How to Check the Heart Rate of Dogs and Cats

Video Transcript

"Let's talk about determining heart rate in your dog or cat. The heart in the dog sits about mid-chest and you can feel it. If you put your hand over top of it, on either side, you'll feel a beat. Dogs vary on their heart rates. When they're - a small breed is going to have a higher heart rate than a larger breed. A large breed is about sixty to eighty beats per minute. A smaller breed is going to be about a hundred and twenty to a hundred and forty. Cats are about a hundred and forty to a hundred and fifty per minute. So what you can do is get them in a good position. Feel their heart rate. Count a beat for six seconds and multiply by ten or you can just count for sixty seconds."