Printable Puppy Weight Chart & Growth Record Sheets
Three blank, free, printable puppy weight chart sheets — a weekly log from birth to 52 weeks, a litter record for the whelping period, and a monthly milestone tracker. Print them, copy them into a spreadsheet, or save them as a PDF, then use the weighing and plotting guides below to turn weigh-ins into a growth curve you can actually read.
A record sheet pairs naturally with the free puppy weight calculator on our homepage — the chart stores what your puppy weighed, the calculator projects what it will weigh. Every tool on the site is listed in the calculators directory, and the guides hub collects the reading you do between weigh-ins.
General reference, not veterinary advice. These growth record sheets help you observe and describe your puppy's trend. They do not diagnose illness, set feeding prescriptions, or replace professional judgement — weight questions that come with symptoms, or drift that persists across several weigh-ins, belong with a veterinarian.
Your free printable puppy weight chart: three blank sheets
Pick the sheet that matches where your puppy is right now. All three are blank puppy weight chart templates — nothing is pre-filled, because the reference ranges your curve gets compared against belong to your puppy's size class, and that comparison step is covered further down the page.
Sheet 1 · Weekly puppy weight record sheet (0–52 weeks)
One row per week of age. Write the date (or the dates the row covers), the weight in kilograms and pounds, and the change since last week. The 0–7-week rows are there for breeders hand-rearing or supplementing litters — for most owners the story starts at the 8-week go-home row.
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Showing all 53 rows. Print always outputs the full sheet you see; switch to “All rows” before printing if you want the neonatal rows too.
Sheet 2 · Litter weight record chart (whelping sheet)
Ten puppy slots side by side: birth weight, Day 3, then weekly checkpoints through week 8 — the window where a puppy falling off its birth percentile is easiest to catch. Daily weighing in the first days is a breeder convention rather than a fixed rule; the checkpoints here are the minimum a whelping weight chart template should capture.
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Sheet 3 · Monthly puppy milestone chart (printable)
A lighter alternative to weekly logging: one checkpoint a month, with a typical-milestone hint column you tick off as you go. The hints describe development stages, not target weights — your weights stay yours.
| Checkpoint | Typical milestone | Date achieved | Weight | Notes |
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| Month 1 | Eyes open, first wobbly steps, weaning begins near the end | |||
| Month 2 | Leaves the litter — the classic go-home window (from 8 weeks) | |||
| Month 3 | Second vaccination visit; socialisation weeks count double now | |||
| Month 4 | Adult teeth start pushing through; chewing peaks | |||
| Month 5 | Rapid-growth months — weigh-ins most valuable here | |||
| Month 6 | Adolescence begins; adult coat often starts replacing puppy fluff | |||
| Month 7 | Adult teeth usually all in | |||
| Month 9 | Small breeds close to adult height and weight | |||
| Month 12 | First birthday — small and medium dogs near final size | |||
| Month 14 | Large breeds approaching adult height | |||
| Month 16 | Large breeds at adult height; muscle and chest still filling | |||
| Month 18 | Giant breeds still filling out the frame | |||
| Month 24 | Full skeletal maturity for most giant breeds |
Printable PDF vs Excel: how to save and reuse these sheets
📱 Save as a puppy weight chart PDF
- Press the Print button (or Ctrl+P / Cmd+P).
- Choose “Save as PDF” as the destination.
- Keep default margins — A4 and US Letter both fit.
- Print as many copies as you have weigh-in weeks ahead.
The print layout strips navigation, buttons, and callout boxes, keeping the tables with solid borders. One PDF covers the whole first year: the weekly sheet runs 3–4 printed pages.
📊 Turn it into a puppy weight chart for Excel
- Press “Copy for Excel / Sheets (TSV)” above the weekly sheet.
- Open a blank spreadsheet, select cell A1, paste.
- Six columns land in separate cells automatically.
- Add a line chart on the Weight column for an instant curve.
Duplicate the sheet per puppy, rename tabs, and you have a multi-puppy, multi-year growth tracker — handy for the second dog or for a breeder keeping puppy folders together.
