dog question

[peroxidepirate]

My friends have a puppy who's about 16 weeks old and weighs 5.5 lb. He's a mutt who looks a bit like a chihuahua and a bit like a shiba inu, and he's gained about half a pound in the 3-4 weeks they've had him. I have very little experience with puppies that young, and none at all with toy dogs. Does anyone have a guess at how big he's likely to get?

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[gracefulfallen.livejournal.com]

How big are his paws?

Usually with small dogs you weight them at six weeks, double that, then double it again and that's their adult weight... so 4 pounds at 6 weeks will be 16 pounds full grown.

[peroxidepirate.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, that's helpful! I don't know how big he was at 6 weeks, but maybe his owners do. :)

[opalgirl28.livejournal.com]

A quick Google tells me that the shiba inu is supposed to weigh between 17-20-ish pounds fully grown (per breed standards).

Don't know if that helps, but... eh.

[peroxidepirate.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and I'm sort of hoping he gets to that size so he can wrestle with my dogs (45-ish lbs each, and likely to bowl over tiny dogs without meaning to), but it's hard to tell.

[coldthermistor.livejournal.com]

Nothing of use, but:

If he gets real big, is he going to be named Little Bear? :P

[peroxidepirate.livejournal.com]

Heeeee! If he was my dog, he totes would. :D