How big is a Poodle full grown?

4 to 70 pounds across every size this breed comes in, standing 15 to 24 inches at the shoulder. Those figures come from the breed standard.

How can I tell how big my Poodle puppy will get?

Weigh your puppy and enter its age in the calculator on this page. It is already set to the large growth curve for this breed, so it works backwards from where your puppy is now rather than from the breed average. Four to six months is when the estimate is most reliable.

How often does a Poodle need grooming?

A curly or doodle coat needs a groom every 4 to 6 weeks under published guidance. Over a year that adds up, and the grooming cost estimator works out what it comes to for a dog this size.

When does a Poodle stop growing?

Weight gain slows to almost nothing at around 11 months for a dog in the large size class. Height finishes earlier than weight in every breed.

How big is a Toy Poodle when full grown?

Four to six pounds, at no more than 10 inches at the shoulder. That is the AKC standard. A Toy Poodle reaches that weight early, usually by nine or ten months.

What is the difference between a Miniature and a Toy Poodle?

Height. A Toy Poodle is 10 inches or under. A Miniature is over 10 inches and up to 15 inches. A Standard is over 15 inches. Weight follows from height, not the other way round.

Is a teacup Poodle a real size?

No. The AKC recognizes three varieties, and teacup is not one of them. A dog sold as a teacup Poodle is a Toy Poodle, usually one at the small end, and the word is there to raise the price.

Poodle full grown

A full grown Standard Poodle weighs 60 to 70 pounds if male and 40 to 50 pounds if female, and stands over 15 inches. A Miniature Poodle is 10 to 15 pounds at 10 to 15 inches. A Toy Poodle is 4 to 6 pounds at no more than 10 inches. All three are the same breed, separated by height alone.

full grown, across every size: 4 to 70 lbfull grown, across every size
at the shoulder: 8 to 24 inat the shoulder
before growth slows to a crawl: 11 monthsbefore growth slows to a crawl

Poodle weight calculator

Answers update as you move the sliders.

Poodle size

Age16 weeks

Weight today22.5 lb

Expected adult size

Large: 33 to 66 lb as an adult.

SexOptional

Likely adult weight

55lb

8 in 10 land between: 43 to 70 lb
Fully grown: around 11 months

Size class: Large, 33 to 66 lb

Age in monthsSo farProjected

Fair. Four to five months is the usual time to make this estimate. It is reasonable now, but the range is still wide.

Estimate only. For health questions, ask your vet. Mixed breeds can land outside the range.

See the expected weight month by month

Age	Likely weight	Range
2 months	10.6 lb	5.8 to 19 lb
3 months	17.2 lb	10.1 to 29 lb
4 months	25 lb	15.4 to 40 lb
5 months	32 lb	20 to 50 lb
6 months	38 lb	25 to 58 lb
7 months	43 lb	28 to 64 lb
8 months	46 lb	31 to 68 lb
9 months	48 lb	33 to 70 lb
10 months	49 lb	34 to 71 lb
11 months	50 lb	35 to 72 lb
12 months	51 lb	36 to 73 lb
13 months	52 lb	37 to 73 lb
14 months	52 lb	37 to 73 lb
15 months	53 lb	38 to 73 lb
16 months	53 lb	38 to 73 lb
17 months	53 lb	38 to 74 lb
18 months	54 lb	41 to 74 lb

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Expected weight month by month, from the same estimate.

In short

Key takeaways

A full grown Poodle weighs 4 to 70 lb across all its sizes.
The weight and height here come from the official breed standard.
Most of the growing is done by about 11 months.
A curly or doodle coat means regular paid grooming, which is a real yearly cost.
"teacup" is a seller's word, not a recognized size.

3 sizes

The 3 sizes

Each size has its own adult range and its own growth curve. Switch between them in the calculator above.

Standard Poodle

Large size class · Category IV (15 to under 30 kg)

Breed standard

adult weight: 40 to 70 lbadult weight
height at the shoulder: 15 to 24 inheight at the shoulder
most growing done by: 11 monthsmost growing done by

	Weight	Height at the shoulder
Male	60 to 70 lb	Not stated
Female	40 to 50 lb	Not stated

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The AKC standard sets height rather than weight: a Standard Poodle is "over 15 inches" at the shoulder. The weights are the figures the AKC publishes alongside it.

