[Winniethepoodle]

I go by feel more than weight.
She'll grow a lot in the first few months and it will start to level out around 6 months, maybe sooner with smaller breeds. '

While pups are growing they go through some ugly phases, they may get ribby, or be butt high, but it all tends to even out.

As an adult, you should be able to easily feel her ribs (like the bones on your hand, thin covering, but not protruding), she should have a waist, and good 'tuck up'.

I think I was a bit shocked when she had doubled her weight as I did not expect it but now know its normal. She feels quite sturdy at the moment but I can still feel her ribs and they don't stick out. Because she is so fluffy I think she looks bigger than she actually is. When she eats she gets a bit of a puppy belly which with her fur makes her look a bit thicker in the middle. This goes back down again though. And she regulates herself quite well as she often leaves food when she has had enough. She isn't one for eating everything in the bowl all the time. She is a bit butt high at the moment so she is going through a funny looking phase.

 

[Winniethepoodle]

Stop stressing! There is no correct weight. Pups grow at different rates and will mature at different sizes and ideal weights. My two miniatures are 14 inches and 15 and a half inches at the shoulder. The smaller one is more solidly built therefore weighs a bit more. I go by feel not weight but when she is weighed at the vets when her weight is slightly more than it should be she is around 8.5 kgs but I think she is below 8 at the moment and looking good. The other one is less compact and leaner all over and I think she is normally under 8 kgs, she never goes to the vet apart from for vaccination and I cant really remember. She used to be dreadfully bony and the vet thought she was perfect but now she is 10 she has a little bit of covering.

Not stressing, but now the vet has discovered a small hernia which needs to be repaired so something else to stress about :Nailbiting