Comments on: Puppy Weight Chart – How Much Weight Should A Newborn Puppy Gain Per Day?

By: Paige

Paige — Fri, 12 May 2023 14:59:34 +0000

You mentioned that larger litters have bigger puppies, but this isn’t always the case. If there are nutritional issues with the mother, or absorbtion issues with the puppies, a smaller litter can have smaller puppies, too.
I’ve been raising Cavapoo puppies for a few years now, and one of my girls, Willow, had a litter of just one the other week. This is her second litter, the previous being 4 pups last year, but this puppy is smaller than 3 of those were, only 123g/4.3oz, which is really small for this breed. A normal birth weight is about 180g/6.3oz. I’ve been keeping a very close watch on the pup, but she wouldn’t stop losing weight until I started giving her supplement milk. Willow started moving away from her, and kept whining at me like she knew something was wrong. With no other puppies to reference, I have no idea if she kept losing weight due to Willow’s milk, or the room temp, or if the pup just can’t suckle properly. She’s 6 days old now, and is still below her birth weight.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:24:30 +0000

In reply to Colby. Missy was 55 lbs and Buzz was 75 lbs!

By: Arianne

Arianne — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:50:07 +0000

I started weighing our newborn dachshunds at day 2. I weigh them at 6am and 6pm. Ideally (per the internet I might add) each pup should gain about 10% of their previous day’s weight so I guess it would be better to add a % computation next to the weight in the spreadsheet just to be sure 🙂

I am concerned that my momma dog is starting to leave them more often after just having them 5 days in :/ they’re still gaining weight but not as fast as the first 3 days.

By: Tori

Tori — Mon, 02 May 2022 04:41:35 +0000

Hello! This is fantastic information. I have a litter of 11 golden retriever puppies and I was wondering what your litter of 10’s weight distribution looked like? Mine are going to be three days old.

By: Yanet

Yanet — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 20:13:09 +0000

Hello I’m a first Time taking care of puppies and I’m worried they are not gaining weight is 11 and some looking skinny can you help with suggestions please thanks

By: Colby

Colby — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 23:44:54 +0000

We just heard from a friend who’s litter of 4 Golden Retrievers were between 1.3 to 1.4 lbs when they were born! That’s a lot bigger than Raven’s biggest puppy!

By: Colby

Colby — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 07:12:33 +0000

In reply to Allison. It probably took a few weeks for Raven to get back to her regular weight. However, after every litter she also blew out her coat which takes a few months to come back.

By: Allison

Allison — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:31:53 +0000

I remember it being so stressful the first few weeks because I was so worried about the puppies gaining weight. How long do you think it took Raven to get back to her normal self after having the puppies? I remember you mentioned before she lost a lot of weight after having the puppies.

By: Colby

Colby — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:27:46 +0000

In reply to John Wann. Thanks John. Our Linus was an Aussie/Lab Mix from the animal shelter. I think he got most of the Aussie instincts as he liked to herd. Thanks for stopping by!

By: John Wann

John Wann — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 23:02:47 +0000

That’s a lot of good information Colby. We used to be involved in raising Australian Shepherds, but we had to cut back on our workload, we still have a few of them to round-up the raccoons around here to protect our chickens and my wife’s rabbits. The Red & Silver Branhams producing real good though.