How much should your dog or cat eat? Enter your pet’s weight in pounds and life stage, and this tool estimates daily calories and roughly how many cups of dry food that is. Treat the result as a starting point — every pet and every food is different.
The tool starts with your pet’s resting energy needs, the standard veterinary formula: 70 times body weight in kilograms raised to the 0.75 power. It then multiplies by a published life-stage factor — for example, 1.6 for a spayed or neutered adult dog, or 1.2 to 1.4 for a spayed or neutered adult cat. To turn calories into cups, it uses about 375 calories per cup, a typical figure for dry dog food — check your bag, because the calories per cup are printed on it and can be quite different. Treats count toward the daily total. A vet is the final word on feeding, especially for puppies, kittens, seniors, and pets that need to lose weight.
How big will your puppy get? Enter your puppy’s current weight, age in weeks, and the size class you expect, and this tool gives a rough adult-weight range. It works for puppies from 8 to 52 weeks old. The result is an estimate, not a guarantee — breed, genetics, and mixed parentage all move the ... Read more
Open calculatorHow old is your dog or cat in human years? Pick dog or cat, enter the age in years (decimals like 1.5 are fine), and for dogs choose a size. The tool gives you an estimate in human years using the modern rule of thumb. How this estimate works The old “multiply by seven” rule ... Read more
Open calculatorWhat does a dog or cat really cost over its whole life? Pick dog or cat, choose a size for dogs, and adjust the expected lifespan if you like. The tool shows the first-year cost, the yearly cost after that, and a lifetime total — all as ranges, because prices vary by region, clinic, and ... Read more
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