Puppy Growth Tracker
Is your puppy the right weight for their age? Pick their breed, enter how old they are and what they weigh, and see where they sit against the typical range from our own breed guides. It is a trend line, not a verdict — the notes below explain how to read it.
Where your puppy sits
Bichon Frise growth chart
| Age | Typical weight |
|---|---|
| 2 months | 1.4–2.3 kg (3–5 lb) |
| 3 months | 2.3–3.6 kg (5–8 lb) |
| 4 months | 3.2–4.8 kg (7–11 lb) |
| 6 months | 4.1–6.4 kg (9–14 lb) |
| 9 months | 4.8–7.5 kg (11–17 lb) |
| 12 months | 5.0–8.2 kg (11–18 lb) |
Bulldog growth chart
| Age | Typical weight |
|---|---|
| 1 month | 1.8–3.2 kg (4–7 lb) |
| 2 months | 3.2–5.4 kg (7–12 lb) |
| 3 months | 5.4–8.2 kg (12–18 lb) |
| 4 months | 8.2–11 kg (18–25 lb) |
| 5 months | 11–14 kg (25–30 lb) |
| 6 months | 14–16 kg (30–35 lb) |
| 8 months | 16–18 kg (35–40 lb) |
| 10 months | 18–20 kg (40–45 lb) |
| 12 months | 19–23 kg (42–50 lb) |
| 24 months | 20–25 kg (45–55 lb) |
Chow Chow growth chart
| Age | Typical weight |
|---|---|
| 2 months | 4.5–7.5 kg (10–17 lb) |
| 3 months | 8.0–13 kg (18–29 lb) |
| 4 months | 12–18 kg (26–40 lb) |
| 6 months | 16–24 kg (35–53 lb) |
| 9 months | 19–29 kg (41–63 lb) |
| 12 months | 20–32 kg (44–71 lb) |
French Bulldog growth chart
| Age | Typical weight |
|---|---|
| 2 months | 2.2–3.6 kg (5–8 lb) |
| 3 months | 3.8–5.9 kg (8–13 lb) |
| 4 months | 5.4–8.2 kg (12–18 lb) |
| 6 months | 7.5–11 kg (17–23 lb) |
| 9 months | 8.5–12 kg (19–26 lb) |
| 12 months | 9.0–13 kg (20–28 lb) |
Maltese growth chart
| Age | Typical weight |
|---|---|
| 2 months | 0.6–1.1 kg (1–2 lb) |
| 3 months | 0.9–1.7 kg (2–4 lb) |
| 4 months | 1.2–2.3 kg (3–5 lb) |
| 6 months | 1.5–2.9 kg (3–6 lb) |
| 9 months | 1.7–3.3 kg (4–7 lb) |
| 12 months | 1.8–3.6 kg (4–8 lb) |
Pomeranian growth chart
| Age | Typical weight |
|---|---|
| 2 months | 0.5–0.9 kg (1–2 lb) |
| 3 months | 0.8–1.5 kg (2–3 lb) |
| 4 months | 1.0–2.0 kg (2–4 lb) |
| 6 months | 1.2–2.6 kg (3–6 lb) |
| 9 months | 1.3–3.0 kg (3–7 lb) |
| 12 months | 1.4–3.2 kg (3–7 lb) |
Samoyed growth chart
| Age | Typical weight |
|---|---|
| 3 months | 6.4–11 kg (14–25 lb) |
| 6 months | 13–21 kg (28–46 lb) |
| 12 months | 16–29 kg (36–63 lb) |
Shih Tzu growth chart
| Age | Typical weight |
|---|---|
| 2 months | 1.1–2.0 kg (2–4 lb) |
| 3 months | 1.8–3.2 kg (4–7 lb) |
| 4 months | 2.5–4.3 kg (6–9 lb) |
| 6 months | 3.4–5.7 kg (7–13 lb) |
| 9 months | 3.8–6.6 kg (8–15 lb) |
| 12 months | 4.0–7.2 kg (9–16 lb) |
How to read these charts
These ranges come from our own breed guides and describe what is typical, which is not the same as what is correct for your dog. Two healthy puppies of the same breed and age can sit at opposite ends of a range — build, sex, whether they have been neutered, and even the time of day all move the number.
