Sharing your animal's care with several people in Animiyo
How to invite family, housemates or a pet sitter to manage an animal's care together in Animiyo, choosing the right role and tracking who does what from the activity log.
- Audience
- Pet owners
- Species
- All species
- Scope
- Valid everywhere
What you need before you start
- Una scheda animale già creata in Animiyo, di cui sei il proprietario
- L'indirizzo email o l'identificativo utente della persona che vuoi coinvolgere nella cura
- Un accordo con quella persona su cosa dovrà fare, per scegliere se darle il ruolo di editor o di viewer
- Chiarezza su quali promemoria e attività quotidiane volete gestire insieme
An animal is rarely cared for by just one person. In a family the tasks are split, sometimes a housemate helps out, and often during an absence a pet sitter or relative steps in. The problem, when care is shared, is the lack of a common point: who has already given the medicine, who has taken the dog out, whether the food was given twice or not at all. Animiyo lets you share an animal's profile with other people, assigning each a role that sets what they can do, and lets you see in a log who was involved and how. This guide explains how to invite a person, how to choose between the editor and viewer roles, how to organise reminders so everyone knows what to do, and how to manage members over time, including leaving the group. It is a guide about using the app: it describes only features that truly exist, without assuming anything you will not actually find in the product.
Who takes part and with which role
Sharing the profile does not mean giving everyone the same permissions. In Animiyo each person involved has a role, and the role decides what they can do. The owner has full control, while invited people receive a more limited role, chosen according to what is truly needed. Understanding the difference before inviting avoids granting more permissions than necessary.
| Role | What it means | When it makes sense |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | Full control of the profile, manages members and their roles | Whoever created the profile and is responsible for the animal |
| Editor | Can contribute to managing the shared profile | A family member or pet sitter who actively takes part in care |
| Viewer | View only access, without editing | Someone who only needs to be informed, for example a distant relative |
Inviting a person step by step
Inviting a person is a short operation, but it is worth doing it in order, because an invite with the wrong role or to the wrong address creates confusion. Follow these steps calmly the first time, then they will become natural.
Open the profile of the animal to share
Start from the profile of the animal you own. Sharing concerns that specific profile, so make sure you are on the right one if you have more than one.
Go to member or sharing management
Look for the section dedicated to sharing the profile or to members. That is where you invite people and assign roles.
Enter the person's contact
Provide the email or user identifier of the person you want to involve. Check it is correct, because the invite goes to that contact.
Choose the role to assign
Assign editor if the person must take part in care, viewer if they only need to be informed. You can change the role later if needs change.
Confirm the invite and let the person know
Send the invite and tell the person who will receive it, so they know to accept it. Until acceptance, the involvement is not active.
Check they appear among the members
After acceptance, check the person appears in the member list with the correct role. That confirms the sharing is active.
Managing members over time
The people involved change: a pet sitter is needed only for a period, a family member changes task, someone stops taking part. The owner can update roles and remove members when needed, and the profile keeps track of these changes in an activity log that helps you understand who was involved and how.
- Change a person's role when what they must do changes, for example from viewer to editor or the reverse.
- Remove a member when they no longer need to take part, so access stays limited to those truly caring for the animal.
- Remember that an involved person can also decide themselves to leave the shared profile.
- Consult the members' activity log to see the main events, such as invites, role changes and departures.
- Periodically review the member list, especially after periods in which you involved temporary people.
- Keep the owner role for whoever is truly responsible for the animal, because it is the one with full control.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the difference between the editor and viewer roles?
- The difference lies in what the person can do on the shared profile. The editor role is meant for someone who actively takes part in care and must be able to contribute to managing the profile. The viewer role gives view only access, suited to someone who only needs to be informed without changing anything, for example a distant relative. The owner, usually whoever created the profile, has full control and manages members and their roles. The practical rule is to assign the minimum role that suits the person's task.
- Can the person I invite see everything about the animal?
- It depends on the role you assign. Involving someone as a profile member is different from creating a link to show the vet specific sections of the clinical record, such as vaccinations or visits. If you want a person to take part in daily care, you give them an editor or viewer role on the profile. If instead you only want to show clinical data to a professional, the correct route is clinical record sharing, which lets you choose which sections to show. Choose the tool according to the goal.
- How do we avoid giving the same medicine twice?
- Sharing helps because several people see and manage the same reminders, but the coordination still needs to be agreed. The simplest method is to establish in advance who gives the medicine, at what time and in what dose, and to agree a clear rule for marking the activity as done, so the others know it has been carried out. For treatments, whoever set them up should explain the exact dose and time to the others rather than relying on memory. Dose and schedule always remain those indicated by the vet.
- Can I remove a pet sitter's access when I return?
- Yes. As the owner you can remove a member when they no longer need to take part, so access stays limited to those truly caring for the animal. It is good practice to review the member list after periods in which you involved temporary people, such as a pet sitter during an absence, and remove those no longer needed. The members' activity log helps you remember who you involved and when, so you do not forget an access still active.
What to do next
Sharing your animal's profile in Animiyo turns care done by several people into coordinated work, without duplicates or missed tasks. Invite each person with the minimum role their task needs, editor for those taking part in care and viewer for those who only need to be informed, and check they appear among the members after acceptance. Agree on how to use reminders, especially for medicines, settling who does what and how to signal it has been done. Update roles and remove members when needs change, helped by the activity log, and remember that sharing daily care is different from sharing the clinical record with the vet.
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