How much should I feed my pet?
Enter the weight and the calorie line on the bag. Every figure shows its formula and its veterinary source.
2 ¾cups a dayToday’s bowl: a neutered 40 lb dog on food of 360 kcal a cup.
Calculators
Dog food
Calories and cups a day from your dog’s weight and the label.
Cat food
Calories, cups of dry and cans of wet food a day.
Puppy feeding
The 3.0 and 2.0 puppy factors, worked into cups.
Kitten feeding
A kitten’s calories at 2.5 times its resting need.
Dog chocolate toxicity
The dose in mg/kg against the bands of 20, 40 and 60.
Dog pregnancy due date
The window of dates the litter is due.
Chocolate band ruler
Your dog ate chocolate? Find the dose against Merck’s bands, then call your veterinarian or the ASPCA poison line.
Due-date window
A window of dates from the breeding day, the LH surge or the first day of diestrus.
Cats too
Dry by the cup, wet by the can, or a mix, from your labels.
Guides and data
- How to read a pet food label: Find the calories per cup, can and kilogram, and what to do without them.
- Dog food by breed: Why the formula uses weight and status, not breed.
- My dog ate chocolate: What to do now, the dose bands, worked cases and the signs.
- Dog feeding chart: Calories and cups a day for 5 to 100 lb.
- Puppy feeding chart: Calories and cups a day for 2 to 40 lb, in two age bands.
- Chocolate toxicity chart: Grams that reach 20 mg/kg, by dog weight and chocolate.
- Data and charts: All the tables in one place.