How to Use

How to Use & Serving Guidelines

Which product to pick, what the concentrations mean, and how much to give your pet by weight. Start low, go slow — the rest is on this page.

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Which Product Should You Buy?

Every product on the HempMy Pet™ website is made with the exact same full-spectrum hemp extract — all the cannabinoids, terpenes, and everything else — grown organically on our own farms and produced by us, seed to sale. What changes is the carrier and the format.

What About the Concentration?

The label on each product refers to the total CBD in the bottle. Since everything uses the same hemp extract, the lower concentrations are generally used by smaller pets or those taking smaller servings. Larger pets, or those taking larger servings, choose the higher concentrations to reduce the overall volume of oil used — and to save on cost.

Rule of thumb: under 40 lbs, start with the 250mg. From 40 to 75 lbs, the 1,000mg. Over 75 lbs, multiple dogs, or horses — the 5,000mg olive oil. Cats do well on any of three: the 250mg hemp seed oil, the coconut oil, or the 2mg treats.

How to Use

Start with the suggested serving below and slowly acclimate during the first week of use. If the desired results aren't achieved, increase slowly.

Same Extract, Every Product

Pick the format your animal will actually take — the hemp inside is identical.

Check the COA

Every batch is third-party tested. Read the results → Not sure how? What a COA shows →

Talk to Your Vet

Especially if your pet takes other medication or has a health condition. Worth reading first: what the published canine studies actually found about hemp side effects in dogs.

Serving Size Guidelines by Weight

Find your pet's weight, then match the milligrams to the product concentration you've chosen. When in doubt, start at the low end of the range.

Pet's Weight	Supplemental 1–2 mg / 10 lb	Therapeutic 2–3 mg / 10 lb
1–10 lbs.	1–2 mg	2–3 mg
11–20 lbs.	2–4 mg	4–6 mg
21–30 lbs.	4–6 mg	6–9 mg
31–40 lbs.	5–8 mg	8–12 mg
41–50 lbs.	6–10 mg	10–15 mg
51–60 lbs.	7–12 mg	12–18 mg
61–70 lbs.	9–14 mg	14–21 mg
71–80 lbs.	11–16 mg	16–24 mg
81–90 lbs.	12–17 mg	18–27 mg
91–100 lbs.	14–20 mg	20–30 mg
101–110 lbs.	15–22 mg	22–33 mg
111–120 lbs.	18–24 mg	24–36 mg
121–130 lbs.	19–26 mg	26–39 mg
131–140 lbs.	21–28 mg	28–42 mg
141–150 lbs.	23–30 mg	30–45 mg
150+ lbs.	30 mg+	45 mg+

These are HempMy Pet's own starting-point guidelines, informed by our university research partnerships with Colorado State University and Tarleton State University. Horses need considerably more than dogs — see the hemp for horses collection for equine guidance.

How Many Drops Is That?

Milligrams are the honest unit, but nobody measures milligrams at 7 a.m. Here's the translation. A full dropper is 1 mL, which is about 20 drops.

Product	Concentration	What one drop (or pump, or spoonful) gives you
Hemp Seed Oil 1 fl. oz. dropper	250 mg	8.3 mg per mL — about 0.4 mg per drop. Roughly 12 drops for 5 mg.
Hemp Seed Oil 1 fl. oz. dropper	1,000 mg	33.3 mg per mL — about 1.7 mg per drop. Roughly 6 drops for 10 mg.
Olive Oil 4 fl. oz. pump	5,000 mg	About 20 mg per pump. Half a pump is roughly 10 mg.
Coconut Oil 5 fl. oz. jar	100 mg	About 3.4 mg per teaspoon. Scoop it — don't count drops.
Coconut Oil 5 fl. oz. jar	500 mg	About 17 mg per teaspoon.
Biscuits small formula	2 mg each	Pre-measured. Two biscuits is 4 mg.
Biscuits large dog formula	5 mg each	Pre-measured. Two biscuits is 10 mg.

Drop counts are approximate — drop size varies with temperature and how you hold the dropper. If precision matters, use the mL markings on the pipette rather than counting drops.

When and How Often to Give It

Give it with food

This is the easiest thing you can do to get more out of the bottle. Cannabinoids are fat-soluble, and a meal — especially one with some fat in it — helps your pet absorb more of what you paid for. Research in dogs has found meaningfully higher blood levels when CBD is given with food rather than on an empty stomach. Drop it onto their food, or give it right after they eat.

Twice a day beats once

The controlled canine studies we're aware of use twice-daily dosing, roughly 12 hours apart. CBD clears a dog's system faster than most owners expect, so splitting the daily amount into morning and evening keeps levels steadier than one large serving.

Give it a week

Some owners notice something the first day. Many don't. Stay at your starting serving for about a week before deciding it isn't working — then increase slowly rather than doubling. Consistency matters more than size.

For the underlying pharmacology, see this peer-reviewed review of cannabidiol pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety in dogs in Frontiers in Veterinary Science, and Cornell University's ABCs of cannabidiol from hemp. Curious what the compounds actually are? Start with CBD, terpenes, and the endocannabinoid system in our encyclopedia.

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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Serving guidelines are general starting points, not veterinary advice. Always consult your veterinarian before starting any new supplement, especially if your pet is taking medication or has a health condition.