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Dog Weight

  • male: less than 8 pounds

    Votes: 2 1.2%
  • male: 8.0 - 9.9

    Votes: 13 8.0%
  • male: 10.0 - 11.9

    Votes: 20 12.3%
  • male: 12.0 - 13.9

    Votes: 30 18.4%
  • male: 14.0 - 15.9

    Votes: 21 12.9%
  • male: greater than 16 pounds

    Votes: 24 14.7%
  • female: less than 8 pounds

    Votes: 12 7.4%
  • female: 8.0 - 9.9

    Votes: 16 9.8%
  • female: 10.0 - 11.9

    Votes: 17 10.4%
  • female: 12.0 - 13.9

    Votes: 19 11.7%
  • female: 14.0 - 15.9

    Votes: 3 1.8%
  • female: greater than 16 pounds

    Votes: 6 3.7%

How much does your Havadoggie weigh?

12K views 39 replies 27 participants last post by  mlg 
#1 ·
How much does your Havadoggie weigh?

I would like to limit this to dogs that are adults, about 18 months and older.

I have separated the poll into males and females. I presume that males are generally going to weigh more than females, but we shall see.

You are able to vote more than once if you have more than one dog.

The poll is open to Hava pure-breds and Hava mixes.

The results should be interesting!

Ricky's Popi
 
#5 · (Edited)
His weight varies from 14.8 to 15.3, so I say 15 pounds. He is 11" at the shoulder. He is on the larger side for a Havanese. We leave him in a full, thick coat year round, so he looks even bigger. He was the biggest in his litter (3 males, 2 females) I don't know his birth weight.
 
#6 ·
Thanks. I keep trying to see a larger picture of the handsome one and I can't figure out this forum. He is the size of my Bichon Frise that passed away. I thought he was perfect!
My Shadow(Havanese) is 11 inches tall and weighs 10.4 lbs. at 2 years old. He seems skinny to me. When I got him at 10 months, he was only 7 lbs. and needed to put some weight on. He had been shaved right down by his former owner and was not very attractive.
Thanks for doing the survey. It's interesting to see the range of weights.
 
#7 · (Edited)
Ricky in his garden

Flower Plant Dog Green Dog breed


According to Ricky's Vet, Ricky is a long and lanky, big boned Havanese. When Ricky is wet in his bath, he looks like a long legged Dachshund. The Vet thinks Ricky is perfect weight.

Rather than relying on the Internet, I would check with Shadow's Vet on what recommendation he would give for his weight. A dog's structural anatomy with all that hair can be so deceiving with regards to their weight.
 
#8 ·
Ricky is beautiful! I love his hair. If my high-spirited boy were loose in that great garden, he have all those pretty flowers dug up in no time at all! I think Ricky would be a willing helper. He has a glow of mischief in those eyes!
I "think" my Wildman will grow his hair out after the summer months! The vet thinks his weight is perfect for his bone structure. He is a petite boy with a lot of energy. He is not a dog to refuse a bit of food of any type. Any type of medication is a different tale of woe and misery. It takes the jaws of life to get his mouth open if he does not wish to take a pill!
I didn't realize the strongwilled nature of the Havanese!
 
#9 ·
Ricky is beautiful! I love his hair. If my high-spirited boy were loose in that great garden, he have all those pretty flowers dug up in no time at all! I think Ricky would be a willing helper. He has a glow of mischief in those eyes!
http://yoursmiles.org/msmile/fun/m0139.gif You have nooooooo idea! "El travieso" in Ricky's signature below means "the mischiefmaker" in Spanish. Ricky prefers high energy, high spirited dogs, of whatever breed, to match his energy level. He gets bored quickly with low energy dogs.
I didn't realize the strongwilled nature of the Havanese!
Yes, some Havanese can be very strong willed, at times stubborn, and always one step ahead in thinking. It is in their nature because they are so smart. The trick is teaching them discipline starting at an early age and redirection when they are exhibiting undesirable behavior (like tearing up a flower garden). :wink2:
 
#10 ·
I had no idea but the picture in your signature has captured the personality of the handsome one! Ricky is a sweetie. Shadow and Ricky would be good friends.
Mr. Shadow does not dig (yet)! But he loves to run full blast in his fenced yard, leaping over plants and anything else that might get in his way. His little paws send the mulch in the gardens flying and his little feet have torn up the grass. I resodded the back yard after one year with Shadow. He does enjoy his running and the type of grass we have here is not made for wild Havanese running! It will probably become an annual chore! He would be in trouble with his mama if he started to dig!
 
