How Much Should A Newborn Golden Retriever Puppy Weigh?
I’m going to assume that we’re discussing a puppy at birth.
On the day they were born, we weighed all 24 of our Golden Retriever puppies, and there was a sizable difference between the heaviest and lightest.
Raven is a Golden Retriever, which is a larger dog breed, and as I mentioned earlier, each litter had a different sire.
Question: How much should a newborn Golden Retriever puppy weigh?
In our first litter, the average new puppy weighed slightly more than one pound and sixteen ounces. Our largest puppy at birth weighed 17 ounces, while the smallest was 10 ounces, out of three litters totaling 24 puppies. 5 ounces.
Our largest puppy, weighing 16 pounds 5 ounces at 8 weeks old, came from the first litter.
Our smallest puppy, who was 8 weeks old and weighed 8 pounds 8 ounces, was from the third litter. And everything in between.
The largest is almost twice the size of the smallest, which is a significant difference!
We had litters of 6, 8, and 10 puppies, just to mention one thing. The puppies were smaller at birth and for the first eight weeks of their lives the larger the litter.
The weight chart for our first litter of Golden Retriever puppies is shown here. There were 6 puppies in the litter, with litter #1’s puppies being larger than litters #2 and #3’s.
Each puppy’s collar, which is depicted by the header in the first row of our table, was a different color. The puppy weights were measured in pounds and ounces.
Black Collar Puppy Day 1 Example: 1:1 = 1 pound, 1 ounce
Without further adieu:
Raven’s 1st Litter – Puppy Weight Chart
In our Resource Library, we’ve created two PDF documents that are printable. One has the Puppy Weight Chart below in printable PDF.
By subscribing to our email list, you can access our Resource Library:
If you’re planning to have a litter of puppies, I created a second blank Puppy Weight Chart PDF that you can print and complete.
Raven’s 1st Litter (Veterans) – Puppy Weight Chart
| Day | Green | Black | Red | Blue | Pink | Brown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1:0.5 | 1:1 | 1:0 | 1:0 | 1:0 | 1:0.5 |
| 2 | 1:2 | 1:4 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 1:3 | 1:2 |
| 3 | 1:5 | 1:6 | 1:3 | 1:4.5 | 1:3 | 1:4 |
| 4 | 1:7 | 1:9 | 1:5 | 1:7 | 1:5 | 1:6 |
| 5 | 1:10 | 1:11.5 | 1:8.5 | 1:10 | 1:8.5 | 1:7.5 |
| 6 | 1:11.5 | 1:14.5 | 1:10.5 | 1:13 | 1:10.5 | 1:10 |
| 7 | 1:13 | 2:1 | 1:13.5 | 1:15.5 | 1:12.5 | 1:13.5 |
| Week 2 | ||||||
| 8 | 1:12.5 | 2:2 | 1:15 | 2:2 | 1:13.5 | 1:14.5 |
| 9 | 1:13.5 | 2:4 | 2:0 | 2:3.5 | 1:14.5 | 1:15 |
| 10 | 1:15 | 2:6 | 2:0.5 | 2:3.5 | 2:0.5 | 2:1.5 |
| 11 | 2:0 | 2:8.5 | 2:3.5 | 2:7.5 | 2:3.5 | 2:3.5 |
| 12 | 2:2.5 | 2:10.5 | 2:5 | 2:9 | 2:4 | 2:5 |
| 13 | 2:5.5 | 2:12.5 | 2:6.5 | 2:12.5 | 2:6.5 | 2:6.5 |
| 14 | 2:7.5 | 2:15.5 | 2:9.5 | 2:15 | 2:10.5 | 2:7.5 |
| Week 3 | ||||||
| 15 | 2:11.5 | 3:1.5 | 2:11 | 3:1 | 2:11.5 | 2:10.5 |
| 16 | 2:14.5 | 3:3.5 | 2:13.5 | 3:4.5 | 2:13 | 3:0 |
| 17 | 3:2 | 3:6 | 2:14 | 3:5.5 | 3:3 | 2:14 |
