Pettify for multi-pet homes

What multi-pet homes keep track of

Each pet gets its own version of these rules from the care plan’s sources. The point is how much they differ from one pet to the next.

1. Meals, pet by pet

   2 to 4 a day, depending on the pet

   Most adult dogs need two meals a day (AKC). The AAFP favours frequent small meals for cats, so the plan gives an adult cat three and a kitten four. A puppy under four months gets three or four. In one kitchen, that adds up to several timetables.

   Sources: AKC: How Often Should Dogs Eat?; AAFP Consensus Statement: How to Feed a Cat, 2018

2. Litter boxes for the number of cats

   One per cat, plus one

   With two cats, that means three boxes, each scooped daily: the AAHA and AAFP guidelines count one per cat and one extra. The plan puts the daily scoop on each cat’s list.

   Source: AAHA/AAFP Feline Life Stage Guidelines, 2021

3. Parasite prevention for everyone

   Monthly, for each dog and cat

   CAPC recommends year-round parasite control for dogs and cats alike, so each of them gets a monthly parasite prevention task, indoor cats included. Which product suits which pet is for your vet to say.

   Source: Companion Animal Parasite Council: General Guidelines

4. Brushing by coat

   Once a week to every day

   A short-coated dog may need brushing once a week, a long-haired cat every day. The plan reads each pet’s breed and coat (Royal Kennel Club and Hill’s breed profiles, VCA for long and curly coats), so the brushing days don’t have to match.

   Sources: Royal Kennel Club breed profiles; VCA Animal Hospitals: Grooming and coat care for your dog; Hill's Pet Nutrition cat breed profiles

5. Check-ups that never line up

   At least once a year, each pet

   Every adult dog and cat needs at least a yearly check-up (AAHA; AAHA and AAFP for cats), and each has its own vaccination dates. With several pets, those dates spread across the whole year.

   Sources: AAHA Canine Life Stage Guidelines, 2019; AAHA/AAFP Feline Life Stage Guidelines, 2021

How Pettify helps

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  Every pet, and what’s next

  The pet list shows the next thing for each pet: today’s care task, a vaccination due within a month or a vet visit this week. Overdue items are marked in red, so the one pet you forgot stands out.

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  Shared with everyone at home

  Invite family by email or QR code and choose who can edit and who can only view. Everyone gets a notification when someone else logs care, and once a task is ticked off on one phone, its reminder stays quiet on the others, so the dog gets fed once, not twice.

• Each pet’s own reminders

  Vaccinations, vet visits, medications, feeding and grooming go in the calendar with reminders that fire once or repeat daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. A vaccination with a next date gets its own reminders 7, 3 and 1 day before.

• Siri asks which pet

  Log a pee or a poop by voice: with several pets and no name, Siri asks “Which pet?”. Or press and hold the app icon for Pee and Poop for the two pets you logged most recently.