Hello, I have a strange mix puppy that i love to death.. .but cannot
guesstimate on the size he will be.. could someone help? Bud is a
Collie, Terrier, Chiqwawa mix.. he's 4 months old and weighs 8 pounds.
Being Collies can be bigger dogs and Chiqwawa's can be smaller dogs I
have no idea how big he might be. What do you guys think? When do
dogs stop growing?

On 30 Jun 2006 11:15:14 -0700, "AVE" , clicked
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Hello, I have a strange mix puppy that i love to death.. .but cannot
guesstimate on the size he will be.. could someone help? Bud is a
Collie, Terrier, Chiqwawa mix.. he's 4 months old and weighs 8 pounds.
Being Collies can be bigger dogs and Chiqwawa's can be smaller dogs I
have no idea how big he might be. What do you guys think? When do
dogs stop growing?

A generasl rule of thumb is a dog will be ~2x their weight at 4
months, when they become an adult. Toy breeds mature much faster than
larger breeds though. An 8# puppy in unlikely to be over 20# at full
growth, and probably closer to 15#.




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Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

Hello, I have a strange mix puppy that i love to death.. .but cannot
guesstimate on the size he will be..

I've been looking into this too. After over a decade of just adult dogs
we now have a puppy again. He's four months old also and about 28
pounds. (Giant Schnauzer/Standard Poodle) I'm wondering if he's going
to be as big as the other (82 pound) dog we recently adopted. It's
going to be fun to watch him grow.
http://lairds.org/Kyler/photos/disk0...g/image_viewer

A generasl rule of thumb is a dog will be ~2x their weight at 4
months, when they become an adult. Toy breeds mature much faster than
larger breeds though. An 8# puppy in unlikely to be over 20# at full
growth, and probably closer to 15#.

I found this chart which says pretty much the same thing.
http://www.peteducation.com/article_...articleid=1068

--kyler