Dog Calorie Calculator

First estimate how many calories your dog needs each day from body weight and life stage. Then see the treat budget: about 10% of those daily calories, and how many treats of your size fit inside it.

This is a treat budget, not a meal plan. It does not tell you how much food to feed. For meals, follow your dog food label and your vet.

Enter your dog’s weight, age stage, and treat size to see roughly how many pieces fit a day’s treat budget (about 10% of estimated daily calories).

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Dogs only. See cats and treats. Not veterinary advice.

How this treat budget is calculated (sources)

RER = 70 × (kg)^0.75 — Merck Veterinary Manual.
Daily calories = RER × life-stage factor from Merck’s table.
Treat budget ≈ 10% — WSAVA, AAHA.

How the dog calorie calculator works

Resting energy (RER): 70 × body weight in kg^0.75 (Merck Veterinary Manual).
Daily calories: RER × a life-stage factor, for example 1.6 for a typical spayed or neutered adult, 1.8 for an intact adult, 2 to 3 for puppies.
Treat budget: about 10% of daily calories (WSAVA and AAHA guidance). Divide by the calories in one treat to get pieces per day.

All numbers are estimates for healthy dogs. Dogs that are overweight, ill, on a prescription diet, or very active need numbers from their vet.