The feeding amount and the food bill in one place: pick your breed, or just enter a weight, and get daily cups plus the monthly cost at four honest price tiers.
The amount comes from the same veterinary energy formula as our feeding calculator: resting energy requirement, 70 times body weight in kilograms raised to the power 0.75, multiplied by a life stage factor, then converted to cups at 380 kcal per cup, the middle of the typical dry food range. The cost side uses the same model as our food expense calculator: cups a day at about 0.22 lb of dry food per cup, over a 30.4 day month, priced at the per pound figure for the tier you pick. Breed weights are the typical adult weights published on our breed profiles; your own dog's weight is the better input whenever you have it.
Last updated: November 2026. Every calculator on this site shows its method: see how we calculate and verify.
The feeding calculator answers the amount question only: calories and cups for a weight you type in. The food expense calculator answers the cost question only, for a typical adult at the standard activity level. This finder puts the two together and starts from the breed: pick one of the 469 breeds in our dataset and it fills in that breed's typical weight, then gives you the daily cups and the monthly bill at your dog's own life stage and the food tier you actually buy.
Leave the breed menu where it is and type your dog's weight in directly. The math only needs a weight, a life stage and a tier; the breed menu is a shortcut that fills the weight in for you. Mixed breeds are covered the same way: use the weight your dog actually is, or the adult weight you expect, and the estimate follows from that.
No. The figure prices the main food only. Treats and chews are part of the calorie budget, and the guide vets repeat is to keep them at or under a tenth of the daily calories, but they are bought separately and sit on top of this number, along with any supplements or toppers you use.