Annotations

Annotations let you mark important milestones in your pet’s care, such as “Started new medication”, “Changed food” or “New diagnosis”. Each annotation appears on your pet’s graphs on the date it happened, so you can see whether a change made a difference.

For example, if you add an annotation on the day your pet started a new pain medication, you can look at the graphs before and after that date to see whether their quality of life improved.

Where to find it

Open your pet’s page and go to the Annotations tab. You’ll see a list of every annotation for that pet, newest first.

Adding an annotation

Click New Annotation and fill in:

Date: the date the change happened. It defaults to today, but you can pick an earlier date to record something from the past.

Title: a short, clear name. This is the label that appears on your graphs, so keep it brief, like “Medication Change”, “Injury” or “Increased Activity”.

Body (optional): more context about what happened and anything you want to remember, like “Switched to prescription diet due to allergies. Monitoring digestion.”

Click Save.

Seeing annotations on your graphs

Annotations appear on these graphs on your pet’s page:

• Quality of Life Graph
• Daily Rating (Rolling Average)
• Weight Graph
• Vitals

Each annotation shows as an orange dot labeled with its title. Hover over (or tap) the dot to see the title and the full details.

Editing or deleting an annotation

On the Annotations tab, use the edit or delete icon next to the annotation. Changes show up on your graphs right away.

Note: Members of your account with read-only access can see annotations but can’t add, edit or delete them.

When to use annotations

Annotations work best for big-picture changes that might affect your pet’s well-being over time, such as:

• Starting, stopping or changing a medication or dose
• Changing food or diet
• A new diagnosis, surgery or procedure
• A move, a new pet in the home, or a change in routine
• Starting a new therapy, like acupuncture or sub-Q fluids

For things that happen on a particular day, like vomiting or a good walk, use Events instead.