Dogs growth

I just saw this pic posted by XajaStafford in the gallery section of his/her 17 week old, Our roxy looks tiny in comparison at 15 weeks. Roxy is the bottom pic, do you think she looks small for 15 weeks?

I know they all come in different sizes ect but was curious on peoples opinions.

Your dog looks like how i think my dog will look like at 15 weeks,my boy is currently 12 weeks

Infact i dont know actually the more i look,its hard to say coz hes growing at a rate enough for me to notice every single morning,so he mite be bigger,but i think yours looks fine at 15weeks

She weighs about 6.1KG

Iv no idea what my boy weighs atm i reckon around 7 or 8 maybe,pure guess tbh

I wouldn't even worry at that age, they all grow differently, great pics though Xx

I just thought the first dog looked about a year old

They all grow differently so don't worry!

I would say however that the boy at 17 weeks looks a good size,but who knows what his mum and dad was like.

What was the mum and dad like for roxy

This is Roxys dad, I do not have a pic of mum, but she was of similar size, just a little smaller

Nice dog small in height himself but very good build cracking looking dog,id say thats prob the reason for the slow growth rate but it will come

I wouldn't worry at all, darcy is 10 months and only little, as my mum always says good things come in small packages

Rocky was quite small at that age, its only now at 5 months bordering 6 months that he has shot up a bit, I guess they all have the different stages, no correct height/weight for the age group.

As above they all grow differently so don't concern yourself , generally up until 12months ish and then out so until 18-24 months you won't have the full picture

I wouldn't worry about it as long as she isn't skinny, which from your picture she doesn't look too skinny at all. All pups grow at different rates! There is no "normal" weight for a pup! I know its hard not to worry but try not to be so focused on her weight compared to other pups her age! She may end up being on the smaller side! She is so cute and looks happy and healthy and thats all that matters!

I think maybe its the way the photo is taken also as she looks real big for 17 weeks or might just be our pups will catch up later as Blaze is 14 weeks now and she seems alot bigger than him however i photo is really hard to tell by

Roxy looks great to me. My female Ella looked about spot on what Roxy does. she was 6 - 8 kgs at that age but i cant exactly remember what. she weight 12.6kgs at her 6 month checkup so Roxy is on track nicely.

Roxy's chest width, jaw muscles and hind legs all look the same as Ella's.

i was exactly like you and thought Ella was a little small as everyone in the park said she was small for her age. i exercised her every day and fed her top quality food and i think 12.6kg at 6 months is a great result. your pup looks like she may get to about 11kgs by 6 months but i wouldnt think any less. remember she is short as well so will weigh a little less. Breed standard states 11 - 16kg. so she is perfectly o track. Mind you i have never seen a 11kg full grown bitch.

i will start a thread on Ella's growth rate with heaps of pics from 4 weeks to 6 months so keep an eye out.

Cheers
Dave

grnman wrote:Roxy looks great to me. My female Ella looked about spot on what Roxy does. she was 6 - 8 kgs at that age but i cant exactly remember what. she weight 12.6kgs at her 6 month checkup so Roxy is on track nicely.

Roxy's chest width, jaw muscles and hind legs all look the same as Ella's.

i was exactly like you and thought Ella was a little small as everyone in the park said she was small for her age. i exercised her every day and fed her top quality food and i think 12.6kg at 6 months is a great result. your pup looks like she may get to about 11kgs by 6 months but i wouldnt think any less. remember she is short as well so will weigh a little less.  Breed standard states 11 - 16kg. so she is perfectly o track. Mind you i have never seen a 11kg full grown bitch.

i will start a thread on Ella's growth rate with heaps of pics from 4 weeks to 6 months so keep an eye out.

Cheers
Dave

Thanks for posting, at 18 weeks she is now 7.4KG, i have now stopped worrying about her weight as she is what she is, we feed her good food, she is very active, looks healthy so we are concentrating on the more important things like training, loving and being licked to death.

she is great for the breed. just think she only needs to double her weight over the next 2 yrs to be a great bitch. that will be easy.

I guess you are right, for her to double in weight from 4 months to 2 years should be more than easy.

She looks fine to me, no need to be concerned they suddenly have a spurt and you don't even notice. I still think my boy is no bigger than last year til people say "He is huge" but I cant see it. She is a beauty anyway. 

She is wonderful, and we love her for her.

This is my 2 last year on holiday , Tommy would be around 15 weeks , left Tilly and my daughter in for some perspective , Tilly is a diddly little girl

Here is Roxy today at 18 weeks

Love all the pics. Cali is now 18 weeks but shes growing up instead of out lol.
Trying to upload pic but when i attach then press host it nothin happens?

rico24 wrote:Love all the pics. Cali is now 18 weeks but shes growing up instead of out lol.
Trying to upload pic but when i attach then press host it nothin happens?

Try using photobucket for your pics , much easier , and you can also add them in your emails , post the links to FB etc , its what just about all of us do

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t12017-how-to-post-a-photos-onto-the-forum

Regarding growth , generally dogs will grow upwards until around 12 months and then the 2nd stage is filling out until 18 -24 months , with things like wobbly ears etc stressing you out along the way

Hmmm, I have been weighing Roxy for weeks on our home digital scales with me holding her, weighing, weighing myself alone and taking away my weight from our combined weight.

I have always had the scales in the same spot on the kitchen floor, Today I had to put the scales in a different spot, yesterday in the old spot she was weighing 7.4 KG. In the new spot she came in at 8KG, so I double checked this by taking the scales into the garden and putting them on a very level paving slab, again 8 kg, out of curiosity I tried the old spot and it said 7.4kg.

I think the spot where I have had the scales is not so even.

Roxy looks great. Don't worry about her weight at this point! Gwen was a small girl for the first few months..now she is 7 months old and weighs 32 pounds! Around 6 months she had a huge growth spurt!

I can see her growing she is now 8.5KG (18lbs) at 19 weeks

Roxy looks exactly like Lola did at that age - perfect I'd say!!

jo garnett wrote:Roxy looks exactly like Lola did at that age - perfect I'd say!!

She is perfect to us, even if she started meowing