Weight Up-Date vol.2

[Kyoko]

Looks like we lost the weight up-date discussion some how.
I enjoyed checking into it every now and then, so I decided to make a vol. 2.
Charlie was 13.7lb @ 10 1/2 wks, 19.7lb @ 15wks, 22.3 lb @ 16 wks, 30lb @ 23 wks, and now 35lb @ 27 wks.

[Briggs]

briggs was weighed last week, at 7.5 months he was 43lbs. i wonder how much bigger he will get, he is a standard F1. looking forward to finding out!

[LarryL]

Oliver is 9.5 lbs at 12 weeks.
Any guesses as to how big he'll be?

[Kelly & Zoe]

Try this calculator: http://www.puppyweights.com/Also - any idea how large his sire/dam were?

[Jess & Stewart]

Stew's weights have been:

7 weeks 1 day: 5 lbs
9 weeks 1 day: 7 lbs
11 weeks 1 day: 8 lbs 10 oz
16 weeks 1 day: 12 lbs
23 weeks (coming this Friday but it's close enough): 16.5 lbs

I have to say I was shocked that he is close to 17 lbs, but I remembered he hasn't been weighed since he was 16 weeks, so I don't think 5 lbs over 8 weeks is a lot, haha! Do mini's tend to slow down around 6-8 months? I'm glad Stew's weight has been a steady and slow increase, I think I'd be nervous if it was a large jump. I guess the max 25 lbs is still accurate!

[Gwyndolyn Morasko]

From what I've read on these DoodleKisses message threads, minis definitely stop growing much sooner than standards do.  Especially if both of their parents are also minis and multi-generation.  It was expected that my Kona might get to 30 to 35 pounds since his mom was a 40 pound F1B goldendoodle, but his father's multi-generation miniatrue Australian Labradoodle genes spoke up a bit louder, and Kona stopped growing at 8 months old and 24 pouonds. 

[Leslie, Yogi & Maci Bear]

Yogi is a large mini. Mom 48#, dad 18#. At six months he is 30#'s

[Gwyndolyn Morasko]

Sounds like Yogi is already medium. How tall is he?

[Leslie, Yogi & Maci Bear]

18"

[Gwyndolyn Morasko]

Kona is 16.5 inches tall and 24 lbs and some consider him a medium since he is over 16 inches. Others consider 17 inches to be the cutoff. But most who meet him in person see him as a mini

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I definitely think of Kona as a mini, Gwyn.  Ned looks lots bigger than Kona in person, yet he is only 1/2" taller and weighs only 4 pounds more - all that puffy fluffiness makes Ned  seem like a big guy!   :-}

[Gwyndolyn Morasko]

Since Kona is nearly always the smallest doodle around, it really is easier to just call him a Mini.  When I bought him, the breeder thought his litter would reach 30 to 35 pounds and I bought him as a "Medium".  Ha!  But she also picked him out specifically for me because I wanted a smaller, calmer dog and he was by far the runt of the litter (he was 3.5 pounds when I got him at 8 weeks old and his 9 siblings were all between 6 and 8 pounds by that time.  And Ned passes as a mini to most people because they are used to seeing bigger "medium" doodles.  Ned looks taller because he definitely has "poofier" hair!  Ha!  However, right this minute, Kona is pretty poofy!  He just got back from a bath and blow out.  He looks even more like Ned right now!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Take a picture and we can compare and decide which dog is which  as identified by Kona's blue tag.

To the uninitiated, we do say Ned is a mini simply because it is easier.