Doberman puppy owners - track your weight gain here

[Judith]

Buddy's weight
birth 8oz
9 weeks 21lb
10 weeks 25lb
11 weeks 29lb 8oz [hight 17"]
12 weeks 33.4
13 weeks 3 days 39.2lb
15 weeks 45.8 lb [hight 21"] I think i am going to need a bigger house


getting a big boy now 15 weeks old and 45.8 lb by jadduke, on Flickr

Buddy by jadduke, on Flickr

 

[Maia_Dobie]

9wks: 10#
10wks: 12#
11wks: 16.5
13wks: 21.5#
14wks: 24.6#
16wks: 27#
18wks: 29#
20wks: 32# at 23 inches
21wks: 35#
22wks:37.2#
23wks:39.5#
24wks:40#
25wks:41# at just a hair under 23 1/2 inches
26wks: (6 months already!!!) 42.5 pounds
27 wks: 45,2# at 24 inches
I now feed her about 4.5 cups of kibble per day. We can still see her ribs a bit but not as much as it used to, that's great! I still feel like she's underweight compared to the vast majority of the same age pups here, I hope she'll catch up
Here's a pic where you can see in the background the empty plastic 1 gal container that helped so much to teach her to stop whining in the crate when she was a puppy! (It's filled with 50 pennies and makes a horrible sound when you shake it) The container still sits there as a reminder for her

And of course that's me taking nap on the sofa while Maia is still small enough to fit with me

 

[JanS]

Aww love the latest pics!

I still feel like she's underweight compared to the vast majority of the same age pups here, I hope she'll catch up

I'm glad she's putting on some weight for you. I just looked and Della was just over 50# at that age, so your girl isn't too far off. I'd go ahead and bump her food up some more since she's still actively growing. Comparing girls, I think we had Della on around 6 cups/day at that stage in her life and now she's down to about 1/3 of that and maintaining very well.

 

[Maia_Dobie]

Aww love the latest pics!

I'm glad she's putting on some weight for you. I just looked and Della was just over 50# at that age, so your girl isn't too far off. I'd go ahead and bump her food up some more since she's still actively growing. Comparing girls, I think we had Della on around 6 cups/day at that stage in her life and now she's down to about 1/3 of that and maintaining very well.

I'm glad you posted that , I wasn't sure about upping her food too much cause Hollistic select feeding chart recommends only about 3 1/2 cups/day for her age/weight , that's so little, she'd be only skin and bones!!!
Bottom line: you're right, 4-5 cups is probably still not enough, I'll just jump to 6 cups for a while to see how she does.
thanks for the advice!

 

[Denissov43]

Baba today with Gemma in the yard.... Gemma is 90.4 lbs and Baba was 89 lbs at 7 months, he is now 7.5 months I am guessing he is around 92 or so.. he has slowed down in weight gain ALOT... He now can leap over my 30" tall baby gate from a sitting position... NONE Of my dogs EVER tried to jump over the baby gates, he is the first! He leaps off of my top step of my deck into the yard and its 32" above the ground. Its not that I encourage and or try to get him to do this, its his own energy and exuberance that gets him going and when he goes, he goes.. the boy is so incredibly agile, fast and he can get 24" off the ground while just standing there leaping straight up for joy... He is so deer like its hard to comprehend!
The boy is a machine that loves to jump and chase and play all day long, he wears Gemma out and she is a machine!
She is in the most significant false pregancy she has had to date right now. She even got Mastitis and has so much milk, she even dug a den in one of these raised bed planters... she will be 2 January 27th and Baba was 7 months on Dec 17th....
They are the same weight now and height and they are just go go go.... they get along famously and although baba is scarred all over from her 'instruction' he loves her to bits and just cannot be without her unless he is with me... he has to be with one or the other... he is so sweet and loving and gentle it is so darling!

 

[EARL99016]

Baba today with Gemma in the yard.... Gemma is 90.4 lbs and Baba was 89 lbs at 7 months, he is now 7.5 months I am guessing he is around 92 or so.. he has slowed down in weight gain ALOT... He now can leap over my 30" tall baby gate from a sitting position... NONE Of my dogs EVER tried to jump over the baby gates, he is the first! He leaps off of my top step of my deck into the yard and its 32" above the ground. Its not that I encourage and or try to get him to do this, its his own energy and exuberance that gets him going and when he goes, he goes.. the boy is so incredibly agile, fast and he can get 24" off the ground while just standing there leaping straight up for joy... He is so deer like its hard to comprehend!
The boy is a machine that loves to jump and chase and play all day long, he wears Gemma out and she is a machine!
She is in the most significant false pregancy she has had to date right now. She even got Mastitis and has so much milk, she even dug a den in one of these raised bed planters... she will be 2 January 27th and Baba was 7 months on Dec 17th....
They are the same weight now and height and they are just go go go.... they get along famously and although baba is scarred all over from her 'instruction' he loves her to bits and just cannot be without her unless he is with me... he has to be with one or the other... he is so sweet and loving and gentle it is so darling!

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Awesome pictures!!! . I love their expressions on their faces.

