Dog weight chart by breed

Adult weight and height for 66 breeds, grouped from smallest to largest, with typical lifespan in the same row because the two move together — the heaviest breeds here are also the shortest-lived. Ranges are shown as published rather than averaged into one figure. The span runs from the Chihuahua at up to 6 lb to the Mastiff (English Mastiff) at up to 250 lb.

Small breeds

Up to roughly 25 lb fully grown. Reach adult weight earliest, usually by nine to twelve months.

Adult weight, height and lifespan for small breeds
Breed	Adult weight	Height at shoulder	Typical lifespan
Chihuahua	2–6 lb	6–9 in	12–20 years
Maltese	3–7 lb	7–9 in	12–15 years
Pomeranian	3–7 lb	8–11 in	12–16 years
Yorkshire Terrier	7 lb	7–8 in	11–15 years
Havanese	7–13 lb	8–11 in	13–16 years
Poodle (Miniature)size variant	10–15 lb	11–15 in	14–17 years
Shih Tzu	9–16 lb	8–11 in	10–16 years
Jack Russell Terrier	13–17 lb	10–15 in	13–16 years
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel	13–18 lb	12–13 in	12–15 years
Miniature Schnauzer	11–20 lb	11–14 in	12–14 years
Shiba Inu	17–23 lb	13–16 in	13–16 years
Beagle	20–30 lb	13–15 in	12–15 years
French Bulldog	20–30 lb	10–12 in	10–12 years
Pembroke Welsh Corgi	24–30 lb	10–12 in	11–13 years
Dachshund	11–32 lb	5–9 in	12–16 years
Poodlewide range	6–70 lb	10–27 in	12–15 years
Bichon Frise	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Boston Terrier	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Brussels Griffon	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Papillon	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Pug	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Shetland Sheepdog	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years

Medium breeds

Roughly 25 to 55 lb. Most finish growing around twelve months.

Adult weight, height and lifespan for medium breeds
Breed	Adult weight	Height at shoulder	Typical lifespan
Brittany Spaniel	30–40 lb	17–20 in	12–15 years
Bulldog (English)	40–50 lb	12–16 in	8–12 years
Schnauzer (Standard)	26–50 lb	17–20 in	13–16 years
Border Collie	30–55 lb	18–22 in	12–15 years
Australian Shepherd	40–65 lb	18–23 in	12–15 years
Basset Hound	40–65 lb	12–15 in	10–12 years
Labradoodlewide range	15–65 lb	14–24 in	12–14 years
Vizsla	45–65 lb	21–24 in	10–14 years
Chow Chow	45–70 lb	17–20 in	9–15 years
Chinese Shar-Pei	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Cocker Spaniel	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
English Cocker Spaniel	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
English Springer Spaniel	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Welsh Springer Spaniel	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Bernedoodlewide range	20–90 lb	12–23 in	12–18 years
Goldendoodlewide range	15–90 lb	15–24 in	10–15 years

Large breeds

Roughly 55 to 90 lb. Still filling out past their first birthday, often to eighteen months.

Adult weight, height and lifespan for large breeds
Breed	Adult weight	Height at shoulder	Typical lifespan
Siberian Husky	45–60 lb	20–23 in	12–14 years
American Pit Bull Terrier	30–65 lb	17–21 in	12–14 years
Belgian Malinois	55–65 lb	22–26 in	11–15 years
Boxer	60–70 lb	21–25 in	7–10 years
German Shorthaired Pointer	45–70 lb	21–25 in	10–12 years
German Wirehaired Pointer	60–70 lb	22–26 in	12–14 years
Poodle (All Sizes)all sizes	4–70 lb	10–27 in	12–17 years
Poodle (Standard)size variant	45–70 lb	22–27 in	12–15 years
Akita	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
American Staffordshire Terrier	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Collie (Rough Collie)	50–75 lb	22–26 in	11–14 years
French Spaniel	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Golden Retriever	55–75 lb	20–24 in	10–12 years
Old English Sheepdog	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Rottweiler Mixmix	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Weimaraner	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Labrador Retriever	55–80 lb	21–24 in	10–12 years
German Shepherdwide range	50–90 lb	22–26 in	9–13 years
Doberman Pinscher	60–100 lb	24–28 in	10–12 years
Bloodhound	90–110 lb	23–27 in	7–10 years
Bernese Mountain Dog	70–115 lb	23–27 in	7–10 years
Rottweiler	80–135 lb	22–27 in	8–11 years

Giant breeds

Over roughly 90 lb. The slowest to finish, sometimes not until two years, and the shortest-lived group.

