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Bearded Collie puppy weight calculator

Use this Bearded Collie puppy weight calculator to predict how big your puppy will get. Bearded Collies are a herding breed that typically reach full size by around 18-24 months.

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

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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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Bearded Collie Stats

Height20 - 22 inches
Weight45–55 lbs
Life Span12 - 14 years
Size Classlarge
Breed GroupHerding group
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Bearded Collie growth and weight chart by age

AgeWeight
Birth1 to 2 lbs
2 Months5 to 8 lbs
3 Months9 to 14 lbs
4 Months14 to 19 lbs
5 Months18 to 25 lbs
6 Months23 to 30 lbs
7 Months27 to 36 lbs
9 Months31 to 41 lbs
10 Months36 to 47 lbs
1 Year41 to 52 lbs
1.5 Years44 to 55 lbs
2 Years45 to 55 lbs

Estimated from typical large-breed growth curves and the Bearded Collie'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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Bearded Collie traits

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

Caring for a Bearded Collie

Health

Bearded Collies are predisposed to autoimmune conditions at a notably elevated rate for the breed, including autoimmune thyroiditis (roughly 8.5% test positive) and Addison's disease — both are the subject of ongoing genetic research given how strongly represented they are in this specific breed. Hip dysplasia occurs in about 5% of Beardies (a real but modest rate), and progressive retinal atrophy and cutaneous fibrosarcoma (a soft-tissue cancer) are also documented in the breed.

Nutrition

A quality diet in measured portions; standard weight management applies with no unusual dietary needs beyond what any active herding breed requires.

Grooming

The long, shaggy double coat needs serious regular brushing — several times a week at minimum — to prevent matting; this is one of the more grooming-intensive herding breeds.

Training

Bearded Collies are active and thrive with families that provide plenty of exercise and mental engagement — highly trainable and eager to please, doing well in obedience and agility given the breed's working-dog intelligence.

About the breed

The Bearded Collie ("Beardie") originated in Scotland as a hardy herding dog for cattle and sheep, with a colorful (if not fully verified) origin story involving Polish Lowland Sheepdogs traded to a Scottish farmer in 1514. G.O. Willison's breeding program brought the modern Beardie to recognition by the UK Kennel Club in 1959; the AKC followed in 1976-77.

Beardies are known for boundless energy, a bright inquiring expression, and a genuinely bouncy, cheerful temperament — the breed's shaggy double coat and constantly wagging tail are as much a personality signature as a physical one.

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