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JoelReynoldsP@aol.com
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posted 10-18-2003 12:20 PM           Edit/Delete Message
How do you estimate your puppies weight. We have a puppy who just turned 8 months old and weighs 75 lbs. and is on the skinny side. He is half blood hound and half lab. How can we determine is adult weight?

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Maisey
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posted 10-18-2003 12:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Maisey     Edit/Delete Message
I was told a while ago how to do this and I have forgotten, I did a search and didn't find much. I did find this on a chihuahua site. I think this is the same formula I was told but I'm still not sure and I don't know how accurate it is.

The double-it formula:

Whatever a puppy weighs at 14 weeks, double it to get the adult weight, give or take half a pound. So if you're looking for a 4 to 6 pound adult, look for a 14-week-old puppy who weighs 2 to 3 pounds.

I just looked back at my records for my Catahoula X pup, he weighed 23 pounds at 14 weeks, that would mean he should weigh 46 pounds as an adult. He is 11 months old now and weighs 65 lbs. So I'm thinking that theory isn't very effective!

Keep in mind that small dogs are usually fully grown by between 10 and 12 months of age, while growth continues until 2 years of age for larger breeds.

I'll keep looking and post back if I find something.

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Maisey
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posted 10-18-2003 01:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Maisey     Edit/Delete Message
I found another formula that said to triple the weight at 12 weeks to get their weight at a year of age. It was much closer saying that Witt (my pup) would be 57 pounds at one year, as I said he is 65 pounds now at 11 months and being a larger breed dog may still do some filling out between now and his second birthday.

I looked on the AKC web site at the Blood Hound and it said height for an adult male is between 25"-27" and weight for an adult male averages 90 pounds but can get to 110. http://www.akc.org/breeds/recbreeds/bloodhnd.cfm

For the Labradore Retriever, AKC said the height should be between 22 1/2"- 24 1/2" for an adult male. Weight for the adult male should be between 65 and 80 pounds. http://www.akc.org/breeds/recbreeds/labdoret.cfm

Since he is mixed it gets even harder to guess his adult weight. Ask yourself which breed he most seems to resemble and in which ways? I'm guessing since he is only 8 months old and already weighs 75 pounds...he is likening to the Bloodhound weight. I hope you have a king sized bed and an extra pillow!

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jenn.bob
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posted 10-18-2003 07:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jenn.bob     Edit/Delete Message
I'd say your pup is growing just fine, 75 pounds at 8 months is really good for that mix. just keep in mind the bloodhounds tend to have a narrow waistline, so he could just have picked that quality up from the hound i him. Don't worry unless he seems to be losing weight.

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Jamiya
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posted 10-20-2003 07:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jamiya     Edit/Delete Message
Heh, you give me hope that Nala might still be bigger than what I think she will be. We were looking for a biggish dog - like lab or Golden-sized - and the shelter said she would be about 60 pounds. We got her home and I was looking at her, and without the confusion and excitement of the shelter my brain kicked back in and I thought to myself, "That is not going to be a big dog."

You have to understand, my previous dogs were rat terrier/Scotty mixes that were 15 pounds full grown, so when I saw a puppy the same size as my adult dogs I didn't stop to really think about it anymore.

Nala is about 27 pounds now at....well, 5 months-ish. There is still some debate over her age. I am waiting for her baby canine teeth to fall out for anther estimate on age. But she doesn't LOOK 27 pounds. She is a very solid little dog. Not fat in the least, and not broad in the chest, but I think her bones are made of lead or something.

She was about 20 pounds at what we were calling 4 months at the time, so the vet said she would get to be about 40 pounds, give or take. She might have been slightly younger, though.

I can always hope!

Oh, and before I finished reading Joel's post, I was going to say that I weigh Nala by weighing myself (ick) and then picking her up and weighing us both and then subtract. But I suppose that's not really feasible with a 75-pound dog, and then I realized that you meant estimating the adult weight and not what they weight right now.....okay so I'm rambling. It's Monday.


Jamiya

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honeybear
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posted 10-20-2003 09:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for honeybear     Edit/Delete Message
Maisey, oh my, Jake is a yellow lab and I am excited he recently lost 5# he is down to 97# but he only looks a little overweight

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