Ideal weight ranges by breed

These average weight ranges for adults of each breed can vary depending on factors such as sex, body size, lifestyle and the animal's condition. They also depend on whether the animal is spayed or neutered:

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In giant breeds

  • Mestizos:
  • Cup 1 and 3 kg;
  • small, up to 5 kilos;
  • medium, up to 22 kilos;
  • large, up to 40 kilos

*A mixed breed dog, also known as a mixed breed or Creole dog, is a dog that does not belong to any particular breed; these dogs do not have characteristic features that can be attributed to a specific breed, since they, as their name indicates, come from the crossbreeding of several breeds of dogs.

  • St. Hubert Hound: 36 to 50 kg
  • Borzoi: 25 to 48 Kg
  • Bullmastiff: 40 to 59 Kg
  • Great Dane: 55 to 80 Kg
  • Great Pyrenees: 39 to 55 Kg
  • Irish Wolfhound: 48 to 55 Kg
  • Mastiff: 75 to 90 Kg
  • Newfoundland: 50 to 69 Kg
  • Rottweiler: 40 to 50 Kg
  • Saint Bernard: 50 to 90 Kg
  • Scottish Deerhound: 30 to 50 Kg

Large breeds

  • Afghan Hound: 23 to 27 Kg
  • Alaskan Malamute: 34 to 50 kg
  • Bernese Mountain Dog: 40 to 50 kg
  • Black and Brown Raccoon: 25 to 36 Kg
  • Flanders Bouvier: 27 to 40 Kg
  • Boxer: 24 to 32 Kg
  • Briard: 34 Kg
  • Chasapeake Retriever: 25 to 36 Kg
  • Collie: 20 to 34 Kg
  • Curly Labrador: 32 to 36 Kg
  • Doberman pinscher: 30 to 40 Kg
  • English Foxhound: 30 to 32 Kg
  • English Setter: 18 to 32 Kg
  • Eskimo: 25 to 50 Kg
  • Smooth-haired retriever: 25 to 36 kg
  • German Shepherd: 32 to 43 Kg
  • German Shorthair Pointer: 20 to 32 Kg
  • Golden Labrador: 25 to 34 Kg
  • Gordon Setter: 20 to 36 Kg
  • Greyhound: 27 to 32 Kg
  • Golden Retriever: 29.5 to 34 kg
  • Irish Setter: 27 to 32 Kg
  • Irish Water Spaniel: 20 to 30 kg
  • Labrador Retriever: 25 to 36 Kg
  • Old English Sheepdog: 25 to 30 kg
  • Pointer: 20 to 34 Kg
  • Poodle (standard): 20 to 32 Kg
  • Rhodesian Ridgeback: 32 to 39 kg
  • Scnauzer (giant) 30
  • Rhodesian Ridgeback: 32 to 39 kg
  • Scnauzer (giant) 30 to 35 Kg
  • Weimaraner: 32 to 39 Kg

Medium breeds

  • Airedale Terrier: 19 to 25 Kg
  • American Pitbull Terrier: 15 to 27 Kg
  • American Water Ganiel: 11 to 20 Kg
  • Border Collie: 14 to 20 Kg
  • Spanish Breton: 14 to 18 Kg
  • Bulldog: 18 to 25 Kg
  • Bull Terrier: 24 to 28 Kg
  • Chow Chow: 20 to 32 Kg
  • Clumber spaniel: 25 to 39 Kg
  • h3álmata: 23 to 27 Kg
  • English Springer Spaniel: 18 to 23 Kg
  • Field Spaniel: 16 to 25 Kg
  • Harrier: 22 to 27 Kg
  • Keeshond: 25 to 30 Kg
  • Kerry Blue Terrier: 15 to 18 Kg
  • Puli: 10 to 15 Kg
  • Samoyed: 17 to 30 Kg
  • Schnauzer (Standard): 15 to 18 Kg
  • Siberian Husky: 16 to 17 Kg
  • Staffordshire Bull Terrier: 11 to 17 Kg
  • Sussex Spaniel: 16 to 20 Kg
  • Whippet: 13 Kg
  • Wirehaired Pointing Griffon: 23 to 27 kg
  • Miniature Breeds
  • Affenpinscher: 3 to 4 Kg
  • Australian Terrier: 6 Kg
  • Brussels Griffon: 2 to 5.5 Kg
  • Cavalier King Charles Spaniel: 4.5 to 8 Kg
  • Chihuahua: 3 kg
  • Dachshund (miniature): < 5Kg
  • English Toy Spaniel: 3.5 to 6.5 Kg
  • Italian Greyhound: 2.5 to 4.5 Kg
  • Maltese: 1 to 2.5 Kg
  • Miniature Pinsher: 4.5 Kg
  • Norwich Terrier: 4.5 Kg to 5.5 Kg
  • Papillon 1.5 to 5 Kg
  • Pekingese: 3 to 6.5 Kg
  • Pomeranian: 105 to 3 Kg
  • Silky Terrier: 3.5 to 4.5 Kg
  • Yorkshire Terrier: 3.5 kg

Small Breeds

  • Basenji: 10 to 11 Kg
  • Basset Hound: 18 to 28 Kg
  • Beagle: 12 to 14 Kg
  • Bedlington Terrier: 8 to 10 Kg
  • Border Terrier: 5 to 7 Kg
  • Boston Terrier: 7 to 11 Kg
  • Cairn Terrier: 6 to 7 Kg
  • Dachshund (Standard): 7 to 14 Kg
  • English Cocker Spaniel: 12 to 15 Kg
  • Fox Terrier: 7 to 8 Kg
  • French Bulldog: 8 to 13 Kg
  • Irish Terrier: 11 to 12 Kg
  • Lakeland Terrier: 7 to 8 Kg
  • Manchester Terrier: (Standard): 5 to 7 Kg
  • Poodle (Miniature) 5 Kg
  • Pug: 6 to 8 Kg
  • Schipperke: 3 to 5 Kg
  • Schnauzer (miniature): 5 to 7 Kg
  • Scottish Terrier: 8 to 10 Kg
  • Shih Tzu: 4 to 8 Kg
  • Skye Terrier: 11 Kg
  • Fox Terrier smooth hair: 7 to 8 Kg
  • Cardigan Corgigalese: 11 to 17 Kg
  • Welsh Terrier: 9 to 9.5 Kg
  • West Highland White Terrier: 7 to 10 Kg
  • Wire Fox Terrier: 7 to 8 Kg