Articles for dog parents: age, health, feeding and more, backed by published veterinary sources.

The first visible sign is often a brief appetite dip around week 3. Here is what to look for from mating to whelping, week by week.

About 4 cups of typical kibble per pound, though dense kibble runs closer to 3 and light kibble up to 5. Here is the bag math, plus the one-time trick that makes it exact.

A dog's first year equals about 15 human years, the second adds 9, then 4 to 7 per year by size. Here is where those numbers come from.