Veterinary feeding guides
Every chart calculates from your dog’s own body weight using the equations veterinary nutritionists use — resting energy from NRC (2006), life-stage factors from WSAVA, cross-checked against FEDIAF — then converts the answer into grams you can weigh out. Companion charts to the breed videos.
Method
70 × kg^0.75
Standards
NRC · FEDIAF
Breeds so far
2
Choose a breed
Each guide has a free calculator, so it works for any dog of that breed at any weight — not just the headline figure.
1,612 kcal/day at 35 kg
29–36 kg males · 25–32 kg females
Full guide with calculator, puppy charts from 8 weeks, the POMC gene that makes this breed permanently hungry, and the lifetime study showing leaner Labradors lived 1.8 years longer.
533 kcal/day at 8 kg
6.3–8.2 kg · same for both sexes
Full guide with calculator, puppy charts, why body weight is a breathing problem in a brachycephalic breed, how to feed a flat face, and the treat maths that catches every Pug owner.
These charts follow the breed videos. If your breed is not here yet, the method is identical — find resting energy with 70 × (weight in kg)0.75, multiply by 1.6 for a neutered adult, and convert to grams using the kcal/kg on your bag.