Pets

The dog, the cat, the fish on the counter: every pet gets a profile, a care schedule the whole household shares, and a place on the Emergency card.

Open Pets and add a profile. Pick the species (dog, cat, bird, fish, rabbit, reptile, horse or other), then fill in what you know:

• breed, color, sex and birthday,
• the microchip number,
• the vet, linked to your contacts, so the number is one tap away,
• food, allergies and medicines,
• notes, and a photo from Photos.

Pet insurance details (the provider, the policy number and the phone number) are shown to adults only.

Record a weight at each vet visit or weigh-in, in kilograms or pounds, and the profile draws a chart over time.

Set up the jobs each pet needs: feeding, walks, medicines, grooming, litter, flea treatment and more. Give each one a rotation, like Nora, then Theo, then Dev. When the person on duty marks it done, it passes to the next person, just like a chore. Points are optional.

Passing pet care along is one of the automations. It is on every plan and can be switched off. Children can finish the pet care that is assigned to them.

Add a vet visit or a vaccine as an appointment and link it to the pet. It goes on the calendar with a reminder, and the Brain points out a vet visit coming up in the next week.

Pets show on the Emergency card and its printed page, with each pet’s name, species, vet, allergies and medicines. Whoever is in the house in a bad moment knows about the animals too.

Write a pet care page in the house manual, like “Feeding Biscuit and Miso”, and include it in a guest pass for the dog walker or the house sitter.

• “When is Biscuit’s next vaccine?”
• “Has the dog been walked today?”
• “How is Miso doing?” shows the weight chart.

Pets and pet care are on every plan, including Free.