Standard Poodle growth chart. Weight runs from about 8 to 14 pounds at 2 months, up to about 40 to 70 pounds at 18 months, for a full grown Poodle. — Estimated from the adult weight range above and the growth standard for the large size class. The band runs from the low end of the adult range to the high end.

See the Standard Poodle weight by age as a table

Age	Low end	High end
2 months	7.7 lb	13.6 lb
3 months	12.6 lb	22 lb
4 months	18.2 lb	31.9 lb
5 months	23.4 lb	40.9 lb
6 months	27.9 lb	48.9 lb
7 months	31.2 lb	54.6 lb
8 months	33.6 lb	58.9 lb
9 months	35.2 lb	61.6 lb
10 months	36.3 lb	63.5 lb
11 months	36.9 lb	64.6 lb
12 months	37.4 lb	65.5 lb
15 months	38.5 lb	67.4 lb
18 months	39.9 lb	69.8 lb

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Miniature Poodle

Toy size class · Category I (under 6.5 kg)

Breed standard

adult weight: 10 to 15 lbadult weight
height at the shoulder: 10 to 15 inheight at the shoulder
most growing done by: 10 monthsmost growing done by

Miniature Poodle growth chart. Weight runs from about 3 to 4 pounds at 2 months, up to about 10 to 15 pounds at 18 months, for a full grown Poodle. — Estimated from the adult weight range above and the growth standard for the toy size class. The band runs from the low end of the adult range to the high end.

See the Miniature Poodle weight by age as a table

Age	Low end	High end
2 months	2.9 lb	4.3 lb
3 months	4.1 lb	6.2 lb
4 months	5.4 lb	8.1 lb
5 months	6.5 lb	9.7 lb
6 months	7.3 lb	10.9 lb
7 months	7.9 lb	11.9 lb
8 months	8.4 lb	12.5 lb
9 months	8.7 lb	13 lb
10 months	8.9 lb	13.3 lb
11 months	9 lb	13.5 lb
12 months	9.1 lb	13.7 lb
15 months	9.5 lb	14.2 lb
18 months	9.9 lb	14.9 lb

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Toy Poodle

Toy size class · Category I (under 6.5 kg)

Breed standard

adult weight: 4 to 6 lbadult weight
height at the shoulder: 8 to 10 inheight at the shoulder
most growing done by: 10 monthsmost growing done by

The AKC standard says "no more than 10 inches". The lower height figure is ours, for drawing the chart.

Toy Poodle growth chart. Weight runs from about 1 to 2 pounds at 2 months, up to about 4 to 6 pounds at 18 months, for a full grown Poodle. — Estimated from the adult weight range above and the growth standard for the toy size class. The band runs from the low end of the adult range to the high end.

See the Toy Poodle weight by age as a table

Age	Low end	High end
2 months	1.2 lb	1.7 lb
3 months	1.6 lb	2.5 lb
4 months	2.2 lb	3.2 lb
5 months	2.6 lb	3.9 lb
6 months	2.9 lb	4.4 lb
7 months	3.2 lb	4.7 lb
8 months	3.3 lb	5 lb
9 months	3.5 lb	5.2 lb
10 months	3.5 lb	5.3 lb
11 months	3.6 lb	5.4 lb
12 months	3.7 lb	5.5 lb
15 months	3.8 lb	5.7 lb
18 months	4 lb	6 lb

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Timing

When a Poodle stops growing

11 months

before weekly weight gain drops below a quarter of a percent of adult weight

In our figures, a dog in the large size class has done almost all of its weight gain by about 11 months. After that the weekly gain drops below a quarter of a percent of adult weight, which is slow enough that you will not see it on the scales week to week.

Height finishes earlier than weight. The AKC puts small breeds at full size by 6 to 8 months, medium breeds at around 12 months, and giant breeds at 12 to 18 months, with some very large breeds taking up to 24. In a breed with several sizes, the smaller variety finishes first: that is a size effect, not a breed one.

11 months

before weekly weight gain drops below a quarter of a percent of adult weight

Sex

Male and female

The breed standard gives different figures for males and females, and they are in the tables above. In the growth data behind our calculator, a female of a given size class is also slightly further along toward her adult weight at any given age than a male, so telling the calculator which you have shifts the estimate by a few percent.

