Louie the puppy terrier cross

[AtticusFinch]

Picked him up from the dogs trust last week, 9 weeks old and 3.4kg last Monday. Weighed him at home on wednesday 3.5kg ok some scale/weighing variance. 6 days later he's 4.7kg

How big is he going to get?

Edited by AtticusFinch on Monday 5th November 15:20

[illmonkey]

On that ratio he'll gain 73kgs every year and in his (estimated) life of 14 years, he'll weight just over a ton.

OR, he's a puppy so growing, and it'll stop soon enough. He'll end up roughly dog sized.

[Karyn]

AtticusFinch said:

Picked him up from the dogs trust last week, 9 weeks old and 3.4kg last Monday. Weighed him at home on wednesday 3.5kg ok some scale/weighing variance. 6 days later he's 4.7kg

How big is he going to get?

Edited by AtticusFinch on Monday 5th November 15:20

They do grow quite quick, don't they!



However, he does seem to have normal-sized paws, even for a pup, so he shouldn't get too big...


Make sure you're not over-feeding him, though - working to the "he'll stop when he's had enough" rulebook could well mean you have a <Hollywood voice over> one tonne puppy!

[AtticusFinch]

Karyn said:

They do grow quite quick, don't they!



However, he does seem to have normal-sized paws, even for a pup, so he shouldn't get too big...


Make sure you're not over-feeding him, though - working to the "he'll stop when he's had enough" rulebook could well mean you have a <Hollywood voice over> one tonne puppy!

We weigh his food in line with the manufacturers recommendations. I reckon he will end up @ 9-10kg ish. Just a bit surprised at weight gain this week. Quite a good puppy overall pee's in the house but all solids outside.

[Hooli]

illmonkey said:

On that ratio he'll gain 73kgs every year and in his (estimated) life of 14 years, he'll weight just over a ton.

[Pappa Lurve]

illmonkey said:

On that ratio he'll gain 73kgs every year and in his (estimated) life of 14 years, he'll weight just over a ton.

OR, he's a puppy so growing, and it'll stop soon enough. He'll end up roughly dog sized.

Cute dog :-)

[AtticusFinch]

Pappa Lurve said:

Cute dog :-)

Not when he's pissing on the carpet or biting ankles