APBT WEIGHT CONCERN

[jaxtheapbt]

Hello, I’ve been looking everywhere as to where I can possibly ask for advice and/or opinions about my 9-week old apbt puppy.

Last week, I brought my pup to the vet for his 3rd vaccine shot and found out he weighs 8.8lbs (he was 8 wks back then). He was eating well, gets his daily vitamins, drinks plenty of water. No complaints about food in general but when I did some research (cuz i forgot to ask my vet) I found out dogs at this age should be around 18-20 lbs??? Is this accurate? Would that mean he’s underweight? If so, what can I possibly do to keep up with the standard weight for apbt?

PS: I’m a fur parent of 3 shih tzu mixed puppies and just got an apbt so I’m a newbie to handling large breeds of dogs.

*Attached some of his recent photos for your reference.

 

[Michele]

He looks fine. If this is your first pit bull, please do some research on the genetics of this breed. They can be dog aggressive. It's a normal genetic trait. You can manage it, but you cannot train it out of the dog.

 

[Mister]

Pup looks fine to me, similar weight to what my pups were at that age. As long as he has a good appetite, is active and happy then all’s good. The apbt is not a large breed 40-45lbs is probably the average weight when mature, all mine are smaller. I’ve seen a bully pup weigh 20lb, but never yet a purebred 8 week old apbt that big.

Trim the tips of his nails, do it regularly whilst still a pup and when he’s mature he shouldn’t be a pain to do.

Ideally you’ll get him crate trained and used to being alone in it while a pup. As Michelle said the apbt when mature is not known as being as social as other breeds, so best to never leave him alone and unsupervised with your other dogs.