PetMedics Non-Contact Digital Pet Thermometer for Dogs - Infrared Fast and Accurate Canine Temperature Detection - Easy to Read LCD Display

I love this thermometer. My puppy has been sick for a while and the vet said he had a fever the last two times I took him in. I thought I should get a thermometer to try to monitor his temp at home. He's a wiggly puppy and I dreaded the idea of using a rectal one. Found this and it sounded too good to be true. Well, I just got it, and it's a breeze to use. Takes the temp super fast. I just point it as his belly or ear. The monitor quickly flashes a color along with the actual temp. I am guessing it's accurate. It says he's fine and he has seemed better with the meds. I will check again when he doesn't feel well. But I have no reason to doubt its accuracy now.

If your pet doesn’t like a traditional thermometer, this is far less intrusive. It has been added to his Dr Brahmsy’s pet first aid kit.

This was inaccurate for my two cats on their foreheads, in their ears, and on the hairless area at the base of ears. It gave a wide range of temps every time I used it in the same spot, ranging from 98 - 103. I scanned repeatedly, immediately one after the other. None were the same temp. So I tried aiming it under my tongue, and compared with my two human thermometers that said I was 96 degrees, my correct normal temp, and this said I was 100 -102 with several scans. I’m not sure if I just got a defective one, but it was inaccurate and bouncing all over a wide range of temps, from the day I got it. I was busy and didn’t return it, and forgot about it. But I got the 4 year protection insurance with it, so I will replace it and hope I get a better one. Not sure if they’ll let me update my review if the new one is bad too. So beware!

The only con is, once it decides not to get a temp, it won't get a temp which is like once in every 5 tries but most of the time if I move from the ear to the belly, it will actually get a temp. It's not as user friendly on cats due to their small ears no no lack of fur on the belly but so far, I've only given up on getting temp with this once in the 2 weeks I've had it. I'm a Vet Tech so I use it a lot.

Very handy.. Seems to run about 2° high, but if you test it alongside a regular thermometer a few days to determine the norm that should give you confidence using it.

Great value, accurate readability

I bought this to watch the temperature on dogs about to whelp. Rectally, their temperature dropped, while the petmedic continued to read a normal 101.4 to 101.6 temperature. There was a difference of over one degree on several occasions. When I put the petmedic to my own head it registered over 100 degrees, while my personal thermometer registered 97.5 This might be some good for a high fever, I don't know that, but it certainly isn't accurate enough to use for whelping.

Properly calibrated to detect my dog's and cat's body temperature. Great addition to my pet first aid kit.