Pet Owner Resources
Understand your pet’s body condition, weight, and nutrition.
Find the right guide for body condition, feeding, activity, or weight changes.
What brought you here today?
Choose a topic to find helpful resources.
Guided body condition check for dogs, cats, and rabbits
Body condition quiz
Choose your species for a guided body condition check. Dogs and cats use three visual and touch checks; rabbits use three hands-on checks.
The interactive quiz is unavailable here. Use the full illustrated guide instead.
Dog body condition guide · Cat body condition guide · Rabbit body condition guide
Which pet are you checking?
Have your pet nearby. You can choose “I’m not sure” at any step.
Choosing a different pet clears the previous answers.
Food and calorie guide
How to estimate your pet’s daily calories
Understand what your pet currently eats, estimated daily needs, and how calories relate to food portions.
Pet food label guide
Understanding your pet food label
Find the calories, feeding directions, serving information, ingredient list, and other useful details on your pet’s food package.
Weight-loss guides
Dog and cat weight-loss guides
Learn about food, treats, activity, and rechecks as part of an individual weight-loss plan. Choose the guide for your pet.
Treat ideas for dogs
Lower-calorie dog treats
Explore lower-calorie choices and recipes for dogs, with guidance on fitting treats into a daily feeding plan.
Activity guides
Walking, play, and everyday activity
Choose walking ideas for your dog or play and enrichment ideas for your cat.
Walking, fitness, and comfort.
Play, food puzzles, movement, and healthy-weight enrichment.
Weight-change tool
Pet Weight Recheck Tool
Compare two weigh-ins and see how quickly weight is changing. Have the two weights and the time between them ready.
Breed weight reference
Average breed weights
See typical adult weight ranges for dog and cat breeds. Breed averages and ranges are general references, not an individual ideal-weight target.
Browse the guides
Read at your own pace. Some guides include tools to use along the way.
Body condition: the full guide
Learn what to look for and feel, with illustrated examples.
How to estimate your pet’s daily calories
Understand daily calories, food portions, and why estimates may need adjusting.
Weight-loss guides
Work with your veterinary team on food, treats, activity, and rechecks.
Walking with your dog
Build a walking routine around your dog’s fitness and comfort.
Cat play and enrichment for healthy weight
Use play, climbing, food puzzles, and everyday enrichment to encourage movement without adding extra calories.
Prepare for your veterinary visit
Bring: Recent weights and the names and amounts of foods, treats, and extras.
Ask your vet these three questions
- What are my pet’s body condition and muscle condition?
- Should my pet lose weight, gain weight, or maintain?
- What daily calorie and food amount should we start with?