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Free doodle tools

Dog Portion Calculator

Kibble calculators are everywhere. This one also does raw and freeze-dried by weight, which is the part nobody covers — and it cross-checks raw against percentage of body weight.

This tool works out how much to feed your doodle per day from their ideal weight, life stage and food type, using the standard resting-energy formula (70 × kg^0.75) with the life-stage multipliers published in the Merck Veterinary Manual. It asks for a goal weight separately, because running the formula on a dog's current weight is what makes most calculators hand back portions that are too big. It covers kibble, wet, freeze-dried and fresh or frozen raw, converts calories into grams for your food type, and splits the total across your meals.

Daily portion calculator

Kibble calculators are everywhere. This one also does raw and freeze-dried by weight, which is the part nobody covers.

Weight unit

Enter your doodle's weight and the amounts appear here.

A starting point, not a prescription. This uses the standard resting-energy formula (70 × kg0.75) run on ideal body weight, with the life-stage multipliers published in the Merck Veterinary Manual (1.6 neutered adult, 1.8 intact, 1.4 gains weight easily, 3.0 puppy under four months, 2.0 puppy four to twelve months). Calorie densities are typical for each food type rather than exact for your bag, so your food's own label beats our average. Dogs that are pregnant, nursing or recovering from illness need a plan from your vet, not a calculator — and so does any real weight-loss programme, because how fast a dog should lose is a clinical decision.

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