Is my puppy overweight?

Hey Guys,

I have a 10 week old (11 weeks on Friday) Staffy pup named Lola, I just weighed her and she is 6kg. Is she a normal weight for her age?

Hi welcome to the forum, my Buddy was just over 6kg at ten weeks - he is 16.5 at 9 months now.. depends on their build but Buddy isn't overweight as far as the vets concerned - girls can be a little lighter than males.. show us a picture of your little girl

smudge95 wrote:
Hi welcome to the forum,  my Buddy was just over 6kg at ten weeks - he is 16.5 at 9 months now.. depends on their build  but Buddy isn't overweight as far as the vets concerned - girls can be a little lighter than males.. show us a picture of your little girl

Hey, I attempted to uploaded pictures, but can't seem to figure it out!
I uploaded some pictures on Instagram though - My username is Freedomisi - I can't seem to link that either?

Edit: I just uploaded a pic as my avatar - perhaps that will help?

My little girl is 17/18 weeks and she weighs around 8kg now so yours sounds about right.

Kirstybarbs wrote:My little girl is 17/18 weeks and she weighs around 8kg now so yours sounds about right.

Should I expect her weight gain to slow down? Shes my first staffy and puppy - looked after a pitbull for a while (for my brother) but well he was rescued and came to us around age 2 - so I have no idea what to expect!

she doesn't look overweight in your avatar.

as long as she isn't 'ribby' and she's happy & lively she's fine.

They all grow at different weights as pups so I would not be overly concerned if they look a little heavy only if they look undernourished.

Here is a link that will help with the pics

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

Nah, not overweight at all, If i remember correctly i think my Maya was 6.5 kilo`s at 10-11 weeks. Don`t worry, they do eat a lot as babies

She will be going out for walks soon so I think that probably helps slow the weight gain down a little. My little girl looks skinny but my vet has assured me she is bang on where she should be. I'm not convinced she is a full staffy though!

Kirstybarbs wrote:She will be going out for walks soon so I think that probably helps slow the weight gain down a little. My little girl looks skinny but my vet has assured me she is bang on where she should be. I'm not convinced she is a full staffy though!

Yes she will soon run any puppy fat off when you get her out As for full Staffy, did you see the parents ? what did the breeder tell you ? It`s a bit difficult to tell from the Avatar pic !

The breeder did say she is a full staffy but I'm really not sure. It doesn't bother me either way to be honest as she is beautiful!

gillybrent wrote:she doesn't look overweight in your avatar.

as long as she isn't 'ribby' and she's happy & lively she's fine.

Lively is an understatement! the amount of energy this dog has is ridiculous

JStaff wrote:They all grow at different weights as pups so I would not be overly concerned if they look a little heavy only if they look undernourished.  

That's true! It was just when I weighed her, I was like "wow she's heavy enough!" and thought I'd check if she was a somewhat normal size!

Tezzers wrote:Nah, not overweight at all, If i remember correctly i think my Maya was 6.5 kilo`s at 10-11 weeks. Don`t worry, they do eat a lot as babies

I swear she'd eat me out of house and home! It makes me worry less knowing that your pup was of a similar weight at that age! Is she a big dog now - build wise?

Freedomisi wrote:

Tezzers wrote:Nah, not overweight at all, If i remember correctly i think my Maya was 6.5 kilo`s at 10-11 weeks. Don`t worry, they do eat a lot as babies

I swear she'd eat me out of house and home! It makes me worry less knowing that your pup was of a similar weight at that age! Is she a big dog now - build wise?

Yes as i said nothing to worry about
Here is a pic of Maya when she was a few weeks old...]
And i took this one a couple of days ago Lol...

Yep, they are beefy. Kiki is almost 7 months and today she weighed in at 13.6 kilos. 7 weeks ago she did not even weigh 10 kilos. She just started buffing up the last couples of weeks and I haven't even started training yet, just some light jogging for about 10 minutes a day.
I wonder where she'll end up at the age of 2

Peter Stafford wrote:Yep, they are beefy. Kiki is almost 7 months and today she weighed in at 13.6 kilos. 7 weeks ago she did not even weigh 10 kilos. She just started buffing up the last couples of weeks and I haven't even started training yet, just some light jogging for about 10 minutes a day.
I wonder where she'll end up at the age of 2

Katy is now 3yrs & weighs in at 4 stone but is in perfect shape Hopefully she has stopped growing now


Some people say she's chunky, I just tell them to find some fat on her (no chance)