Blank puppy weight chart templates: which sheet for which job
The three sheets overlap on purpose — the weekly log is the spine, the milestone log is its low-effort sibling, and the litter sheet covers the whelping weeks before a puppy is yours to weigh.
| Sheet | Best for | Update cadence | You log |
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| Weekly single-puppy sheetRecommended | One puppy, from go-home to maturity — the core printable puppy weight chart | Weekly to 16 weeks, then fortnightly, then monthly | Date, weight (kg & lb), change vs last week, notes |
| Monthly milestone log | Owners who prefer one checkpoint a month and want milestone context | Once a month at a fixed date | Date, weight, milestone reached, notes |
| Litter / whelping recordBreeder tool | Breeders tracking several puppies side by side during the whelping period | Daily at first (breeder convention), then weekly per puppy | Per-puppy rows: birth weight, Day 3, weeks 1–8, notes |
💡 Tip: start with the weekly sheet even if you plan to log monthly — early weigh-ins are the cheapest data you will ever collect, and a dense first 16 weeks makes every later judgement easier.
How to use the puppy weight record sheet: weighing method
A chart is only as good as the numbers written on it. Two habits make the difference between a curve you can read and noise you can't: consistent equipment and consistent timing.
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Small puppies — kitchen scale. A digital kitchen scale weighing to the nearest 5–10 grams handles any puppy up to roughly 5 kg. Put a towel on top so paws don't slip, and zero the scale with the towel in place first.
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Medium and large puppies — the subtract method. Step on the bathroom scale holding the puppy, note the total, put the puppy down, note your own weight, and subtract. It is less precise than a platform scale, but the error stays roughly constant between weigh-ins — which keeps the weekly change column honest.
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Same time, same state. After the morning potty break, before breakfast. A puppy can swing several percent within a day on meals and water alone, so the number you want on the sheet is the comparable one.
Weighing cadence at a glance
The fastest growth window — weekly points make the curve readable
Growth continues but slows; fortnightly captures the trend
Filling-out phase; monthly checks catch gradual drift
Cadence follows common puppy-care guidance (VCA Hospitals) and breeder convention for the neonatal weeks; adjust to what your vet recommends for your puppy's situation.
The best chart is the one that survives real life: attach weigh-ins to a routine that already exists.
Plotting a puppy growth curve from your weight log
A filled sheet already answers questions; a plotted curve answers them faster, because the eye reads direction before it reads digits. You need two minutes, a ruler, and the back of the printed sheet.
1 · Draw the frame
Weeks across the bottom (0 to 52), weight up the side. Mark the axis in whatever unit you log — kg or lb — and label it, because later-you will not remember.
2 · Add the band
Copy the expected weight band for your puppy's size class onto the same frame — the age-by-size growth table on the homepage gives you the endpoints to trace.
3 · Plot and connect
One dot per weigh-in, straight lines between dots. Watch the shape, not the dots: a smooth climb parallel to the band is the healthy signature.
❌ Don't: compare your puppy's curve against another puppy's — different breed, different litter, different scale. Percentile trends within one puppy's own history are the only fair comparison, and even those are information, not commands.
Paper vs app: choosing a puppy growth tracker
This page's sheets are the paper path; spreadsheets are the middle ground; dedicated puppy apps are the fully digital one. Where each wins:
📄 Printable record sheets
Pros: zero setup; visible on the fridge where routines live; nothing to charge, log into, or update; hands the vet a physical artifact; data stays entirely in your home.
Cons: no automatic curve — you plot by hand; no reminders; one physical copy (photograph it for backup); re-printing for a second dog is on you.
📱 Spreadsheet or app tracker
Pros: the chart draws itself; years of history in one file; duplicate tabs per puppy; the TSV copy above gets you there in one paste.
Cons: data entry friction during a squirmy weigh-in; depends on a device being within reach; apps vary in what they do with your data — a blank spreadsheet asks nothing.
Reading your log against size-class growth bands
The band is the context that turns a column of numbers into a trend. Pull the expected range for your puppy's size class from the growth quick table, pencil it onto your curve, then read the pattern. Four patterns cover nearly everything:
| What your log shows | What it may mean | Reasonable next step |
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| Points climb steadily along the size-class band | Growth is tracking a consistent percentile — the pattern you want | Keep the current cadence; no change needed |
| Weight flat for two weigh-ins in a row | A pause — sometimes a growth lull, sometimes portions, worms or teeth | Re-check feeding amounts and worming calendar; call the vet if the stall repeats |
| Sudden jump that crosses several percentiles | Portion creep, a new food, or catch-up growth after illness | Re-measure meals with a scale; if unexplained, mention it at the next visit |
| Points slide below the band the puppy used to follow | Under-feeding is possible — so is illness; the log alone cannot tell which | Vet check first, then adjust rations on professional advice |
⚠️ Warning — where the log ends: a weight log records what happened; it cannot say why. Persistent stalls, drops, or jumps deserve a vet's eyes, and feeding decisions made to “push a puppy back into the band” belong with professional advice, especially for large and giant breeds whose joints depend on slow, even growth. Our homepage collects the physical warning signs worth acting on in the vet warning-signs checklist.
