At-Home Wellness Check for Dogs: How to Check their Vitals

Learning how to check your dog’s basic vital signs can help you recognize changes sooner and communicate more clearly with your veterinarian. This guide explains how to check body temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, gum color, and capillary refill time, along with general resting ranges and warning signs that require veterinary attention.

At-Home Wellness Check for Dogs: How to Check their Vitals Bronwyn Farley, CAHC, founder of Dolce’s Legacy, offers phone consultations, canine cancer doula support, dog hospice and palliative care, holistic canine nutrition, food therapy, and pet advocacy.