Cya

 

[EARL99016]

Callie's weigh in:

13wks - 26.6#'s
14wks - 28.0#'s
15wks - 33.2#'s
16wks - 39.0#'s (21.0in)
17wks - 40.4#'s (22.0in)
18wks - 44.5#'s (23.5in)
19wks - 46.5#'s (24.0in)
20wks - 50.0#'s (25.0in)
21wks - 54.0#'s (25.6in)
22wks - 55.0#'s (25.6in)
23wks - 57.0#'s (26.0in)

This last week with Callie being able to ROUGH HOUSE with her parents did more for her than just provide a socialize opportunity and me a chance to get drunk in Las Vegas...Callie started to fill out quite a bit. Her hind end filled out just playing with 2 full grown Dobe's. While she was at the breeders house this past week she has started a little growth spurt....so we'll see what happens.

Cya

 

[Judith]

She is in the most significant false pregancy she has had to date right now. She even got Mastitis and has so much milk, she even dug a den in one of these raised bed planters...


Oh them false pregnancies are a curse poor Gemma , Bella had them after every heat , but anyway's she will be having no more as she was spayed when she had her c-section.
They are both looking fantastic , Baba will be slowing down now with his growth, but sounds like he is a live wire

 

[Marko1962]

Ozzys weigh in

DOB 9th July 2011
7 weeks - 13 lbs/5.9 kg & 12 inches to top of withers
8 weeks - 15.2 Ibs/6.9 kg & 12.5 inches - Ozzy started with squirty diarrhea
9 weeks - 17.6 Ibs/8 kg & 14 inches - Diarrhea much better
10 weeks - 22.4 Ibs/10.18 kg & 15.25 inches - Nice n firm now
11 weeks - 26 lbs/11.8 kg & 16.75 inches
12 weeks - 31.6 Ibs/14.3 kg & 17.75 inches - recently eaten so knock a pound or so off for a more realistic weigh-in.. (2 months & 3 weeks in old money)
13 weeks - 34 Ibs/15.45 kg & 19 inches
14 weeks - 38 Ibs/17.27 kg & 20.25 inches
15 weeks - 44 Ibs/20 kg & 21 inches - Really packing the weight on now...
16 weeks - 50.3 Ibs/22.9 kg & 21.75 inches (3 months 2.5 weeks)
17 weeks - 55 Ibs/25 kg & 22.25 inches - weighed on scales at local Jollys (pet shop)
4 Calender month milestone (17wks 4days) - 57.4 Ibs/26 kg & 23 inches
18 weeks - 60 Ibs/27.27kg & 23 inches
19 weeks - 64.4 Ibs/29.27 kg & 23.5 inches
20 weeks - 70 Ibs/31.82 kg & 24.25 inches
21 weeks - 75 Ibs/34 kg & 25 inches - weighed on scales at local Jollys (pet shop) & my scales and both agree.
5 Calender months 1 day (22 weeks) - 77.6 Ibs/35 Kg & 25.5 inches - Slowing down?
23 weeks - 80 Ibs/36.3 Kg & 26 inches - down from 5 Ibs a week to 2.5 Ibs, definitely slowing down at last...
24 weeks - 84.8 Ibs/ 38.55 Kg & 26.25 inches - oh well back to the 5 Ibs a week weight gain...
25 weeks - 85.8 Ils / 39 kg & 26.5 inches - he gained just 1 pound this week, is this the real slowdown? time will tell...

Boxing day (Dec 26th ) Delamere Forrest in Cheshire, Ozzy and for comparison meet the 5 ft 9" Mrs...

And today with his new collar on.

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I'm waiting for him to be fully grown before I order one of Ingrids Shotgun Delux collars, he's in an 18 inch collar atm.​

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Disclaimer - A squirmy pup does not make for an accurate measure, take height as a rough guide

 

[JustinHakala]

Well Zuko had the Hersey squirts this week but his stats are roughly 54-55lbs (depending on the poo....classy I know) and 22.5 to 23 inches at the shoulder at 19 weeks

 

[Denissov43]

Baba is looking like a grown up but his little baby brain is still a 7.5 month old dufus!
We took him to the river here to see if we could get some better pictures with a better camera than this ridiculous one I bought... what was I thinking? it was only $139... I should have known that it was going to be crap for that! but alas....
so Rachael was there at the river with us with Kane her 5 year old super cool mellow Doberman boy and Baba was so happy to have a Doberman to play with who was super mellow and easy going... it was nearly impossible to get any shots of him we did get a couple, but with Rachael's phone... because my friend who had arranged to to be the photographer and I thought she had a real SLR camera, turns out she has MY EXACT Camera! oh god... it was so annoying! :shakinghead:
so I have one that actually shows a bit more how Baba really looks in person.... because my camera has not been able to capture anything about them, but rather blurry, poorly shadowed and poor clarity and therefore both Gemma and Baba look 'thicker' and 'heavier' than they really look when you see them in person... so its been a so annoying to post photos and have people remark how 'fat' they look! It would be like having photos taken of yourself and people only noticed and remarked that you look 'Fat".... not pleasant for remarks for anyone to hear...
so here is one that is far closer to representing how he really looks, but this is a free stack of sorts and we captured it with a split second of stand still that Baba did to nibble on a piece of cheese in my hand!

he is 27" tall and I have not weighed him since the last weigh in of 89.5 lbs at 7 months.. but he is taller and probably has put on 2-3 lbs..so maybe he is 90+ ish... but he has not lost any, just as active and busy as he can be and taller than Gemma now...
Gemma is also 90.4 lbs but she is lighter this false pregnancy than she was last time as I have been feeding her more green beans this time and not letting her eat everything in sight that she would like to eat when she is in this state!

