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Australian Kelpie puppy weight calculator

Use this Australian Kelpie puppy weight calculator to predict how big your puppy will get. Australian Kelpies are a herding breed that typically reach full size by around 12-18 months.

Weight predictor

Calculate adult weight

Enter your puppy's current weight and age to predict their adult size

Predicted adult weight
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AKC standard
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Current ideal
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Estimates based on breed growth curves. Individual dogs vary with genetics and nutrition — check with your vet for a personalized read.

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Australian Kelpie Stats

Height17 - 20 inches
Weight35–50 lbs
Life Span10 - 13 years
Size Classmedium
Breed GroupFoundation stock service
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Australian Kelpie growth and weight chart by age

AgeWeight
Birth1 to 2 lbs
2 Months5 to 10 lbs
3 Months9 to 15 lbs
4 Months12 to 20 lbs
5 Months16 to 25 lbs
6 Months19 to 30 lbs
7 Months23 to 35 lbs
9 Months26 to 40 lbs
10 Months30 to 45 lbs
1 Year33 to 49 lbs
1.5 Years35 to 50 lbs
2 Years35 to 50 lbs

Estimated from typical medium-breed growth curves and the Australian Kelpie's adult weight range. Individual puppies vary — use the calculator above for a prediction based on your puppy's actual current weight.

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Australian Kelpie traits

Good with children
Good with other dogs
Shedding level
Grooming needs
Openness to strangers
Trainability
Barking

Caring for a Australian Kelpie

Health

Generally healthy and hardy; hip dysplasia can occur given the demands of the breed's working role.

Nutrition

A quality diet matched to this breed's exceptionally high, sustained energy level.

Grooming

The short double coat needs minimal brushing.

Training

This is an intensely driven working breed — without a genuine job or serious daily exercise and mental engagement, Kelpies become anxious or destructive. Best suited to active, experienced owners.

About the breed

Developed in 19th-century Australia from British collie-type dogs, bred to muster and drove sheep and cattle across vast distances with little or no direct guidance — a genuinely independent working intelligence unusual even among herding breeds.

Lithe, tireless, and extremely alert, the Kelpie has been exported worldwide as a working stock dog and remains, at heart, a serious working breed rather than a casual companion.

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