How Much Should a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Weigh?

This morning I got curious and decided to weigh Toby. According to our scale, he is 14.8 pounds. This was a little surprising to me for a couple reasons. Although Cavaliers are known to gain weight easily, Toby is far from a fattie. In fact, he is probably the skinniest Cavalier I have seen on our walks in Chicago. Second, Toby is also the shortest Cavalier in the neighborhood. Most are at least 3-4 inches taller than he is. Maybe we just live in a neighborhood with really tall Cavaliers? I guess it isn't so surprising that Toby weighs that much. He is pure muscle, always jumping and running around and taking a long walk every day to the park.

After weighing Toby, I went online to see how much a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is SUPPOSED to weigh. We have an agreement with the breeder that Toby should not get more than 25% overweight, so I wanted to make sure we are still on the right track. It turns out the standard weight for a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is 10-18 pounds. So Toby is right in the middle! Fortunately, he doesn't gobble his food down quite as fast as he did when he was a puppy, so hopefully we won't have much trouble keeping him at his ideal weight!