs and at one year he was 85lbs now at two years he is 82lbs.

I think he gained more weight than height. He is pretty tall-ish now.

[Holly (Jax & Bandit)]

Jax weighs 45 lbs.  He was 37 lbs in June so it looks like he is still growing a bit.  He stayed about the same from 9-12 months and seems to have just finished a growing spurt.  He got a little taller too.  I think he is probably finished growing.