What is the best type of scales for weighing dogs?

[tensteps]

Hanging scale , spring balance, platform, though they seem to be fairly expensive. What do you guys use ?

[Barnstormer Bulldogs]

I use hanging scale they are not very expense. I usually keep a few of them around to make sure I am right on weight. the thing I recommend is to test them a few times during a keep to make sure they are accurate. I've never missed weight doing it this way. http://www.stillwaterkennelsupply.com/hangingscales.htm

[SteelyDan]

In case you dont want to over pay for something heres where he most likely gets them....

http://www.americanweigh.com/product_info.php?cPath=46&products_id=485&osCsid=sq2kagg59v9n5fp79vl3lqguu3

this is a better scale though imo... i own both...
http://www.americanweigh.com/product_info.php?cPath=46&products_id=381

[tensteps]

Thanks for the info. I can get similar scales to those closer to home ,might go with one of them digital hanging scales.

[scary]

I am not a big fan of the digital scales. You need to be extra careful with them. If you knock them around any you run the risk of messing the pressure plate up and getting the wrong weight. you run that risk with any scales but digital are a lot easier to mess up. I don't know about anybody else but mine wont work if its to cold outside. And if your battery's are going dead you run the risk of getting the wrong weight as well. As soon as this set breaks I am going to run with the manual scales from now on.

[R2L]

also had a problem with a digital scale when it was cold outside here. it was fluctuating to much and i would weigh the dog, lift him off and there would still be some weight on it. in the end i used two and bring the dog inside to weigh as well.
im following the thread to look for better options.

[OGDOGG]

I would go with the Pelouze 7710. It's durable and accurate. No matter how cold the temp gets, it hasn't failed me yet. Me and my partners have 4 of them and out of the 4, 1 is off by .2 ounce.

[drz]

Been using the Pelouze 7710 as well for the last 8 years...love it! Never had a problem...I always try to use fresh batteries beginning of and then new ones again, 2 weeks out.

[Nut]

I use this one, was only like 50 euro max. Very stable and accurate per 10 gram. The sack keeps them perfectly still.
Much better then the really expensive ones i tried.

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[EWO]

I halve always used the Viking mechanical hanging scales. I have a 25lb. test pea and the scale has been accurate for at least 10-12 years. The last couple of years I have used a small digital scale in the end. There seems to be a trend of people calling weights on the 1/2 pound. The Viking is accurate as all get out but it is hard to call the half pound.

As long as the scale is accurate, and can be tested (scale checked) for accuracy, any one is as good as the other. EWO

[FrostyPaws]

I use hanging dial scales which allows you to weigh up to 1/4 pound. Digital scales are nice. I simply don't have any.

[bulldoghistorian]

I am not a big fan of the digital scales. You need to be extra careful with them. If you knock them around any you run the risk of messing the pressure plate up and getting the wrong weight. you run that risk with any scales but digital are a lot easier to mess up. I don't know about anybody else but mine wont work if its to cold outside. And if your battery's are going dead you run the risk of getting the wrong weight as well. As soon as this set breaks I am going to run with the manual scales from now on.

all the above are true
problem is most get really upset if a digital scale shows a 20 gram difference
I always change battery with every keep and at the end I make sure I double check with a other non digital scale

[Nut]

I don't know about anybody else but mine wont work if its to cold outside. And if your battery's are going dead you run the risk of getting the wrong weight as well.

Jup, experienced the same. The digital one I posted on the previous page doesn't have problems with cold. What I did with the other one is keep em inside at room temperature until weighing.
As for the battery problem. Change em regularly and double check with another scale last week. Can't go wrong then.

[bulldoghistorian]

This is the one I use

http://ie.rs-online.com/web/p/weighing-scales/7898882/

it states operating temp plus 5 to plus 35
I would recommend plus 10 to plus 25

[loot]

I still use my hanging scale that I brought from the feed store maybe 10 years ago. Never had a problem with it. A friend gave me a 50 pound test piece that's used to test elevators. It's made of steel.