Puppy Weighing Scales

Why Weighing Your Puppy Matters

Weighing a puppy helps you assess the appropriate weight that a puppy should be reaching. If a puppy is gaining weight consistently, it means it's being fed adequately. If a puppy's weight gain is sporadic or on a downward trend, there may be an issue of either underfeeding, overfeeding, or something more complicated. Breeders and owners should weigh their puppies on a weekly basis to observe any strange patterns before they become concerning. Vets typically request this information as part of healthy growth assessment. It's a proactive approach to ensuring that if something is wrong, it can be caught sooner rather than later.

Essential Traits in a Puppy Weighing Scale

The following qualities would make this scale ideal for weighing the growth of the puppy:

• Precision: A scale that weighs in the nearest gram/ounce is best because even the slightest difference in weight will register and be accounted for, giving a full picture of puppy growth.

• Weight Capacity: A scale must be suitable to handle the size of the puppy as it grows. Larger breeds can quickly outgrow smaller scales, while smaller puppies on the opposite end of the weight spectrum can be too small for scales that are overly large.

• Non-Slip Surface: A non-slip surface means that not only will the puppy be secure while being weighed, making the weighing process more accurate.

• Easy-to-Read: The easier it is to read the digital readout (with larger numbers), the easier it is for a pet owner to get a reading without having to look down at a moving puppy.

• Tare Option: The tare option is very useful to reset readings (with a blanket or towel already placed on it) for a puppy to sit comfortably without having to be readjusted for weighing.