Hi Everyone

Was just wondering what the average weight a newborn puppy will put on daily is? I have a large breed and cant find anywhere online that will give me a rough idea of what is good and what isnt, i know they are ok as they have doubled birth weight already but i just wanted to make sure that it was in line with whats normal.

Thanks in advance.

not sure if i'm qualified to answer lol my terrier litter were born on thursday - they lost a small amount of birth weight but are now gaining again the smallest has gained 0.2 oz (5oz born) the biggest has gained almost 1oz

a friend said last night that they like their pups to have doubled their weight in the first week.

all pups are different and will gain different rates...as long as they are and are content after feeds then they are doing fine.
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a friend said last night that they like their pups to have doubled their weight in the first week.......yes claire i was like that but after having a litter not double at a week but did around 10 day mark and grow to big pups i dont worry now :)
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We like between 6 - 10% per day weight gain over the previous day, i.e. weight 300g next day should weigh 318g - 330g. 

We prefer this method to a specific gain per day as clearly heavier pups will put on more per day in actual grams than their lighter siblings.  So long as we have 6 - 10% gain per day over the previous days weight, we know they are doing well with their weights.

If pups follow the slower weight gain (provided they are gaining & not loosing or staying still) they will double their birth weight in 13 days and we would consider this healthy, if the gain is the higher % each day they will double by 9 days, again we consider this healthy  Most of our pups double their birthweight between days 4 & 5.