| 18 | 3:2.5 | 3:8 | 3:1 | 3:7.5 | 3:7.5 | 3:0 |
| 19 | 3:4 | 3:10 | 3:2 | 3:10.5 | 3:8.5 | 3:3 |
| 20 | 3:6.5 | 3:12 | 3:4 | 3:12.5 | 3:12 | 3:7.5 |
| 21 | 3:10 | 4:0 | 3:6.5 | 4:1 | 3:15.5 | 3:10 |
| Week 4 | ||||||
| 22 | 3:12.5 | 4:2.5 | 3:8 | 4:4 | 4:3.5 | 3:13 |
| 23 | 3:13.5 | 4:4 | 3:9 | 4:6 | 4:3 | 3:14 |
| 24 | 4:0.5 | 4:5.5 | 3:11.5 | 4:8.5 | 4:3.5 | 4:0.5 |
| 25 | 4:5 | 4:10 | 3:15 | 4:11 | 4:6.5 | 4:4 |
| 26 | 4:8 | 4:13 | 4:0.5 | 4:14 | 4:9.5 | 4:7.5 |
| 27 | 4:10 | 4:15 | 4:4 | 5:0 | 4:12.5 | 4:10 |
| 28 | 4:12.5 | 5:1 | 4:6 | 5:3 | 4:14.5 | 4:12 |
| Week 5 | ||||||
| 29 | 4:15 | 5:4.5 | 4:9 | 5:7 | 5:1.5 | 5:0.5 |
| 30 | 5:2 | 5:7.5 | 4:12 | 5:9.5 | 5:3 | 5:3 |
| 31 | 5:4.5 | 5:10 | 4:14.5 | 5:12 | 5:6.5 | 5:7 |
| 32 | 5:12 | 6:3 | 5:6 | 6:4 | 5:14 | 5:15 |
| 33 | 5:13 | 6:1.5 | 5:7 | 6:4 | 6:0.5 | 5:15 |
| 34 | 6:3 | 6:7.5 | 5:12.5 | 6:10.5 | 6:5 | 6:4 |
| 35 | 6:10 | 6:15 | 6:3.5 | 7:3.5 | 6:12 | 6:12 |
| Week 6 | ||||||
| 36 | 6:15 | 7:5 | 6:9 | 7:12 | 7:0 | 7:15 |
| 37 | 7:5.5 | 8:0.5 | 7:1 | 8:8.5 | 7:8 | 7:11 |
| 38 | 7:9 | 8:3 | 7:3 | 8:11 | 7:10 | 7:15 |
| 39 | 7:10.5 | 8:9 | 7:7 | 8:13.5 | 7:15 | 8:1 |
| 40 | 7:15 | 8:13 | 7:11 | 9:6 | 8:4.5 | 8:7 |
| 41 | 8:6 | 9:8.5 | 8:1.5 | 9:15 | 8:13 | 9:1 |
| 42 | 8:9 | 9:9 | 8:5 | 10:1 | 9:0 | 9:4 |
| Week 7 | ||||||
| 43 | 8:15.5 | 10:1 | 8:13 | 10:9 | 9:4 | 9:11 |
| 44 | 9:1 | 10:7 | 9:2 | 11:1 | 9:11 | 9:14 |
| 45 | 9:8 | 11:2 | 9:8 | 11:10 | 10:5 | 10:12 |
| 46 | 9:12 | 11:5 | 9:14 | 12:2 | 10:9 | 10:15 |
| 47 | 10:6 | 12:1 | 10:4 | 12:11 | 10:14 | 11:5 |
| 48 | 10:9 | 12:5 | 10:7 | 13:2 | 11:5 | 11:8 |
| 49 | 10:12 | 12:8 | 11:0 | 13:6 | 11:11 | 12:0 |
| Week 8 | ||||||
| 50 | 10:15 | 12:12 | 11:1 | 13:9 | 11:11 | 12:4 |
| 51 | 11:7 | 13:9 | 11:9 | 14:6 | 12:5 | 12:13 |
| 52 | 11:11 | 13:12 | 11:12 | 14:10 | 12:9 | 13:5 |
| 53 | 12:1 | 14:4 | 12:4 | 15:3 | 13:0 | 13:14 |
| 54 | 12:10 | 14:8 | 12:7 | 15:8 | 13:5 | 13:15 |
| 55 | 13:4 | 14:13 | 13:7 | 15:14 | 13:11 | 14:7 |
| 56 | 13:11 | 15:6 | 13:8 | 16:5 | 14:2 | 14:12 |
Don’t forget to visit our Resource Library if you’d like our printable Puppy Weight Chart PDFs.
Try to weigh your puppies consistently whenever you can. You will see a lot more variation in your puppy weight chart if you are inconsistent with your weighings.
Analyzing your puppy weight chart will be much simpler if you weigh your puppies consistently.
Preparing to Weigh the Puppies
{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/s/thumb/d/d8/Check-the-Weight-of-Newborn-Puppies-Step-10.jpg/v4-460px-Check-the-Weight-of-Newborn-Puppies-Step-10.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”/s/thumb/d/d8/Check-the-Weight-of-Newborn-Puppies-Step-10.jpg/aid8259576-v4-728px-Check-the-Weight-of-Newborn-Puppies-Step-10.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight”:546,”licensing”:”
1 Encourage smaller puppies to drink. Sometimessmaller puppies may not get the same nutrition because they do not get equal access to the mother’s milk. If one of your puppies has a lower weight