How big will my DOODLE puppy get?

The general rule of thumb is that your doodle pup can be four times its weight and height at four months of age. You can look for charts available online that predict the adult weight and height of your pup. But the key is to accurately know how much your pup weighs or how tall it is at a certain age.

All puppies grow quickly between the ages of three and five months. Small breeds grow the most during this time. By the time they reach six to eight months of age, they've either finished growing or their growth has started to slow down.

Puppy Size Categories

Generally, most puppies fit into one of the five breed sizes; toy, small, medium, large, and giant.  However, there is occasionally some overlap between the categories.

• Toy = up to 12 lbs

• Small = 12 - 25 lbs

• Medium = 25 - 50 lbs

• Large = 50 - 100 lbs

• Giant = Over 100 lbs

There are three methods to use math to determine your doodle’s adult weight.

Method 1:

The first method is to calculate how much the puppy gains weight each week and then multiply it by 52, which is the total number of weeks in a year. This formula works on the idea that most of the dogs reach their full size in a year.

Growth = Current weight in lbs/age in weeks.

Adult weight = Growth x 52.

So, if you have an Aussie Doodle pup that is 12 lbs at 16 weeks, it will weight as an adult: (12/16) x 52, or 0.75 x 52 or 39 lbs.

Method 2:

Adult weight of a toy-small breed: 4 x weight at 6 weeks.

Adult weight of a medium-large breed: 2.5 x weight at 14 weeks.

Adult weight of a large-giant breed: 2 x weight at 16 weeks.

Method 3:

• Take the weight of your small breed pup at six weeks, medium at 14, and large at 24 weeks.

• If you have a small breed pup, double its weight at six weeks, and then again double the resultant mass. So, if the pup weight 4 lbs at six weeks, it might grow up to 16 pounds.

• If your pup belongs to the medium-sized breed, weight it at 14 weeks. Now, double the weight. Add half of the original weight to get the final weight. In simpler terms, if your pup weighs 20 lbs at 12 weeks, it will weigh 20 x 2 plus 10 (half of the original weight i.e., 20). So, it’s adult weight would be 50 lbs.

The adult weight of a large-sized dog would be double its weight at six months.

Study Your Puppy’s Paw Size

Generally speaking, a pup with a massive paw will grow up to be a large dog while a pup with a small paw will remain small. This is because paws are those parts on which the entire body of a dog will rely on. So, it is unlikely for a large dog to have small paws.

However, this is not a full-proof method either. Some pups with large paws grow up to be medium-sized dogs.

A small paw measures up to 2 inches, a medium ranges from 2-3 inches, and a massive paw is larger than 3 inches.