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  1. With "β‡… Arrange" at the top right of the Health tab you sort the sections to match your routine, via up/down arrows. The order is saved to your account and applies on all devices. The same works for the cards below the pets on the dashboard.

  2. You create all entries in a window above the record, from weight to vet visit. You always stay on the page you are on and land right back there after saving.

  3. Weight: entries with an automatic curve from the second measurement. Above the curve sits the current weight with the change since the previous measurement. The time axis is to scale, and the value axis deliberately does not start at zero but shows a section, because a 1.4 kg animal would otherwise produce a straight line. Below the curve are the last five measurements with their changes.

  4. Medications: name and dosage as prescribed by the vet. With "βœ“ Given" you log every dose, "Discontinue" moves it to the archive of past medications. Once the daily target is reached, the row shows "βœ“ Given today" instead of the button, so nobody accidentally doses twice. You log past medications directly with from and until dates.

  5. Dosing schedule: set per medication how often it is given (1Γ— to 3Γ— daily, every 2 or 3 days, weekly, monthly or a custom interval). With a schedule, the medication appears for check-off under "Due", with a counter for multiple doses ("1 of 2 today"). Due is always: last actual dose plus interval. Without a schedule a medication is pure documentation.

  6. Vaccinations: the "valid until" date creates the traffic light. Due and overdue vaccinations appear on the dashboard automatically.

  7. Diagnoses have a date and are chronic or resolved. Chronic diagnoses sit prominently in the overview, and medications can be linked to their diagnosis.

  8. Allergies sit prominently in the overview with their severity. You mark symptoms as resolved once your pet is better.

  9. Incidents: bite incident, food refusal, fear and more, recorded with a fixed category, severity and note. This produces statistics by type and period, and your pet's behavior is backed by evidence instead of gut feeling.

  10. Compatibility: in the pet form you record whether your pet gets along with dogs, cats and children, plus a behavior note. This sits in the overview and matters especially for foster homes and adoption.

  11. Character & daily life: also in the pet form, you rate energy, grooming and care effort on a scale of one to five and describe behavior and preferences as free text. Everything is optional; what you fill in appears in the overview and, for shelter animals, also in the public profile.

  12. Food & treats: what your pet gets, with brand, amount, frequency and period, plus a link for reordering. Deliberately without daily check-offs: feeding is routine. The value lies elsewhere: with itching or intolerance, the history shows immediately when food was switched. Shareable in the pet pass.

  13. Preventive care: for deworming, tick protection, claw trimming or the yearly check you create a plan: free name, schedule as a preset or your own number of days. Say when it was last done, and the app counts on from there. Due care appears under "Due" and in the calendar. If you never create one, you never see it.

  14. Heat, pregnancy and litters: optional sections for female animals and for anyone breeding or fostering. Until you enter something, they only appear as add chips.

  15. A litter carries a name, father, delivery, born alive and stillborn counts and the sex distribution. Below it you record each young individually: identifier (e.g. a colored band), color, birth weight and whereabouts. For daily weighing there is a field per young with a weight curve. And "Create as animal" turns a young into a full record: birthday, move-in date and the complete weight curve move along, the record of a life starts at birth.

  16. Vet visits: date, practice, reason, cost, diagnosis and notes. Prescribed medications attach directly to the visit, and the costs later flow into the statistics.