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Check your pet's body shape, convert their age to human years and make a reminder calendar for vaccines and parasite treatments.

Body condition and ideal weight

Vets score body shape from 1 to 9. Feel the ribs and look from above and from the side, then pick the closest description.

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Which description fits best?
Dog: Ribs, spine, hip bones and other bones visible from a distance; no body fat; obvious muscle loss.
Cat: Ribs visible on short-haired cats; no fat felt; severe belly tuck; spine and hip bones easily felt.
Dog: Ribs, spine and hip bones easily visible; no fat felt; slight muscle loss.
Cat: Ribs easily visible; spine obvious with little muscle; marked belly tuck; no fat felt.
Dog: Ribs felt easily and may be visible, no fat over them; top of spine visible; hip bones starting to show; marked waist and tuck.
Cat: Ribs easily felt with minimal fat; spine obvious; clear waist behind ribs; very little belly fat.
Dog: Ribs easy to feel under a thin fat layer; waist clear from above; belly tuck visible.
Cat: Ribs felt with thin fat cover; waist noticeable behind ribs; slight belly tuck; no belly fat pad.
Dog: Ribs felt without extra fat; waist visible behind ribs from above; belly tucked up from the side.
Cat: Well proportioned; waist visible behind ribs; ribs felt under slight fat; belly fat pad minimal.
Dog: Ribs felt under slight extra fat; waist visible from above but not prominent; tuck still present.
Cat: Ribs felt under slight extra fat; waist and belly fat pad noticeable but not obvious; no tuck.
Dog: Ribs hard to feel under thick fat; fat over lower back and tail base; waist barely visible or gone; tuck may remain.
Cat: Ribs hard to feel under moderate fat; waist hard to see; belly obviously rounded; moderate belly fat pad.
Dog: Ribs not felt or only with firm pressure; heavy fat over lower back and tail base; no waist or tuck; belly may sag.
Cat: Ribs not felt under extra fat; no waist; rounded belly with prominent fat pad; fat over lower back.
Dog: Large fat deposits on chest, spine and tail base; fat on neck and legs; no waist; obviously distended belly.
Cat: Ribs not felt under heavy fat; heavy fat on lower back, face and legs; swollen belly with no waist and extensive fat.

Sources

Sources

  1. WSAVA Body Condition Score charts – dogs and cats (2013)
  2. WSAVA Muscle Condition Score chart (Tufts 2013)
  3. Lenox C (DACVN). A systematic approach to designing weight loss plans for cats and dogs. Veterinary Practice News, 2019
  4. PetMD – How to Calculate Your Dog's Healthy Weight (Stilwell DVM)
  5. Pet Nutrition at OVC (Univ. of Guelph) – Scoring for health

Checked against these sources in October 2026.

Age in human years

There is no exact formula. These are the bands vets use, and dogs age at different speeds depending on size.

Your pet

Human-age equivalents are rough. From age 6 the chart vets use splits by size; for the first five years the published charts disagree, so we use the same values for all sizes.

Sources

Sources

  1. Quimby J et al. 2021 AAHA/AAFP Feline Life Stage Guidelines. JFMS 23(3):211-233
  2. AAFP – 2021 Feline Life Stage Guidelines
  3. AVMA – Pets age faster than people (poster)
  4. IDEXX / Pet Health Network – How old is your pet in people years? (charts by F. L. Metzger DVM, DABVP)
  5. 2019 AAHA Canine Life Stage Guidelines – Canine life stage definitions
  6. AKC – How to calculate dog years to human years
  7. NHGRI – Researchers reframe dog-to-human aging comparisons (Wang et al., Cell Systems 2020)

Checked against these sources in October 2026.

Vaccine and parasite reminders

Make a calendar file with reminders for the next 12 months. Nothing is stored or sent anywhere.

In Slovakia every dog over 3 months must be vaccinated against rabies and revaccinated as the vaccine requires. For cats rabies vaccination is recommended, and it is required for travel abroad — ask your vet.

Dogs in Slovakia must be microchipped by 12 weeks of age, and always before a change of owner. The vet registers the chip in the Central Register of Companion Animals.

For travel within the EU your pet needs a microchip, a pet passport and a rabies vaccination given at 12 weeks or older, at least 21 days before travelling. The chip must go in before the vaccine.

Ticks are active in Slovakia for most of the year, and some (which spread babesiosis in dogs) even in winter. Skin worm and heartworm, spread by mosquitoes, occur in southern Slovakia — ask your vet about prevention if you live there or travel south.

Your pet

Opens in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook.

Sources

Sources

  1. ESCCAP GL1 Worm Management Scheme Fact Sheet – Dogs (v8)
  2. ESCCAP GL1 Worm Management Scheme Fact Sheet – Cats (v8)
  3. ESCCAP Modular Guide 3 – Control of Ectoparasites in Dogs and Cats
  4. Dirofilaria immitis/repens in dogs, Danubian Lowland, Slovakia 2019-2022. Parasitology Research 2023
  5. WSAVA 2024 Guidelines for the Vaccination of Dogs and Cats
  6. Squires RA et al. 2024 guidelines for the vaccination of dogs and cats (WSAVA VGG). JSAP 65(5):277-316, doi:10.1111/jsap.13718
  7. Day MJ. Dog Vaccination. WSAVA Congress 2018 (VIN)
  8. Day MJ. Cat Vaccination. WSAVA Congress 2018 (VIN)
  9. Zákon č. 39/2007 Z. z. o veterinárnej starostlivosti (Slov-Lex)
  10. Zákon 39/2007 Z. z. – aktuálne znenie (zakonypreludi.sk)
  11. Municipal notice (znves.sk) – Povinnosti chovateľa psa (2023, cites § 17 ods. 5, § 19 ods. 9, § 37, § 48)
  12. Obec Voznica – Informácia pre držiteľov psov
  13. Obec Letanovce – Čipovanie a vakcinácia psov a mačiek
  14. MPRV SR – Príručka pre majiteľov psov (via Veľké Orvište)
  15. Noviny.sk – Majitelia psov, pozor. Od septembra máte nové povinnosti (2018)
  16. Your Europe – Travelling with pets (dogs, cats, ferrets)
  17. Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 – EUR-Lex
  18. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/131 – non-commercial movement of pet animals

Checked against these sources in October 2026.