New puppy!!

[Ash]

So we had gotten the best dog ever last February. He is now 10 months old. He is a 2nd generation goldendoodle that looks more golden (except for his ears). He is the sweetest thing but yearning for a playmate. So we adopted another puppy. She is 16 weeks old. My question is this: she is only 10 pounds but her papers say she's a standard. Rowley was 3 times he weight at almost 4 months. Granted, the new pup was sic when we got her. She had the kennel cough, an upper respiratory infection, and the intestinal parasite. She's getting better now, but I'm wondering if all these icky sicknesses stunted her growth. I wish I could predict her adult size. Her mom was a 62 lb golden and her dad was a 56 lb poodle.

[Ash]

Here she is

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Here she is so others don't have to open the file.   She is adorable.  If she is a standard the double the weight at 16 weeks plus ten pounds works fairly well. That would make her adult weight about 30 pounds - which is smaller than a standard.  Her illness may have kept her weight down so the guide might not work for her.  How big were her parents and, if they had previous litters, how big are those dogs?

[Ash]

Thank you, I have to figure out how to do that with the photos. Her mom was a 62 lb golden and her dad was a 56 lb poodle. I do not know the sizes of her litter mates or other litters.

[Ginny Nightingale]

just click on the photo icon in the tool bar--second one over from the left and then you can download your pic.

[Linda, Charlie Brown and Beau]

Ash ~ your new puppy is a doll and I hope she is healthy very soon.  It is difficult to calculate the age especially if she has been sickly the first 4 months. 

[Ash]

Thanks. Tomorrow we will have had her for 1 week. She started loads of medicine last Sunday. She's been eating great for us and we don't hear the cough anymore. I also just weighed her and she gained 1 pound since Sunday. She's now 11 pounds and much livelier. Her papers say she's a standard goldendoodle, but I'm thinking she will be on the smaller side as an adult. She doesn't have the oversized paws that my Rowley had- who is 10 months old now and 74 pounds.

[Kaitee and Orwell]

She is a cutie. She'll gain weight, but she might be a little smaller. No problem with that. (:

[Lynda Kamrath]

She has papers?  Where did you get her?  First thing you need to do is get her healthy again and then she can start growing and putting on some weight.  She will probably be small but that will be fine for a companion for your goldendoodle, Rowley.  We adopted a little rescue that was said to be a mini labradoodle, but he is a Jackapoo.  He is a great companion for our ALD, and that is what we wanted.  Our little guy is 26 pounds and has wormed his way into our hearts (and laps).

[Lori, Quincy & Frankie]

I am sure others who know much more about this than I do will comment, but it's my understanding that doodles are not AKC breeds? 

[Ginny Nightingale]

No, not AKC--maybe CKC? (Canadian Kennel club)--but doodles are not recognized by AKC and would not have any type of AKC papers...

Good for you for taking her out of that store--she is probably from a puppy mill and I am betting they have no idea how big the parents were--she won't be more than 30 pounds unless she is really skin and bones right now--then, maybe 35. Good luck with her!

[Ash]

Allow me to clarify; i just looked through paperwork, she has been registered under AKC reunite. This is basically to aid us if she gets lost. The other papers I have on her include: the disclosure of animal pedigree, and a New York State division of animal industry information statement pursuant to general business law with her mixed breed info and parent breed info (this is also on file with NYS dept of agriculture).

Read more here: http://www.doodlekisses.com/group/puppymadness/forum/topics/poor-pu...

[Nicky, Riley & Boris]

I am sorry to be so harsh but I have to disagree as I believe this is not a 'rescue' from a pet store. It is a perpetuation of an evil trade. A rescue would be finding the puppy machine mother and removing her from her horrible situation. A dog whose life is most likely one of abject misery in a filthy shed on a Puppy Farm. (I posted a discussion on Pet Shop Puppies above where you can see lots of links to the truth about this trade)  I do wish this puppy good health and happiness for many years to come but I do not think that anyone here should be in any doubt that taking a sickly puppy from a pet store is rescuing that pup. Sadly the empty cage will most likely be filled again in a matter of days.

BTW I believe it highly unlikely that the information in the papers supplied means anything at all. . I also think that you should (if you haven't already) purchase pet insurance because medical issues can literally run to thousands of dollars over many years (as some of us know all too well) and whatever agreement you have with the owners will likely not cover all of it.