Fortunately, there are
body conditioning charts that you can use to figure out if your German Shepherd is at their ideal weight.
For example, many pet food manufacturers include
body condition charts online and on every bag to provide the insight you need on your pet's current body condition.
You can also compare your cat to
the body condition charts developed by Purina diets that are used by all veterinarians.
Shmalberg recommends portioning based on your puppy's body condition score, consulting both
our body condition chart above and your vet as needed.
On this page, we'll look at the same type of cat weight chart that your vet would reference to evaluate your kitty (often referred to as a cat
body condition chart).
Not exact matches
Veterinarians use
charts like this one to assign a
body condition score to each patient.
«Knowing that different people take in information in different ways, visual aids like
body condition scoring
charts in the waiting or exam rooms and television programs can help reinforce the message,» Dr. Mayabb says.
The goal weight should first be established, based on a
body condition scoring
chart.
A number of pet food companies provide «
body condition score»
charts to veterinarians that show picture examples of underweight, overweight and ideal
body shapes for pets.
For more information on weight management, here are some good online resources: www.petobesityprevention.com, http://indoorpet.osu.edu/cats/, Purina's
body condition score
chart for cats.
Use the
chart below to determine your pet's current
body condition.
There are
body condition score
charts in the following article:
A simple Google search on
body condition score
charts will provide you many tools that can help you decide if a diet might be in your dog's future.
Use the
chart below to determine your cat's current
body condition.
Existing
body condition scoring
charts for dogs (Laflamme 1997; Mawby et al. 2004) require training and a degree of expertise, making them less useful for pet owners to use themselves.