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Unlocking Puppy Growth Secrets: When Does Your Furry Friend Really Stop Growing?

Unlocking Puppy Growth Secrets: When Does Your Furry Friend Really Stop Growing?
An interior graphic depicting a chart that shows body-weight changes across various age weeks for 12 different dog breeds.An interior graphic depicting a chart that shows body-weight changes across various age weeks for 12 different dog breeds.
Adapted from Hawthorne AJ, Booles D, Nugent PA, Gettinby G, Wilkinson J. Body-weight changes during growth in puppies of different breeds. J Nutr. 2004;134(8 Suppl):2027S-2030S.

Puppy Growth Stages

Puppies grow at different rates, but most puppies experience their biggest growth spurt between 3 and 6 months of age. Somewhere between 4 and 8 months is when most dog breeds (except giant breeds) will reach 80 percent of their adult weight. Even after they’ve reached their mature size they still continue to develop, adding fat and muscle for several more months.

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