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How big does a Spanish Water Dog get?

Adult Spanish Water Dog
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A full-grown Spanish Water Dog is a medium dog, weighing about 31–49 lb as an adult.

Adult weight
31–49 lb
Also in kilograms
14–22 kg
Size class
Medium

As a medium breed, a Spanish Water Dog reaches its adult weight earlier than a large dog — smaller breeds finish growing sooner (Hawthorne et al., 2004).

Common questions

How much does a full-grown Spanish Water Dog weigh?

A Spanish Water Dog weighs 31–49 lb (14–22 kg) as an adult. That range is the mass Wikidata publishes for the breed under a CC0 licence, re-checked here every week — it is a typical range across many adult dogs, not a target for one dog.

Is a Spanish Water Dog a medium dog?

Yes — a Spanish Water Dog counts as a medium breed, going by the middle of its adult weight range (14–22 kg). The cut-offs between small, medium, large and giant are a common veterinary convention rather than one official standard, so a breed near a boundary can be described either way elsewhere.

When does a Spanish Water Dog stop growing?

Earlier than a large dog. Hawthorne et al. (2004) measured that smaller breeds finish growing sooner, so a Spanish Water Dog reaches something close to its adult weight before a big breed would. We don't publish a month-by-month figure, because no source gives one breed by breed — and an invented number would be worse than none.

Why is there a range instead of one weight?

Because the source publishes a range. Within any breed, weight varies with sex, genetics, build and health, and a mixed-breed dog usually falls between its parents' breeds. Narrowing 31–49 lb down to a single number would look more precise while being less true.

Breeds of a similar size

Weight varies within the Spanish Water Dog by sex, genetics and health, and mixed-breed dogs fall between their parents. This is a typical range, not a guarantee.

Verified on . Based on Wikidata — dog breed mass (property P2067) (Wikimedia Foundation, query run 2026-07-22, CC0 license), Wikidata — cat breed mass (property P2067) (Wikimedia Foundation, query run 2026-07-28, CC0 license) and Body-Weight Changes during Growth in Puppies of Different Breeds (Hawthorne et al., Journal of Nutrition, 2004, vol. 134, p. 2027S). See the method.