#12 ·
Danny is 7 years old he was always at 11 to 12 pounds now that he is on medications he has gained about 2 pounds heavier. We are hoping he doesn't put on much more weight.
WE never ever had to watch or ration what he ate but we sure do now!!
Ken.
 
#13 ·
Hopefully, Danny is doing better with his medication.
The survey seems to show that we have many more male Havs than females, at least on the forum. This Hav momma wishes that one of either sex lived near us for playtimes. There are so many dogs in my hood and my Shadow is the only Hav. There was another Hav before I got Shadow, the cutest black and white puppy that moved within his first year.
 
#17 ·
So interesting. Our choc havanese is 14 lbs. Shes extremely active and you can feel her ribs easily. Vet says shes perfect weight. But given the poll results, it looks like she's on the higher end. Odd because she appears smaller than other Havanese I have seen. Good poll.
 
#26 ·
Yeah, scales will only give you a "ballpark" figure when you talking about one pound difference. And it also depends on whether the dog is carrying a load of poop and/or when he has eaten or drank water relative to when he is weighed. Weighing just gives a rough idea.

The poll has sufficient response to gain a general indication of the range of Havanese weights. I think this can be helpful to anyone curious or concerned about their dogs weight. In general, it appears that males of the species weigh one to two pounds more than the females of the species.

Thanks everyone for participating in the poll. I will leave the poll open for further responses, but I think the trend has been set.

Ricky's Popi
 
#29 · (Edited)
I'll be interested to see the final results. When are they considered fully grown? Marnie will be 8 mos. on the 11th.
In my opinion you can consider them fully grown at around 18 months but it can vary.

I will leave the poll open indefinitely, but with over 100 responses I think you can see what the general range is for both males and females.

Ricky's Popi
 
#30 · (Edited)
Corazon at 15 months old weighs 7.6 kilos, which is 16.7 pounds, putting her in the very top weight class for your poll. She is muscular and strong and absolutely not fat ( she will regularly and voluntarily go a day or more without eating )
I only know one other Havanese ,also a female and she is smaller and lighter . So I think Cora is just a big girl.

Sorry about the sideways photo , but does she look big to you? I know three is nothing to really give perspective of course.
I should add she is a purebred, I have the papers and the kennels are well known here in Australia.
 

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#31 ·
This poll has been up for almost a year now. We have enough respondents to see some nice sine curves for both males and females. Using my experience with statistical analysis, most Havanese, on HF at least which in my opinion are pretty typical, fall into the 12 to 13.9 pound weight size. Using statistical weighting (I don't want to bore you with details) most females will be closer to a 12 pound weight while most males will fall closer to a 14 pound weight. So generalizing, a typical male will be about 2 pounds heavier than a typical female.

Ricky's Popi
 
#35 ·
For me, this was very accurate. Oliver was 4 lbs even at 11 weeks, 6 lbs at 16 weeks, and is between 10.5- 11 lbs at 15 months. He's been this weight for a long time now. If he gets to 12 lbs that would be double, and who knows, he might. But the formula is +/- 10-15 percent. My breeder's girls (from this sire & dam) tend to be small-8-9 lbs max and the boys are usually 10-11 lbs, so Ricky's Popi must be right with the size difference between males and females!
 
#38 · (Edited)
My KC just turned 4 on Aug 4th. He is almost 19 lb with a long body. He is not over weight, but he is a big boy for a Havanese. I haven't been on this forum for over a year, but I use the knowledge gained from this site. This is a great group and I miss hearing about all of the other wonderful Havanese fur babies out there. KC has brought so much joy into our lives. He is sweet, playful, loving and can be very stubborn when he has his mind set on something.
His coat was long when we lived in Minnesota. We have been in Florida for over a year now and always keep him in a puppy cut for the 90 plus degree weather.



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