Staff pups weight

Hi everyone,

As some of you know I got Max this Saturday as a 14 wk old puppy so he coming up to 15 weeks I have just weighed him on some digital scales and he came back as 8.9/9kg. Is that a good weight for him or is it below or over the average? I have tried searching online but with no luck so thought I would ask people on this forum everyone seems nice and friendly. Hope to hear from someone soon.

your dogs weight is nearly one and a half stone, this weight is above average for a pup coming onto 4 mths old, but not too much of a worry,

just cut down on fatty foods and plenty of exercise aswell, and make sure your dog is wormed regularly, the normal weight of a full grown staffy is 28 to 38 pounds while the weight of bitches runs at about 4 pounds less

in kgs the weight is between 12 and 17kgs

he is almost identical weight memphis was last week this week he is 9.2 kg vet says this is well in the ideal weight for his age so every thing hunky dory

To be honest with u i wouldnt worry about his weight at all, staffs come in so many different shapes and sizes now a days weight is not really a great guide, its his body condition u should be looking at. He should have nice shiney coat and a nice tuck up. You should be able to feel his ribs easily but not see them. :-) My kaos is 17 weeks now and was weighed at 15 weeks and 9.5 ish kg which is above the 'ideal' weight but then again he is in gorgeous body condition so i am perfectly happy! He will be generally a bigger dog than my Ty who is 1 today and was weighed a few weeks ago at 18ish kg x

Thanks for all the replies people I dont feed him nothing at all fatty he is on Pedigree chum puppy food dry in mornings with scrambled eggs a few times a week then in afternoon i feed him HiLife then in evening I feed him the dry pedigree puppy as this is the diet plan the breeder told me oh and i also feed him pilchards every other day to keep his coat nice and shiny with regards to exercise he doesnt get much yet as he hasnt any needles im goin Vets tomorrow for first one I only got him last week Vet couldnt fit me in till tomorrow i can see one or two of his back ribs. I want to keep him in as best condition as i can.

My lad is coming up 17 weeks and when I last weighed him last week he was 6.8kg

My digi scales aint broke well get him weighed tomorrow and then I will know for sure thanks for letting me know, yur pup looks real nice mate/love.

Agree with everything said - I think too much emphasis is placed on weight & not enough on individual body type & condition. If your pup's lively & happy with a shiny coat he's ok. I like to be able to feel my dog's ribs, but not see them. I know some people disagree & want to be able to see at least the last 2 ribs, but I think that's just a matter of personal choice.

hi there is nothing wrong with pedigree puppy foods as such but that diet is more for cost not optimin growth you may find there is more apropreate diets for a shaffys needs your vet will advise you on this

i would disagree with bigwazza and say that there IS something wrong with pedigree....its crap food lol. If ur looking to improve your dogs condition then the first thing to do is not give him pedigree, iams, bakers anything u can buy in a supermarket and is heavily advertised really!
A list of high quaility foods are:
Burns
wainwrights
james wellbeloved
arden grange
fish4dogs
Joe and jacks
natural dog food company
There are many more as well......most u can get in a pet shop or pets at home or online!
xx

blaze66 i was trying to put it nicely as we dont want to be given bad advertising to brands as it is only going to cause us more trouble than it worth that is why i said there vet would give them better advise as i knew they would never tell them to keep there pup on that product i think we need to study the furum rules so we dont go into these gray areas as it hard not to do .steve has just getting this site back to were it belongs the best staffy forum on the net.and we dont want to kill it off i totaly agree we should be able to give these appinions on products we know are not very good but i think we have to stop slagging brands untill we know were we stand .

Woah i didnt mean to cause a fuss lol I was just wondering if my dog was a decent weight anyway just got back from the vets and he weights 9.4kg and the vet said this is a healthly weight and with his diet I just went by what his breeder said he fed him I mean he looks nice so I'm not gonna change his diet the pedigree doesnt cost a arm and leg to feed him anyway.

ha ha there is no fuss if the diet suits you go will it but you might find your not getting the best results in the future. you get out what you put into your pup a good start gives less problems in the future.cost should not realy come in to it as there first year or so sets them for life, so investment now is the best money you can spend, so a fuss no, pashinite staffy owners yes you will find plenty on this nice board

????? i wasnt aware we couldnt give our opionions on products? i thought that was one of the points of forums like these to give and recieve advice! I will look at the rules again.....

everyone is free to there opinion but its becoming clear that we need to be careful about bad mouthing brands as there are eyes everywhere but no one can stop you from saying in your appinion if you think a product is bad

saying in your appinion that something is bad
and saying something is bad
are two differant thing its all in the wording

it was nothing personal blaze666

lol okay....i think.....
For the record I would like to re word my post in regards to pegigree chum

In my OPINION....pegigree chum is totall crap!

thats fine ha ha ha i agree

well said bigwazza

In my opinion an awful lot of the commercial dog foods are rubbish. I don't use them & haven't for years. The only time I've used them was when we've gone camping & I can't refrigerate raw food!

Lol I bought a mini fridge the last time we went away, but we where in a b&b rather than a tent!

DONT OVER EXERCISE HIM

niff wrote:DONT OVER EXERCISE HIM

Very good point. At his age he shouldn't be having a lot of excercise, you'll damage his growth plates & tendons. He'll get most of the excercise he needs from playing with you & in the garden.

yes re the excercice when he can get out and about twenty mins a couple of times a day is all you need to start

shane wrote:in kgs the weight is between 12 and 17kgs

My little guy weighed 15 kgs at 5 months old and is now trying for 16 months and must be close to 20 by now, but u wouldn't know to look at him.

wow 15kg at five months thats one big boy mine just gone 4months and just over10kg

bigwazza wrote:wow 15kg at five months thats one big boy mine just gone 4months and just over10kg

we breed them big down under at weighing yesterday he is now 19kgs at 16 months(if he lasts until the end of the month).

HazelJ wrote:(if he lasts until the end of the month).

I know the feeling! Dempsey has just come back from his walk & has done a 'bully run' right round the house (you'd think he hadn't been out for an hour!). He has rearranged the furniture, pictures on the walls, flattened the washing pile, kicked up several rugs, bashed into my legs 3 or 4 times and generally caused mayhem. I've just been round straighteneing everything out & just seen him on the armchair, fast asleep in a little patch of sunlight! Aaaaahhh!

HazelJ wrote:

bigwazza wrote:wow 15kg at five months thats one big boy mine just gone 4months and just over10kg

we breed them big down under at weighing yesterday he is now 19kgs at 16 months(if he lasts until the end of the month).

update on the weight i was verry suppised to find out memphis is not 10kg but actully a touch under 12kg as of tuesday when he was spot on 4 months by how quick they grow

Make the most of it - soon he'll be too heavy to pick up!!!

the wife struggles nowand the oldest daughter has no chance but the little one is like me and built like a brick s**t house (lavatory block)haha and carries him alover and he loves it.