Goldendoodle Weight Chart by Age and Size

It depends which of the four size categories the puppy is heading for, and that is set by which Poodle was used in the cross. A petite is typically 25 lb or less as an adult, a miniature 26 to 35 lb, a medium 36 to 50 lb and a standard 51 lb or more, according to the Goldendoodle Association of North America. If you do not know the category, enter your puppy’s age and current weight into the calculator on the home page: with no breed standard to work from, the growth curve for its size class is the most reliable answer available.

A miniature Goldendoodle is typically 26 to 35 lb (11.8 to 15.9 kg) as an adult, defined by the Goldendoodle Association of North America as standing over 14 and under 17 inches at the withers. The smaller petite category, under 14 inches, is typically 25 lb or less. Breeders use both words loosely, so check the height figure rather than the label.

A standard Goldendoodle stands over 21 inches at the withers and is typically 51 lb or more as an adult. The association sets no maximum, so a standard crossed from a large Golden Retriever and a tall Standard Poodle can run well past 60 lb. The table above stops at the top of this site’s large size class, 90 lb.

No. The American Kennel Club does not recognise the Goldendoodle, so there is no kennel-club breed standard and no official weight range. The size categories on this page come from the Goldendoodle Association of North America, a breeder association that defines the cross. Every other breed page on this site uses an AKC standard; this one does not, and that difference is why the ranges here are wider.

It depends on the size category. An adult petite is about 11.3 kg or less, a miniature 11.8 to 15.9 kg, a medium 16.3 to 22.7 kg and a standard 23.1 kg or more. Each table above gives kilograms under the pounds at every month.

Height usually settles first. A petite or miniature is close to adult weight by about 12 months, while a standard keeps filling out until around 18 months, because the larger a dog will end up, the longer it takes to get there. The category itself is only certain once the dog has stopped growing, which is why the association measures at adulthood.

Generation describes how much Poodle is in the cross, not how big the dog will be. An F1b, backcrossed to a Poodle, is often smaller simply because the Poodle used was a Miniature or Toy, not because of the generation itself. The size of the two parents predicts the puppy’s adult weight far better than the generation label does.

Most published charts give one range for the whole cross, which cannot be right when adults run from under 25 lb to over 60 lb. Others come from one breeder’s litters. The tables here take the size categories the breeder association actually defines and apply the growth curve for the matching size class, fitted to millions of veterinary bodyweight records, so at least the arithmetic is checkable.

Not necessarily, and on this page less so than on most. The tables show a span for each size category, and a puppy near the boundary between two categories will sit below one and above the other. A puppy that is consistently below its range and not gaining, or that has dropped from a higher line to a lower one, is worth a vet visit; a single low reading is not.

Body condition tells you more than the scale, and in a coated cross it has to be done by hand. You should be able to feel the ribs under a thin layer of fat without pressing, see a waist from above and see the belly tuck up from the side. A dog can sit inside its category’s range and still carry too much fat.