Animiyo guides

Using Animiyo

Every guide in this section starts from a stated initial state and ends at a verifiable result. When a procedure needs particular permissions or a specific role, it is written in the prerequisites.

23 guides

Open the guideBeginner20 min
Turning on notifications so no reminder slips past you in Animiyo
Creating a reminder is half the job. The other half is making sure the phone actually lets it ring, instead of silencing it to save battery.
All species
Open the guideBeginner30 min
Set up your pet's emergency profile in Animiyo
A single card that pulls together the details a rescuer needs when your pet is in trouble and you are not there, or cannot get to the phone.
DogCatRabbit
Open the guideBeginner25 min
Moving Animiyo to a new phone without losing your data
A seven step routine for moving your account, health diary, records and reminders to a new phone without duplicating profiles or discovering a gap in the history months later.
All species
Open the guideBeginner15 min
Recording medicines and scheduling doses with Animiyo
A therapy entered well in Animiyo becomes a punctual reminder and a searchable history. Here is how to record medicines and doses so the alerts really appear.
All species
Open the guideBeginner12 min
Sharing your animal's care with several people in Animiyo
An animal is often cared for by several people. Sharing the profile with the right role avoids duplicates, missed tasks and the question did you already give the tablet.
All species
Open the guideBeginner8 min
Use the PetAI assistant for a first orientation
PetAI helps you get your bearings, not a diagnosis. Here is how to frame the question, what context to give, and how to tell a useful tip from a reason to call the clinic now.
All species
Open the guideBeginner20 min
Attaching photos and reports to a visit in Animiyo
A method to stop hunting for your animal's paperwork across email, camera roll and folded sheets, and keep it pinned to the visit it belongs to.
All species
Open the guideBeginner20 min
Exporting and backing up your pet's data
A well kept record is only worth as much as it survives. Here is how to take a readable copy out of the app, and where to keep it so it helps you on the worst day.
DogCatAll species
Open the guideIntermediate25 min
Transferring ownership of a pet in Animiyo without losing the history
When an animal changes home the history should follow it. A procedure to pass it on intact to the new owner and close your own side without leaving two versions.
All species
Open the guideBeginner30 min
Running several pets in one account without mixing them up
With several pets the problem is not remembering, it is not swapping: one animal's dose given to another, reminders piling up. Here is how to keep them apart.
DogCatAll species
Open the guideBeginner40 min
Importing your pet's health history into Animiyo without losing anything
A method for pulling dates scattered across a paper booklet, PDF results and an old app into a single diary, without inventing anything and without duplicates.
DogCatAll species
Open the guideBeginner25 min
Setting health goals and milestones in Animiyo
A goal only becomes reachable once it has a number, a deadline and a way to notice in time that you are drifting off course. Here is how to build one in the app.
DogCatAll species
Open the guideIntermediate30 min
Reading health charts in Animiyo without fooling yourself
A single number says little, a curve says almost everything. Here is how to set up trends in Animiyo and read them without panicking at every wobble.
DogCatRabbit
Open the guideBeginner10 min
Log your dog walks and read the weekly trend
Logging walks only pays off if you then look at the total. Here is what to record, how consistently, and how to turn scattered entries into a readable trend.
Dog
Open the guideBeginner20 min
Keeping a daily health diary in Animiyo
A method for logging every day in half a minute, so that when the vet asks how long a symptom has lasted you have an answer, not a blurred memory.
DogCatRabbit
Open the guideBeginner25 min
Using Animiyo offline and syncing when the signal returns
Coverage drops exactly when it matters: on the road, in the clinic, up a mountain. Here is how to cache the record first, log with no signal, and pull everything back together when the network returns.
All species
Open the guideBeginner20 min
Using Animiyo's guided triage to judge how urgent it is
A short set of plain questions that turns a moment of panic into a clear call: phone now, book soon, or note it down and keep a close eye.
DogCatAll species
Open the guideIntermediate15 min
Using the if found tag and its public page
A printable code leading to a read only public page: which fields go out, which stay in, and what happens when somebody points a phone at it.
DogCat
Open the guideBeginner25 min
Recording expenses and seeing where the money goes
Expenses live in two places that look very much alike. Knowing which to use, and when, decides whether you end the year with a statement or a pile of numbers.
All species
Open the guideBeginner20 min
Tracking weight and reading the growth curve
Weight is the easiest number to collect and the hardest to interpret alone. Here is how it becomes a readable curve and what the two body scores add to it.
DogCat
Open the guideIntermediate15 min
Sharing your pet's clinical record with the vet
How to show a health record to a clinic without handing over your account, choosing which sections to include and keeping the ability to revoke at any time.
All species
Open the guideIntermediate25 min
Setting up vaccine and parasite control reminders
Reminders are not created on the reminders page: they come from the due dates you write on records. Here is how to set them and how to stay out of alert fatigue.
DogCatRabbit
Open the guideBeginner20 min
Creating your first pet profile in Animiyo
Twenty minutes for a profile you will not have to redo: every field explained, the four items that complete a profile, and the first entries worth making.
All species