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Can you estimate adult weight?

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#1 ·
Sorry, I know this has been discussed before, but I wasn't patient enough to find the original thread. Anyway, Cricket had her last set of shots today...she's 17 weeks old now and weighed in at 8.5 lbs. I'm just wondering how big she'll get...she's got MONSTER paws, so I'm assuming she'll at least double that??
 
#2 ·
So she is four months ish? I would ask your breeder how big mommy and daddy are and that will give you a good base to guess from. Maybe Cricket will grow up fast then stop at her ideal weight. I think Tito weighed a lot when we were taking him for his shots, about 8 pounds too and he has stopped at 12 lbs at almost 8 months old now (but he is still a chunk ;)

I also heard about the foot size somehow predicting the adult size but I don't know how true that is.
 
#7 ·
weight

Riki weighs 13 pounds, neutered 4 1/2 year old male, needs to lose about one pound. Daisy is smaller and is 10 1/2 pounds at 4 years. I think Daisy's ideal weight is where she is, Riki should be 12. He is muscular...but some friends think he weighs more than he should. He does have a thick coat though.

Linda
 
#12 ·
Julia,

I asked the vet if he thought she'd get any bigger. He said based on her growth chart and parents' size, he thought she'd probably "peaked". Maybe she'll get "a little bigger", he said. Although I guessed she'd probably be about 8 lb full grown (based on her parents' size), I've been wishing she'd get bigger. Surely she can't have stopped growing at 5 months?? She just looks so much smaller than most of the Havs on the forum.

Michelle
 
#14 ·
Weight and growth speed depend a lot on the pup's genes. I think it's not only the parents' weight but also their grand-parents weight that give you a pretty good estimate. Pablo grew like weed. I put him in his crate in the evening and he'd come out much bigger in the morning. It was amazing. He grew REALLY fast and slowed down a lot just when his breeder said he would. So ask your breeder, they know their dogs best! FYI, Pablo weighed 7.4 lbs @ 16 weeks and weighs 12-12.5 lbs since he's 6 months old. We think he'll end up max. @ 14 lbs.
 
#16 ·
Michelle,

I have a feeling Havanna will still grow a bit more and gain some more weight, don't worry. She is not even 5 months old yet and I really haven't seem too many dogs that stop growing/fillinig out at 5 moths, unless there aree health issues.
 
#17 ·
I was going to do a spreadsheet or something but can't figure out what on earth to do...and it's a big task....

anyone have ideas? I'd love an interactive one where you can enter but doubt I'll be able to do that....

the moral of the story is knowing mom and dad's weight is key and also how much they weigh at birth helps.

Very few stop growing at 4 months though.

I'll try to get on it....
 
#18 ·
Daisy's mom was 7lbs. and her dad was 9lbs. Daisy was 3.1lbs at 15 weeks, 5lbs at 19 weeks, 5.3lbs at 24 weeks, 6.6 at 6 months, and 7.1 at 7 months. I thought she was going to be really small when she hardly gained anything in a month. The breeder thought she would be around 8 lbs., so it will be interesting to see if she gets there. She is very petite compared to the other havs we know. Her appetite has also slowed down this week, I thought maybe her growth is slowing down.
 
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