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Puppy Growth

(From the Irish Wolfhound Club of America)

 

How Fast
Does a Puppy Grow?

Growth Charts
from
Ambleside and
De Quoy

The Ambleside Growth Chart
 was prepared by Col. William Dana from a 23 year record kept by Ambleside Kennels, and is a record of AVERAGE heights and weights by sex.

 

 WEIGHT (lbs) HEIGHT (inches)
  Male Female Male Female

2 months

 24.79 23.52    
3 months 44.70 41.70 21.16 20.76
4 months 64.85 58.18 25.14 24.19
6 months 98.33 87.23 30.06 28.57
8 months 117.10 102.84 32.91 31.14
10 months 129.67 114.76 34.18 32.28
12 months 136.13 116.65 34.89 32.45
18 months 144.66 120.10 35.45 32.85
24 months 149.75 129.00 35.88 33.64
36 months 161.75 131.96 36.00 33.70

 


7 weeks old


9 months old

 


6 months old

 

Height and Weight Charts 1956-1976 by Alfred De Quoy,
from "The Irish Wolfhound Guide"

 

Height
Males Females
                                          Inches                                         Inches
Age # of Measure- ments Max. Min. Mean Age # of Measure-
ments		 Max. Min. Mean
3 mos 10 22.5 21.5 22.0 3 mos 11 21.5 21.0 21.2
4 mos 10 25.5 24 24.6 4 mos 9 24.5 23.8 24.1
5 mos 10 28.5 25.5 27.4 5 mos 4 27.0 25.0 26.2
6 mos 10 31.5 27.8 29.6 6 mos 4 28.0 28.0 28.0
7 mos 15 32.5 29.8 31.0 7 mos 4 30.0 27.3 29.3
8 mos 13 33.8 30.3 32.0 8 mos 5 31.0 28.3 30.2
9 mos 13 34.0 31.5 33.0 9 mos 12 32.8 29.5 31.1
10 mos 18 34.5 32.8 33.7 10 mos 10 32.5 30.0 31.5
11 mos 26 34.5 32.0 33.8 11 mos 28 35 30.0 31.9
1-2 yrs 130 36.3 31.3 33.9 1-2 yrs 71 34.5 29.0 31.9
2-3 yrs 40 36.8 30.5 34.0 2-3 yrs 46 34.5 29.8 31.9
3+ yrs 54 36.8 31.0 34.0 3+ yrs 48 34.3 29.5 31.8

 

Weight
Males Females
                                          Pounds                                         Pounds
Age # of Measure- ments Max. Min. Mean Age # of Measure-
ments		 Max. Min. Mean
birth 35 1.8 0.6 1.2 birth 27 1.9 0.6 1.2
1 mos 20 14 8 10 1 mos 27 13 6 9
2 mos 22 37 23 30 2 mos 28 37 19 25
3 mos 18 56 41 45 3 mos 29 51 32 41
4 mos 13 82 45 71 4 mos 12 69 52 64
5 mos 10 97 67 83 5 mos 13 89 62 80
6 mos 16 110 80 96 6 mos 16 107 79 92
7 mos 8 117 95 106 7 mos 5 112 89 101
8 mos 5 126 100 114 8 mos 7 125 92 109
9 mos 11 135 106 120 9 mos 10 145 108 114
10 mos 9 143 105 126 10 mos 3 143 100 119
11 mos 9 138 113 130 11 mos 5 138 100 120
1-2 yrs 70 185 91 134 1-2 yrs 52 151 79 121
2-3 yrs 32 170 102 139 2-3 yrs 30 144 97 122
3+ yrs 36 172 107 145 3+ yrs 27 150 98 126

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