Hi, I felt his ribs there now and I could feel them at a slight pressure. I think Cahir will be like your Axel and have a growth spurt, though his legs are quite long already, he grows so fast already. Everyday he seems a little bigger.
I suspect it was probably the excitement, rather than the treats that were making him hyper. Good idea, up his food slightly, pop a stuffed kong in his crate (if you have one..)
Hi, the general consensus seems to be that all labs are different and that I was worrying for nothing I think Cahir, like your Maisie, will always be quite lean but that seems like a good thing for labs. Cahir looks very much like Maisie in terms of colouring, a lovely dark golden. Beautiful dog.
Cahir is only 14lb and I'm already struggling to lift him, especially into the car (which he hates it, Wriggling out of my arms) I don't think I'll be able to lift him a few months
It was more wishful thinking, blaming the treats, as he is still very rambunctious. As the weeks go by he is a lot easier to manage, he was eating thing everything (including furniture ) so we got him the kong to distract him; It was a life saver. We sit it at the corner of his kennel and he runs in and plays with it for a while, he seems to love that.
Axel used to be super wiggley getting in to the car or truck. I started using treats and placing them on the seat saying up. He caught on pretty quick. Now he walks in the car himself. But the truck he's too little to jump up so I taught him to put his paws up on the edge, it helps!
my yellow lab is 12 weeks and he was 7 kg when he got weighed for his 2nd jag i was thinking he was a bit light but i see yours was about that weight as well,how is he doing now ?
hi kylo was weighed last week for his 2nd jab and was 7 kilos i was thinking he is a bit light,he is not skinny tho and eats very well any advice would be appreciated thanks
Hi Stephen, Sadly Nevis died unexpectedly in his sleep at a year and 2 weeks. We were absolutely devastated, Vet was sure it was heart related and he just slept away Nevis was a super dog, we knew when we picked him that he was last born and and was the smallest but he picked us and we just fell in love with him. As you see by his weights he was small but when we charted his weights he had a line that went up steadily, everyone commented on what a lovely size he was. We weighed him often and at a year he was 27kg. If Kylo is growing at a steady rate and vet is pleased with his progress i wouldn't be worried. Enjoy him x This is Nevis my funny boy
Ah, we remember that. So sad. Run free Nevis. But, @stephen connolly , as Elizabeth says there is no need to worry about your boy's weight, if he is steadily gaining and if the vet is happy. One of the reasons I started this thread was because it surprised me just how much variation there was in our pups' weights! My boy Pongo is at the top of the range, but there are lots that are less than half his weight.... and they are all healthy, happy dogs. In fact, of those people who logged a weight for their dogs at 12 weeks, the average was 7.8kg. (Well, out of those that logged in while I was still keeping a record and a chart....I've been lazy recently and fallen behind in that!) Enjoy your boy!
I am so grateful to @Rosie for starting this post, and then the mammoth effort of taking the time to create a chart and graph the weights. When I first saw this post, I thought it was great!! Not because it tells you if your puppy is over or under weight, but as it showed how varied our Labradors can be in size (a 7kg puppy and a 13kg puppy can both be underweight, ideal weight or overweight at the same age). It's a good reminder that we need to look at the body chart, but it's also a great post to place your dogs weights to refer back to, and perhaps play the game of predicting what your puppy might weigh as he grows based on what others reached that were the same weight at his/her age. I knew I was late to the party (this post started all the way back in May 2014), so as I went through and saw the graphs, I thought, I really want to graph Bear on this, but it's going to be hard to get the data from the image, so I started from post one and started inputting the data myself in excel (I am used to data entry, and it wasn't going to take too long as I wanted to read from the start anyway), but I must admit I had a D'oh moment most of the way through, when I found @Rosie had been kind enough to share the spreadsheet data (it wasn't that I thought if I asked, the answer would be no, but I saw the challenges initially with posting the images, and I knew it wasn't going to be a big task for me to do it myself, and it meant I would commit to reading all the posts). One thing I noticed when reading through the thread, is that there seems to be waves of lighter and then heavier labs, and this causes some to worry about if there lab is over or under weight. When this happens generally concerns are alleviated by seeing the graph (which shows just how varied weights can be), and the body shape chart (which shows how to check if your lab is at his/her ideal weight). I obviously have an updated graph now, and am actively updating it, given the fact that Bear is 13 weeks old, so I am plotting his weight weekly. I can see that recently their have been a lot of large weights posted, and with that, some concerns by owners who have puppies who are not as large, but still fit nicely within the average of the graph for that age. I have debated with myself the last few days about posting my updated chart. On one side, I don't want it to take away from @Rosie great efforts, but at the same time, I am currently actively benefiting from the results, and I am posting Bear's figures weekly anyway, so it is no extra effort for me to add a few extra weights, and it is the least I can do to give back. I haven't been on this forum for long, but I feel confident that this forum has the kind of people who will see it as helping not hijacking, so here is the updated graph (again thanks go to @Rose) I apologise in advanced (some of the weeks may be out, doing months to weeks conversions). And of cause for those concerned about their Labrador's weight and have not seen an ideal weight chart before, her is an example, which is a good way to assess your puppy. Cheers, Cameron
Thanks so much for doing an updated graph! I religiously used Rosie's. It was so nice to see and compare. I believe I see Axel's weight in there in this updated one
Oh WOWEEE!!! @camo , you are an absolute STAR angel brilliant! Thank you so much for doing that.... I've actually been feeling quite annoyed with myself for letting it slip, but just haven't found the time to keep up to date and the longer I leave it the more intimidating the task looks.... Thank you! If you get fed up with the task, let me know and I'll pick up the baton from you again (or maybe some other spreadsheet-savvy volunteer might do it for a few weeks...). I really do love this forum. Great people, lovely dogs (and vice versa too) Rosie and very big Pongo xxx
