Digital pet health record: what it is and what to log

A digital pet health record is your pet’s health history on your phone: vaccines, parasite treatments, weight, treatments and vet visits, with their dates. It doesn’t replace official documents, but it keeps everything to hand, helps you not miss a date and lets you answer quickly when the vet asks.

Paper booklet, passport and digital record

Document	What it is	Who fills it in
Vet’s paper booklet	The record the clinic gives you, with the vaccine stickers	Your vet
EU pet passport	Official document for travelling in the EU with dogs, cats and ferrets: microchip and rabies vaccine, among other details	An authorised vet
Digital record	Your organised copy on your phone, with reminders	You

Always keep the paper booklet or passport: that is what counts at a border check, a boarding kennel or when travelling. The digital version supports you day to day; it is not an official document.

What to log

Fixed details

• Name, species, breed, date of birth and sex.
• Microchip number and which database it is registered with.
• Whether they are neutered, and when.
• Your usual vet and a nearby 24-hour emergency vet.
• Insurance, if any, with the policy number.

Preventive care

• Every vaccine with its date and when the next one is due.
• Every parasite treatment, internal and external, with the product and date.
• Their weight, from time to time: slow changes are easier to spot in a list than by eye.

History

• Allergies or reactions to medicines.
• Chronic conditions, operations and blood tests, with dates.
• Treatments: what was prescribed, for how long and by whom. The dose exactly as your vet wrote it; never change it yourself.

Tips to make it genuinely useful

• Log it the same day. A week later you won’t remember whether it was Tuesday or Thursday.
• Take a photo of each vaccine sticker and each consultation report.
• Date the next step, not just what’s done. That way the record reminds you instead of just remembering.
• Share it with whoever cares for them. If your partner, a relative or a kennel looks after your pet, they should see the essentials.

If you’re going to the vet about something specific, prepare some notes too: see what to note down for the vet. And to know which vaccines to log, there are schedules for dogs and cats.

Doing it with Miloop

In Miloop you log vaccines, parasite treatments, treatments and weight, and get a reminder when something is due. You can create a PDF report to take to the vet and keep the microchip, allergies and your vet on the emergency card, even offline. You can also export your data whenever you like. What Miloop doesn’t do is decide for you: vaccines, products and doses come from your vet.

This guide is for information only. If you have any doubts about your pet’s health or the paperwork for travelling, ask your vet.