Variation

Why individual Poodles differ

The three Poodle varieties are one breed in the AKC stud book, divided by height at the shoulder. A Poodle is sorted into a variety by how tall it finishes, not by who its parents were.

Because the dividing line is height, two Poodles of the same variety can be several pounds apart. A lean, leggy Standard and a heavier-boned one both belong in the same variety.

Sellers sometimes advertise a "teacup Poodle". There is no such variety. The smallest the AKC recognizes is the Toy, at no more than 10 inches.

Sales words

"teacup" is not a size

You will see Poodle puppies advertised as "teacup", "tiny toy". None of those is a recognized variety in any registry.

The Chihuahua Club of America, writing about its own breed, lists “Teacup, Pocket Size, Tiny Toy, Miniature or Standard” as labels attached to the breed and calls them incorrect and misleading, used to make a puppy seem more valuable. The same reasoning applies wherever the words turn up.

A puppy sold under one of these labels grows up as an ordinary Poodle, usually at the light end of the range and sometimes not. The label tells you nothing useful about adult size. Your puppy's own weight does, which is what the calculator on this page uses.

Running cost

Grooming a Poodle

A curly or doodle coat is a running cost, and it is worth knowing the figure before you take a puppy home rather than after. The price per groom goes up with the size of the dog.

Work out the cost

FAQ

Questions people ask

How big is a Poodle full grown?: 4 to 70 pounds across every size this breed comes in, standing 15 to 24 inches at the shoulder. Those figures come from the breed standard.
How can I tell how big my Poodle puppy will get?: Weigh your puppy and enter its age in the calculator on this page. It is already set to the large growth curve for this breed, so it works backwards from where your puppy is now rather than from the breed average. Four to six months is when the estimate is most reliable.
How often does a Poodle need grooming?: A curly or doodle coat needs a groom every 4 to 6 weeks under published guidance. Over a year that adds up, and the grooming cost estimator works out what it comes to for a dog this size.
When does a Poodle stop growing?: Weight gain slows to almost nothing at around 11 months for a dog in the large size class. Height finishes earlier than weight in every breed.
How big is a Toy Poodle when full grown?: Four to six pounds, at no more than 10 inches at the shoulder. That is the AKC standard. A Toy Poodle reaches that weight early, usually by nine or ten months.
What is the difference between a Miniature and a Toy Poodle?: Height. A Toy Poodle is 10 inches or under. A Miniature is over 10 inches and up to 15 inches. A Standard is over 15 inches. Weight follows from height, not the other way round.
Is a teacup Poodle a real size?: No. The AKC recognizes three varieties, and teacup is not one of them. A dog sold as a teacup Poodle is a Toy Poodle, usually one at the small end, and the word is there to raise the price.

Method

How we calculate this

The adult weight and height come from the sources below. The shape of the growth chart comes from our own calculation on the open data behind a published veterinary growth standard, described on the how we calculate page. The charts are estimates built from a breed range and a population curve, not measurements of this breed.

Sources

6 sources behind the figures on this page.

Poodle (Standard) breed standard
American Kennel Club - read 2026-10-08
akc.org
Poodle (Miniature) breed standard
American Kennel Club - read 2026-10-08
akc.org
Poodle (Toy) breed standard
American Kennel Club - read 2026-10-08
akc.org
Growth standard charts for monitoring bodyweight in dogs of different sizes
Salt C, Morris PJ, German AJ, Wilson D, Lund EM, Cole TJ, Butterwick RF. PLoS ONE 12(9):e0182064 - dated 2017-09-06 - read 2026-10-08
Open access. Sets the adult-size categories and the growth standard method.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Growth standard charts for monitoring bodyweight in dogs of different sizes - supporting data
University of Liverpool Data Catalogue - dated 2017-07-28 - read 2026-10-08
14,957,947 weight records from Banfield Pet Hospitals, 1994-2013, released under CC BY 4.0. Our growth curves are calculated from this file.
datacat.liverpool.ac.uk
When Does My Puppy Finish Growing?
American Kennel Club - read 2026-10-08
akc.org

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Last reviewed October 10, 2026. Estimate only. For health questions, ask your vet.

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