Healthy weight Gain.

[JoeTheGreek]

Wasn't sure if this was the right section but I have a question that has more than likely been asked here before. How much weight should a growing puppy be putting on per month?. I have a bull/English mix and was trying to determine her adult weight. I know dogs are individual but Im new to mastiff and curious. I took her to the vet for her first shots and check up. And then to the second check up 20 days later. In that time she had gained 11 pounds. Is that a lot? She's 10 weeks old and I read that mastiff do pack on pounds petty easily. Any guess at what her adult size may be?

 

[ElJayBee]

Usually, you can double the 4-month-old weight to figure out the adult weight. so say, she weighs 60 pounds at 4 months, then she will probably weigh about 120 pounds full-grown. now, this is just a general rule of thumb and isn't always correct, but it's been fairly accurate for me in the past.

 

[JoeTheGreek]

Oh ok. Thank you. Our vet said she should be about 100-130. I hope she's going to be a monster lol.

 

[Enzos Dad]

Well my male EM gains around 16 pounds a month at 4 months he was about 60 pounds so the doubling thing may not be accurate for EM s maybe tripling

 

[ElJayBee]

Well my male EM gains around 16 pounds a month at 4 months he was about 60 pounds so the doubling thing may not be accurate for EM s maybe tripling

yes, but i remember you were having problems with yours being sick for a while. so he had a lot of catching up to do once he got well. but i will agree, the same rule may not hold true for mastiff puppies. but i bet it's close

 

[Enzos Dad]

Ya that's true but at 5 and a half months he's about 75 pounds which I think is pretty average

 

[JoeTheGreek]

So If she's on track with her English size (i hope) she won't be sleeping in our bed for much longer lol.

 

[sscranton mastiff]

I have 2 em. 10mth old (110lbs) and 7mth old (88lbs). They both sleep in bed with us. Just gotta upgrade to king size. Lol

 

[JoeTheGreek]

Lol. Our queen isn't cutting it anymore. We have our mastiff a sheltie and a cat always trying to be in bed with us. I'm already looking into a king. plus Ava is too much of a baby to sleep on the floor. Shes such a princess.

 

[Abby&Fiona]

If your baby is sleeping in bed with you now.... hehe good luck ever changing THAT habit. Our beast is allowed up when invited, but with both of us in the queen, I agree, not enough space haha.
We keep her giant kong bed right next to the bed so she can come say hi and vice versa if we need a nuzzle.
Love the big babies!!!!

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Oh and my Abby runs in her sleep! hahahah Not fun to sleep through, or not sleep through

 

[Abby&Fiona]

Oh and my Abby runs in her sleep! hahahah Not fun to sleep through, or not sleep through

 

[tygarmom]

I am reading all these posts about the bed and laughing. So happy I found a site I can relate too!!! My 7mo old english always tries to get into our bed with us! He can only get his top half up so when I try to get him off he is very unwilling to help so like a brick he sits, back paws on the ground and top half on the bed! I have enough issues with him taking up the entire couch for family tv time =)

 

[Abby&Fiona]

I wish my puppy could be calm enough to sleep with me! haha maybe in a few months! Our big EM is a runner in her sleep and then our puppy is only 12 weeks old. HAHA don't trust her, not even close!

 

[JoeTheGreek]

Lol at the half on half off the bed. My dog does the same thing. It's likes she doesn't want to be bothered with climbing. Plus she's getting big enough to get up no problem buy she's too lazy lol. We took her to the vet yesterday and shes now 48 pounds at just a week short of 4 months.

 

[Fixer]

my male Tibetan Mastiff was 39 pounds at 4 months and 70+ at 6 months, expecting about 160 when fully grown. Not sure that rule of thumb holds true here


He has stopped sleeping in my bed, but at least it's a cal king if he starts again. My 6 yr old female used to but the puppy kicked her out, so now they are both on the floor!

 

[AKBull]

Under siege from the spam bots! LOL

 

[CowboyBebop]

I have a BM at a day shy of 16 weeks he was 43 pounds this week he'll be 17 weeks. I have been tracking his weight gain since we got him and it seems to me that he has been gaining between 2.5 to 4 pounds per week. We have been having problems with his stool being soft to runny and are currently working with our vet to straighten it out. I hope that his weight gain is still on track though. Any suggestions I can bring to the vet are appreciated. He had roundworms when this all started about a month ago and has since been dewormed twice. I'll go in this friday to get another fecal test done. Currently he is taking Metronidazole when his stools start to loosen and go soft again. He was originally on Iams Giant breed Puppy formula. I wanted to get him on better food so I switched to Egal Pack Giant Breed Puppy and that was when things started. He is now eating Bil-Jak Large Breed kibble (for about 2 weeks) and things haven't improved. Do any of you think I should switch him back to Iams? I plan on giving the Bil-Jak a little more time.

 

[AKBull]

When I first got Junior I put him on Eagle Pack Giant breed adult food. First bag, not that big of deal, loose stool here and there. Then I switched him to the Giant breed puppy formula, not pretty through almost the whole bag. We went back to the adult formula and after about a week, things went back to normal.
I like Eagle Pack, and Junior acts like a crack head head as soon as I get the food cup, so I think he likes it too.
Seems like your BM has been going through other issues along with food changes, I'd try to find something you both like and stick with it, these guys are sensitive to change.
Good luck!

 

[CowboyBebop]

Thanks for the advice. I don't want to go back to Iams, but I probabally will if things don't strighten out soon. Its been about 4 weeks we have been dealing with this and I just want him to be healthy. Although he acts 100% fine, unless he really has to go.