Puppy Weight

[Gracesmum]

I measured Grace today to see how she's getting along. She is now 14 inches tall and 18 inches from chest to behind. She now weighs just under 17lb. She is 6 and half months old. I know she is a chunky puppy but hope she isn't too overweight.

[penny w]

I need to measure Jagger's height, but he weighs 21 pounds. He's going to be a big boy!

[Gracesmum]

How old is he Penny? And have you got pics? He sounds like a big bundle of fun.

[arcticracer]

Hi from Alaska, we just got a new sable boy, he was the largest of a litter of 5 and is now almost 9 weeks old. We talked to the breeder early and arranged it this way. Our other Sheltie is a 16", 30 pound girl that is 7 years and we wanted a larger pup to "hold his own" during rough play.

What a chunky monkey, I'm measuring him at about 10" and the scale at our pet/feed store says his weight is 8.3 pounds. Already a little over in height and weight of the average 11 week old pup. The breeder says he may grow quickly and level off early, more to come!

[Mignarda]

I'm beginning to think that my 4.5-month old Dickens is something of a Sheltiestein. He's 13 inches and seventeen pounds; long-legged and gangly, looking more like a little Borzoi than a Sheltie. Here's a photo of him that I took today:

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/...psaa6d8dd6.jpg

At this young age he weighs only a pound less than his father, although his mother was a really big one. At 44 pounds she looks like a small Collie.