Free tool · 02 The Neonatal Period
Puppy Weight Chart
Log each puppy’s weight from birth, see the whole litter on one growth chart, and get a clear flag the moment a puppy falls behind the targets in our neonatal articles.
- Every puppy plotted separately
- Checks against the 1.5× and 2× birth-weight targets
- Saved in your browser, export to CSV, print
Weights
Weigh at birth, 12 and 24 hours, then daily for two weeks and every 2–3 days after that. Same scale, same time of day.
Growth chart
Your litter
Each puppy
From thebreedercollective.com/puppy-weight-chart · Targets from our neonatal weight articles. Your vet’s assessment comes first.
The targets behind the flagsAfter the first day, healthy puppies typically gain about 5–10% of their body weight a day, reach at least 1.5 times their birth weight by day 7 and roughly double it by about day 10–14. Call your vet if a puppy loses more than about 10% of its birth weight in the first 24 hours, if its weight keeps falling after the second day or stops rising for a day or more, or if it misses the day 7 or day 14 targets. Read Weighing and tracking growth.
Weighing and tracking growthWhy the first 48 hours matter most, with sources.Read the article →
Neonatal emergenciesCold, low blood sugar and the fading puppy: what to do now.Read the article →
Neonatal weight chartThe printable version of the chart, for the whelping room.Read the article →
This chart is general information to help you notice a problem early. It is not veterinary advice and it cannot tell you why a puppy is not gaining. A puppy that is weak, cold, crying constantly or not feeding needs a vet whatever the scale says. Your data stays in this browser on this device.