Bags each year

Estimate your dog or cat’s food cost

Estimate annual food consumption from adult weight, a selected energy equation, and the food’s calorie density. Enter your bag price to calculate cost. This is a budgeting model, not a feeding prescription.

This is not a feeding prescription. Maintenance-energy math is a starting point. This calculator is not a veterinarian.

Your pet

Labrador RetrieverGolden RetrieverGerman ShepherdFrench BulldogPoodleBeagleMaine CoonDomestic shorthair

All breedsLabrador RetrieverGolden RetrieverGerman ShepherdFrench BulldogPoodleBeagleMaine CoonDomestic shorthair cat

Choose a breed as a starting point, then enter your pet’s actual adult weight.

Adult weight (lb)

How active?Typical adult dog — NRC 2006, 130 × BW^0.75Mostly inactive dog — NRC 2006, 95 × BW^0.75Typical adult cat — NRC 2006, 100 × BW^0.67Heavier adult cat — NRC 2006, 130 × BW^0.40

Which dry food?Purina Pro Plan Large Breed Chicken & Rice Formula (dry dog) (3823 kcal/kg)Purina Pro Plan Adult LiveClear Chicken & Rice Formula (dry cat) (4358 kcal/kg)

Energy density is taken from the manufacturer’s product label. See Methodology.

Bag size (lb)

What a bag costs near you

Enter your current bag price. Match the bag size above to that price.

Recalculate

Bags per year

11.8719

bags each year on the current inputs.

Daily kcal

1,692.1 kcal/day

Food mass

161.55 kg/year

Food dollars / year

—

The worked numbers

Estimated food energy ÷ energy per kg = daily food mass. Multiply by 365 and divide by bag weight in kg to estimate bags per year. Multiply by your bag price for annual consumption cost. See Methodology for sources.