The weights of healthy, individual puppies in a litter can vary depending on: how many pups are in the litter. if the pups are raw fed or kibble fed or a combination if that particular line of dogs is fast or slow growing. how long the dam nurses the pups when the breeder begins supplimenting food the size of the parents

Since most breeders begin supplimenting at least one meal a day to 4 week old pups, we are going to start there. Between 4 and 8 weeks, pups average a weigh gain of about 2 pounds each (Little piglets a bit more ;-)) After 8 weeks, most puppies will have gone to their new homes.

In this chart, the 9 to 12 week information comes from healthy puppies still at the breeder's home and still being weighed.Between 8 weeks and twelve weeks,  weight gains can jump to 3-5 lbs (or more) a week. By 12 weeks, most pups have gone off to new homes and for the purpose of this page, it's where we are ending for now.

4 weeks: Average is about 5 lbs +/-2.5 lbs	9 weeks. Average is about 18 lbs +/- 3 lbs
5 weeks. Average is about 7 lbs +/- 3 lbs	10 weeks. Average is about 20 lbs +/- 3.5 lbs
6 weeks. Average is about 9 lbs +/- 2.5 lbs	11 weeks. Average is about 25 lbs +/- 5 lbs
7 weeks. Average is about  11 lbs +/- 2 lbs	12 weeks. Average is about 33 lbs +/- 5 lbs
8 weeks. Average is about  13 lbs +/-  3 lbs