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Most people don't feed their rapidly growing puppies enough.
They should be gaining 2-4 pounds a week, not per month(!), (until about 6-7-8 months old, or later, then growth might slow some) should...

Perfect. I like 2-3 lbs a week gains, and you are right on. Good job!

Monday is 42 lbs at 5 months, she will be 'petite' like her dam and granddam, around 66-70 lbs I think.

Labradors are like potato chips, one or two, just isn't enough! LOL

Oh! Hehehe I thought that was a not-so-subtle hint that a new puppy was coming in October!

Do tell! :-D

So, I weighed the chocolate Easter Bunnies Bella and Miley yesterday, on the 16 week anniversary of their birth.

Miley the Beast was 43.4 lbs, I sure hope the rule of her weight doubling does not...

Friday weighed 68.5 lbs at a year, just where I thought she would be, I think she may gain another pound of three over the next few months for a 71-72 final weight.

Friday weighed 34.5 at 16 weeks which puts her estimated adult weight at 69 lbs, which is right about where Katy was within a few lbs, a tad lighter.

Lola weighed 36.8 at 16 weeks, which puts her...

Friday at just a few days shy of 8 months, (they will be 8 months old the 15th), is 64 lbs. I haven't weighed her sister Lola in a while but she is probably a few lbs heavier. Right in line for about...

Friday and Lola were 36lbs and 38lbs at 4 months old, so if the rule of thumb holds true, they should be 72lbs and 76lbs at adulthood. This about what their dam weighed, Katy was usually right on...

Also agree with full maturity at age two and even later for the males, and the bitches change a lot with heat cycles or litters even.

I went back and pulled the closest weights to 4 months, not...

My puppies generally follow the - 20 lbs at 2 months, 30 lbs at 3 months, 40 lbs at 4 months pattern -, especially the males, but my bitches are usually very close behind.

My girls usually stop...