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Ideal weight calculator

You do not need a "breed weight": within one breed there are perfectly healthy dogs at 45 lb and at 77 lb. What you score is the body in front of you, on the 9-point body condition scale vets use.

A 5: you feel the ribs without pressing, see a waist from above and a tucked belly from the side. If you have to press to find ribs, you are at 7 or more.

Where this comes from

Nine-point body condition score (WSAVA). Five is ideal and each point above or below is roughly 10 percentage points of weight, which gives ideal weight = current weight ÷ (1 + 0.1 · (BCS − 5)).

This orients you, it does not diagnose. VetSearch is not a veterinary practice. If something looks off in your animal, a vet looks at it.

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