Free tool·Plate 02·Gut routine
Is something actually off — or are you overthinking it?
Nine questions about the last two weeks, roughly two minutes, and you get a plain read on where your dog’s gut routine stands today plus one concrete next step. It won’t tell you what’s wrong. It will tell you whether the things you’ve been noticing add up.
- Free — no email
- Nothing leaves your phone
- Built to defer to your vet
Read this whatever your score says
Some things skip the quiz entirely.
Call your vet now, don’t finish the maths
If you are seeing blood in stool or vomit, repeated vomiting, watery stool, refusal to eat or drink, a painful or bloated belly, collapse, or a dog who simply seems genuinely unwell — a nine-question self-check is the wrong tool. Contact your veterinarian. Puppies, seniors, small breeds and already-unwell dogs have less margin, so call sooner.
About this check
What it is, and what we’re not pretending it is.
There is no validated “gut score” for dogs, and we are not going to invent one and dress it up as science. This is a reflection tool — nine things worth looking at, in one sitting, with a number attached so you can repeat it in a month and see whether you’re drifting up or down.
What owners tell us is that the counting is what helps, not the number. Most people are already carrying five vague worries about their dog. Writing them down in one place is usually the moment the pattern — or the relief — shows up.
The questions were chosen because stool, appetite, gas, coat, itch and energy are the signals owners can actually observe at home without equipment, and because they are the ones a vet will ask you about anyway. Answer them once here, and you’ll answer them faster in the consulting room.
Editorial standards
How we make these tools.
You have no reason to trust a dog-health page you have never heard of. So here is exactly how this one is built, and what it will never do.
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We take no money from products
We sell no supplements, food or tests, and earn nothing when you buy — no affiliate links, no sponsorships. When our review team recommends a product it’s because it’s genuinely good, never because someone paid us. That’s the only job we have.
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We say “supports,” not “cures”
Nothing here diagnoses, treats, cures or prevents disease — because a web page cannot. We describe what you are seeing and what it may reflect, and we stop there.
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Every tool has a vet threshold
We build each one so the honest answer is sometimes “this needs a professional.” Those thresholds are printed on the page, never hidden behind a sign-up.
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We never borrow authority we don’t have
Our editorial team researches each tool against veterinary and nutrition sources and tells you how solid the evidence is. We do not claim a veterinarian wrote or reviewed something unless one actually did — and on this page, none has.
What this check is
- A structured way to notice what you’ve half-noticed for weeks
- A number you can repeat in a month to see the direction of travel
- A shortlist of what to describe to your vet, in their language
- Completely free, stored only on your own device
What it isn’t
- A validated clinical screener — no such thing exists for this
- A diagnosis, or a ranking of how “good” an owner you are
- A reason to overhaul your dog’s diet this afternoon
- A funnel into a supplement we happen to sell
Your next step
A score tells you where you are. A baseline tells you where you’re going.
Inside The Healthy Dog Club you get the 7-day baseline, the Safe Food Transition Planner, the Vet Visit Prep Sheet and the full Healthy Gut Protocol — plus a room full of owners working through the exact same nine questions.
Join The Healthy Dog Club — free →Free while we’re in beta. No card, no catch, nothing to sell you.