Use the chart the way a vet uses one: as a trend line. A puppy who tracks steadily along the band is usually doing fine, even at its edge. A puppy who stops gaining, loses weight, or shoots up suddenly is worth a call — and that call is to your vet, not to a chart.
You probably do not need a chart for your exact breed
Search any breed and the word "growth chart" and you will find a table of weights by month. Almost none of them say where the numbers came from. That is worth knowing before you measure your puppy against one.
The largest study of dog growth published to date took a different approach. Salt and colleagues analysed bodyweight records from more than six million young dogs seen at a network of primary-care veterinary hospitals, keeping only dogs that were healthy and stayed in ideal body condition through their first three years, and fitted centile curves to the result — the same kind of chart a paediatrician uses for children, covering 12 weeks to two years.
Their conclusion is the useful part, and it cuts against how the rest of the internet presents this. They grouped breeds into five bodyweight categories covering dogs up to 40 kg (about 88 lb), then checked those bands against 24 individually modelled breed curves. For 20 of the 24, the size-band curve agreed well with the breed-specific one. Growth, they concluded, can be described using size categories rather than requiring a curve per breed.
So a missing breed table is not the gap it looks like. Knowing roughly what your dog will weigh as an adult gets you most of the way, and a trend that follows the shape of the band matters more than matching any particular row.
Two honest limits on that study, since it is the one this page leans on: the curves stop at 40 kg, so giant breeds sit outside them, and it is observational — it describes how healthy dogs grew, not how any individual dog ought to. A correction was published in 2024; both are linked below.
Growing fast is not the goal
It is easy to read a growth chart as a target and to feel reassured by a puppy at the top of the band. That instinct is backwards.
Kealy and colleagues followed 48 Labrador Retrievers in matched pairs. From eight weeks of age until death, one dog in each pair was fed 25% less than its littermate. The restricted dogs weighed less and carried less body fat, their median lifespan was significantly longer, and the onset of chronic disease was generally delayed.
That is a single study of one breed under controlled feeding, and it is not an instruction to underfeed a puppy — restricting a growing dog is a decision to make with your vet, who can weigh body condition against the trend. But it does settle the direction of the question. Steady is the thing to want.
Common questions
Is my puppy the right weight?
A chart cannot answer that, and neither can we. It shows what is typical for a breed and age, which is not the same as what is right for your dog. Two healthy littermates can sit at opposite ends of the same band. The question a vet answers is whether the puppy is in good body condition and gaining steadily — that needs hands on the dog, not a number.
Do I need a chart for my exact breed?
Probably not. The largest study of dog growth to date modelled curves from more than six million young dogs and found that growth can be described using size categories rather than breed-specific curves — for 20 of the 24 breeds it tested individually, the size-band curve agreed well with the breed curve. Most breed-specific puppy weight tables online are published without any stated source at all.
My puppy is above the range — should I put them on a diet?
Not on the strength of a chart, and not without asking your vet first. Restricting a growing puppy's food is a decision with real consequences in both directions, and it depends on body condition and growth trend rather than a single reading. Bring the numbers you have to your vet and let them look at the dog.
Should I want my puppy to grow quickly?
No. Fast growth is not a sign of health and is not a goal. In a paired study that followed 48 Labrador Retrievers from eight weeks of age until death, the dogs fed 25% less than their littermates had a significantly longer median lifespan and generally developed chronic disease later. Growing steadily beats growing fast.
Does neutering change the growth curve?
Slightly, and by less than dogs differ from one another. The same six-million-dog study found neutering before about 37 weeks was associated with a small upward shift in growth trajectory and neutering after that with a small downward shift, but both shifts were small next to the variation between individual dogs — small enough that the authors concluded separate curves for neutered dogs were not needed.
When does a puppy stop growing?
It depends on size, and the published growth standards run from 12 weeks to two years for that reason. Small breeds are usually close to adult weight by around a year; large and giant breeds keep filling out well into their second year. A puppy still gaining at 14 months is not necessarily a problem.
Sources
- Salt C, Morris PJ, German AJ, Wilson D, Lund EM, Cole TJ, Butterwick RF. “Growth standard charts for monitoring bodyweight in dogs of different sizes.” PLoS ONE 2017;12(9):e0182064
- Correction to the above — PLoS ONE 2024;19(11):e0314711
- Kealy RD, Lawler DF, Ballam JM, et al. “Effects of diet restriction on life span and age-related changes in dogs.” Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2002;220(9):1315–1320