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Dog Breed Weight Guide

If you’re unsure of what your dog’s weight should be, you can use this chart below, alongside their individual factors and Body Condition Score to help you.
Bitches tend to be at the lower end, and males higher but this will also depend on your dog’s size within their breed.

BREED NAME	WEIGHT (kg)
Affenpinscher	3 – 3.5
Afghan Hound	20 – 27
Airedale Terrier	18 – 29
Alaskan Malamute	34 -39
American Cocker Spaniel	11 – 14
Anatolian Shepherd Dog	41 – 64
Australian Cattle Dog	15 – 22
Australian Silky Terrier	4 – 5
Australian Terrier	6.5 – 7
Azawakh	15 – 25
Basenji	9 – 12
Basset Fauve de Bretagne	16 – 18
Basset Hound	20 – 34
Bavarian Mountain Hound	20 – 25
Beagle	9 – 11
Beauceron	30 – 45
Bedlington Terrier	8 – 10
Bergamasco	26 – 36
Bernese Mountain Dog	40 – 55
Bichon Frise	5 – 10
Bloodhound	30 – 50
Bolognese	4 – 6
Border Collie	12 – 20
Border Terrier	5 – 7
Borzoi	27 – 48
Boston Terrier	4.5 – 11
Bouvier Des Flandres	27 – 40
Boxer	25 – 32
Bracco Italiano	25 – 40
Braque D’Auvergne	22 – 28
Briard	23 – 41
Brittany Spaniel	20 – 23
Bull Terrier	22 – 38
Bulldog	23 – 25
Bullmastiff	41 – 59
Cairn Terrier	6 – 7.5
Canaan Dog	18 – 25
Canadian Eskimo Dog	18 – 40
Catalan Sheepdog	17 – 25
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel	5.9 – 8.2
Cesky Terrier	6 – 10
Chesapeake Bay Retriever	25 – 36
Chinese Crested	5.4 – 6
Chow Chow	20 – 32
Cirneco Dell’Etna	10 – 12
Clumber Spaniel	25 – 34
Coton de Tulear	5 – 6
Curly Coated Retriever	22.7 – 40.9
Dalmatian	16 -35
Dandie Dinmont Terrier	8 – 11
Deerhound	35 – 50
Dobermann	27 – 45
Dogue de Bordeaux	57 – 68
English Cocker Spaniel	13 – 14.5
English Setter	20 – 35
English Springer Spaniel	16 – 25
Entlebucher Mountain Dog	25.5 – 30
Eurasier	18 – 32
Field Spaniel	18 – 25
Finnish Lapphund	15 – 24
Finnish Spitz	14 – 16
Flat Coated Retriever	25 – 36
Foxhound	29 – 32
French Bulldog	11 – 12.5
German Longhaired Pointer	30 – 35
German Shorthaired Pointer	20 – 32
German Wirehaired Pointer	20 – 34
Glen Of Imaal Terrier	16 – 20
Golden Retriever	27 – 34
Gordon Setter	20 – 36
Great Dane	46 – 54
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog	48 – 64
Greenland Dog	27 – 47.5
Griffon Bruxellois	3.2 – 5
Havanese	4.5 – 7
Hovawart	30 – 45
Hungarian Kuvasz	32 – 52
Hungarian Puli	10 – 15
Hungarian Vizsla	18 – 30
Hungarian Wire Haired Vizsla	18 – 27
Ibizan Hound	20 – 29
Irish Red & White Setter	23 – 32
Irish Setter	24 – 32
Irish Terrier	13 – 15
Irish Wolfhound	40 – 69
Italian Spinone	29 – 39
Japanese Chin	2 – 7
Keeshond	15 – 20
Kerry Blue Terrier	10 – 15
Komondor	36 – 61
Kooikerhondje	9 – 18
Korthals Griffon	23 – 27
Labrador Retriever	28 – 36
Lagotto Romagnolo	11 – 16
Lakeland Terrier	7 – 8
Large Munsterlander	23 – 32
Leonberger	40 – 77
Long Haired Dachshund	9 – 12
Maltese	0.9 – 3.5
Miniature Long Haired Dachshund	3.6 – 5
Miniature Pinscher	4.5 -5
Miniature Smth Haired Dachshund	3.6 – 5
Miniature Wire Haired Dachshund	3.6 – 5
Newfoundland	50 – 69
Norfolk Terrier	5 – 5.4
Norwegian Elkhound	20 – 27
Norwich Terrier	5 – 5.5
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	17 – 23
Otterhound	29 – 50
Papillon	3 – 5
Pharaoh Hound	20 – 25
Pointer	20 – 34
Polish Lowland Sheepdog	14 – 23
Pomeranian	1.9 – 3.5
Poodle (Toy)	3 – 6
Portuguese Podengo	4 – 5
Portuguese Pointer	16 – 27
Portuguese Water Dog	16 – 25
Pug	6 – 9
Rhodesian Ridgeback	30 – 35
Rottweiler	35 – 60
Rough Collie	15 – 34
Russian Black Terrier	45 – 60
Saluki	18 – 27
Samoyed	16 – 30
Scottish Terrier	8.5 – 10.5
Sealyham Terrier	8 – 9
Segugio Italiano	20 – 23
Shar Pei	18 – 29
Shetland Sheepdog	6.4 – 12.3
Shih Tzu	4 – 7.25
Siberian Husky	16 – 27
Skye Terrier	8.5 – 10.5
Sloughi	18 – 29
Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer	25 – 35
Smooth Collie	18 – 29.5
Smooth Fox Terrier	7 – 8
Smooth Haired Dachshund	9 – 12
Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier	14 – 20
St. Bernard	64 – 120
Sussex Spaniel	16 – 20
Tibetan Spaniel	4 – 7
Turkish Kangal Dog	41 – 66
Weimaraner	25 – 37
Welsh Cardigan Corgi	11 – 17
Welsh Pembroke Corgi	10 – 14
Welsh Springer Spaniel	16 – 20
Welsh Terrier	9 – 9.5
West Highland White Terrier	6.8 – 9.1
Whippet	6 – 15
Wire Fox Terrier	6 – 9
Wire Haired Dachshund	9 – 12
Yorkshire Terrier	3 – 3.5

References: PDSA Paw Report 2023

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