 

[JanS]

They look great Diva! You'll just have to come up here one day and I'll drag the big Canon out (ha no pun intended ) and take a nice shoot of them.

Darn I forgot to weigh Albert on Friday... :shakinghead: I'll have to see if Hubby can hoist him up today so we can see what he is at his "almost" 7 month mark. We might go to monthly weigh ins after this too because he's getting pretty heavy to lift any more.

 

[Denissov43]

Jan! what I would not give to have a GOOD camera and a GOOD photographer to take photo's of these guys somewhere that has pretty scenery in the winter!
I would fly out that way just to do it!
Thanx Jan... Baba still does not have the legs that the debonair and suave Albert has!
I think that Baba is going to be a late bloomer in height... and certainly a total baby huey Dufus still!

 

[Marko1962]

He does doesn't he, Baba looks great as Jan said, lean and not fat at all, a typically big boned Euro dog. love him

... Baba still does not have the legs that the debonair and suave Albert has!
I think that Baba is going to be a late bloomer in height... and certainly a total baby huey Dufus still!

Baba's square so he must have the 'legs' Diva

 

[Denissov43]

He does doesn't he, Baba looks great as Jan said, lean and not fat at all, a typically big boned Euro dog. love him



Baba's square so he must have the 'legs' Diva

LOL! he's got legs, just shorter ones! the dude has quite sturdy legs too and the feet are finally starting to look like they fit onto this dog!
Marko, LOL!

 

[Marinegeekswife]

I haven't had the chance to get a weight on River while we've been here but she's looking ribby again. There's so much to do that she doesn't want to focus and eat. Add to that the constant running, running, running in all the open space around here and I don't think she's eating enough. We'll be home in a couple days and hopefully she'll start covering the ribs again. I've even upped the amount of food I offered her but until the last 2 - 3 days she wouldn't eat much of it. I picked up some sweet potato and she finally started gobbling it up again. I think a mix of the sweet potato and the newness of the area wearing off is finally getting her to eat.

 

[4Dobies]

Ranger at 6 months today weighed in at 65 lbs. He is taller than his mom so I'm guessing he is between 26 and 26 1/2 at the withers.

 

[Denissov43]

9wks: 10#
10wks: 12#
11wks: 16.5
13wks: 21.5#
14wks: 24.6#
16wks: 27#
18wks: 29#
20wks: 32# at 23 inches
21wks: 35#
22wks:37.2#
23wks:39.5#
24wks:40#
25wks:41# at just a hair under 23 1/2 inches
26wks: (6 months already!!!) 42.5 pounds
27 wks: 45,2# at 24 inches
I now feed her about 4.5 cups of kibble per day. We can still see her ribs a bit but not as much as it used to, that's great! I still feel like she's underweight compared to the vast majority of the same age pups here, I hope she'll catch up
Here's a pic where you can see in the background the empty plastic 1 gal container that helped so much to teach her to stop whining in the crate when she was a puppy! (It's filled with 50 pennies and makes a horrible sound when you shake it) The container still sits there as a reminder for her
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And of course that's me taking nap on the sofa while Maia is still small enough to fit with me
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Wow... that is just the sweetest photo of Maia and you on the couch!
she is a little Doberman pixie.... she looks very healthy and more importantly VERY loved...
she is just slender girl and fine bone and fine frame and very petite and lady like!
adorable photos! 4.5 cups of food is a good amount and if she is not gaining on it or not filling out at her age, she is just a busy gal! I feed Baba 6 cups of food a day when I feed kibble and before he was 6 months I fed him more if he seemed ravenous... sometimes 8 cups a day and some raw meat which is primarily what mine eat.. but you knew that already!
I think she looks very healthy and a healthy loved puppy is a content puppy! adorable sweet girl!

 

[Kiwipokesyou]

Rooster is 19 weeks now but I tried weighing him last night and he doesn't fit on the scale! I tried at least 5 times.. I finally got all four paws on it and it said he weighed 32 lbs hahaha so Im not really sure how I'm going to continue to get his weight.. How do you guys do it? (he's over 50 lbs now and I'm pretty small and can't really pick him up anymore so the whole 'weigh yourself while holding him' thing probably wouldn't work)

 

[JanS]

How do you guys do it? (he's over 50 lbs now and I'm pretty small and can't really pick him up anymore so the whole 'weigh yourself while holding him' thing probably wouldn't work)

We pick them up to do it, but if you can't lift him you could always have the vet weigh him (ours has a walk on scale in the waiting room) or bring him to a place like PetSmart if they have the scales there.