Weeks 8–16 fit on three printed pages — and explain most of the first year.
Printable puppy weight chart: frequently asked questions
Is this puppy weight chart really printable as a PDF?+
Yes. Every sheet on this page is a blank puppy weight chart that prints straight from the browser — press the Print button (or Ctrl+P / Cmd+P) and choose “Save as PDF” as the destination instead of a paper printer. The page carries dedicated print styles: navigation, buttons, and sidebar content disappear, while the tables expand to the full page width with solid cell borders, so the saved PDF works as a clean puppy weight record sheet for the puppy folder, the fridge door, or the vet-visit pack. Both A4 and US Letter come out fine with default margins.
How often should I weigh my puppy and fill in the sheet?+
The working cadence used by most puppy guides and breeders: every week from 8 to 16 weeks, every two weeks from 4 to 12 months, and monthly thereafter until the first birthday or so. Neonatal puppies (birth to 8 weeks) are weighed far more often — daily in the first days is a common breeder convention — but that stage belongs to the litter sheet, not the weekly log. Whatever rhythm you pick, weigh at the same time of day on the same scale, ideally after a potty break and before breakfast, so the numbers on your puppy growth record sheet differ only by real growth, not by meal timing.
What weekly weight gain should I expect to write down?+
There is no single normal weekly gain — it scales with the size class the puppy belongs to. As an illustration only: a toy-breed puppy may add 100–150 grams in a good week, while a large-breed puppy at its fastest can add a full kilogram or more in the same week. That is exactly why the blank chart is paired with the size-class growth table rather than a fixed target: check the expected band for your puppy's size class, plot your points, and judge the shape of your curve — a steady climb matters more than any one week's number. If your log's direction and the band disagree for more than a couple of weigh-ins, that is the moment to ask your vet.
Can I get this puppy weight chart into Excel or Google Sheets?+
Yes — use the “Copy for Excel / Sheets” button above the weekly sheet. It copies the whole 0–52-week table as tab-separated text: paste it into cell A1 of a blank spreadsheet and the six columns (Week, Date, Weight kg, Weight lb, Change, Notes) land in separate cells automatically. From there you can add a line chart for an electronic puppy growth tracker printable, duplicate the sheet per puppy, or keep a multi-year archive on your phone. The site itself stores nothing — the copy leaves through your own clipboard and lives wherever you save it.
Should I use one litter weight record chart for the whole litter?+
Use the litter sheet for the whelping period — it puts each puppy on its own row with birth weight, Day 3, and the weekly checkpoints through week 8, which is how breeders spot the runt of the litter falling behind early. After each puppy goes home at 8–9 weeks, switch to the single-puppy weekly sheet: growth after that point is driven by the new home's food, schedule, and activity, so litters that shared one chart stop being comparable. Keeping each puppy's history on its own printable puppy weight chart also gives the new owner a clean handover document.
My puppy's numbers drifted off the size-class band — now what?+
First, treat the log as a conversation starter, not a diagnosis. Run the hands-on condition check: ribs easy to feel under a thin fat layer, a visible waist from above, and a belly tuck from the side. A puppy that looks and eats well but sits slightly under the band may simply be a lean individual tracking a low percentile — percentile position matters more than absolute position. What warrants a vet conversation: weight flat for two or more weigh-ins, a sudden drop, a jump that crosses several percentiles, or any drift that comes with symptoms such as a dull coat, a pot belly, low energy, or loose stools. Bring the printed sheet to the appointment — vets value the trend far more than a single number.
Sources & data notes
- VCA Hospitals — puppy care and weighing guidance (weighing cadence, kitchen-scale and subtract methods): vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet
- WSAVA Global Nutrition Guidelines — body-condition framing and the treats-under-10% rule referenced in the boundary notes: wsava.org/global-guidelines/global-nutrition-guidelines
- Salt, C. et al. (2017), Growth Standard Charts for Monitoring Bodyweight in Dogs of Different Sizes, PLOS ONE — the size-class growth-band concept behind the curve comparison: doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0182064
- Site engine — the 8–52-week axis of the weekly sheet mirrors the growth-band anchors used by our puppy weight calculator; this page deliberately publishes no reference weights (see the methodology note).
Author: Puppy Calculator team · Last updated October 30, 2026. Neonatal weighing frequency reflects breeder convention; adjust per your veterinary practice's advice.
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