If a seven week old puppy in a litter is eating well and is healthy since birth has always been a full pound less that then rest of his litter mates (and smaller all around) do you think it's likely that he'll /she'll be a smaller dog when full grown or do the smallest often catch up?
Hi @Elizabeth Dexter The AVERAGE weight of a Lab at 7 weeks is between 12 to 14 pounds. It's a range. Not a point estimate. So 1 pound is neither here nor there. You'll have to wait to see what time and nature nurtures. .
Cooper was much smaller than that at 7 weeks, closer to 7#, but full grown she weighs about 77# and stands 25+ inches at the shoulder. her littermates that we saw were heavier, but not 12#. Her mom and dad were 70 and 80# respectively.
@Ski-Patroller There is a distribution of weights at each age. Some puppies are outliers, in the tails of the frequency distribution. If you look at Pippa's fixed article on puppy growth you will get a sense of the range of weights at various ages. As I understand the literature the average Lab puppy is a bit over 2 ibs for each week of age. I don't think one however ought to place too much weight on these figures. For one thing, the dogs are generally heavier than the bitches. One's puppy will of course be either a bitch or a dog--not an average. So in regard to the original poster I didn't think 1 ib underweight should set off any alarm.