Adult weight, height and lifespan for giant breeds
Breed	Adult weight	Height at shoulder	Typical lifespan
Newfoundland	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Saint Bernard	25–75 lb	12–28 in	10–14 years
Alaskan Malamute	75–110 lb	23–25 in	10–14 years
Cane Corso	90–110 lb	24–28 in	9–12 years
Great Dane	110–175 lb	28–34 in	7–10 years
Mastiff (English Mastiff)	120–250 lb	27–32 in	9–11 years

How to read this table

Each row is a breed-level range, not a target for an individual dog. Two figures matter more than the breed average: where your dog sits inside the range, and whether it looks and feels right at that weight. A Labrador at the top of its range can be lean and muscular; another at the bottom can still be carrying too much fat.

Sex explains much of the spread within a breed — males typically sit in the upper half of the range and females the lower — and working lines often differ from show lines in the same breed. That is why the ranges stay ranges here rather than being averaged into a single number.

An empty cell means we have no recorded figure for that breed, not that the figure is zero. It is left blank rather than filled in from the size class, because a number invented from a category is indistinguishable from a measured one once it is in a table.

9 rows carry a small grey label — all sizes, size variant, mix or wide range. Those are not one breed at one size: a Poodle covers toy through standard, and a mix inherits its frame from two breeds, so their ranges deliberately stretch across more than one group. Read them as the full spread of the type rather than as a target, and use the specific size variant instead where one is listed.

Using this with the calculators

The table gives the target; three tools turn it into something to act on. Body condition scoring tells you whether your dog is at the right weight for its own frame, which is the check that outranks any breed range. The food calculator turns a target weight into calories and cups a day. And the puppy weight calculator estimates where a growing puppy will land, which you can check back against its breed row here.

To compare two or three breeds directly rather than scanning the table, the size comparison tool puts them on one chart.

Where these figures come from

These are the same breed records behind our breed profiles and cost guides, so a figure here matches the figure there. They are drawn from published breed-standard documentation and long-standing breed club descriptions; where sources disagree on a weight range, and for several breeds they do, we keep the wider range rather than picking a side.

That means these are breed-level reference ranges rather than measurements of any population of living dogs, and we do not claim a per-row citation for each one. Our full sourcing note sets out the limits, and the editorial policy covers how we correct them.

Common questions

How much should my dog weigh?: Find the breed in the table above and use its adult range as the starting point, then check the dog rather than the number. A published range describes the breed, not your individual dog: within any breed, frame and build shift the healthy weight several pounds either way, and a dog at the top of the range can be lean while another at the bottom is carrying too much. The hands-on check settles it — ribs you can feel under a thin layer, a waist you can see from above.
What is a healthy weight for a mixed-breed dog?: There is no table for it, which is why body condition scoring exists. A mix inherits its frame from more than one breed, so no published range applies cleanly and averaging the parent breeds gives a number with nothing behind it. Score the dog by feel instead and use whatever weight it sits at when it scores in the ideal band as its target.
Why are the weights shown as ranges rather than one number?: Because that is how breed standards publish them, and collapsing a range to a midpoint would invent a precision the source does not have. Sex accounts for much of the spread — males typically sit in the upper half, females the lower — and lines within a breed differ. A single figure would be wrong for most dogs of the breed; the range is right for nearly all of them.
At what age is a dog fully grown?: It tracks size, which is why the table is grouped that way. Small breeds are usually done by nine to twelve months, medium breeds around twelve, large breeds keep filling out to about eighteen months, and giant breeds can take up to two years. A large-breed puppy at twelve months is often at adult height while still adding weight across the chest.

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