How Baseline Status works

When you complete daily check-ins, PawBaseline records appetite, water, activity, mood, and bathroom habits. After roughly 14 days there is enough history to describe your pet's own typical range. Baseline Status compares recent days against that personal range.

It is never compared to other pets, to breed averages, or to any clinical reference interval.

• Steady — recent days sit inside your pet's usual range.
• Watch — one or more tracked areas have drifted from the usual range.
• Off baseline — several areas have moved at once, or one has moved sharply.
• Building baseline — not enough check-ins yet to describe a normal range.

Missed check-ins make the comparison weaker, so the status also reflects how complete your recent logging has been. A gap in data is shown as a gap — we never fill it in with a guess.

• It cannot identify an illness, cause, or diagnosis.
• A Steady status does not mean your pet is healthy — many conditions are silent.
• An Off baseline status does not mean your pet is sick — travel, weather, houseguests, and diet changes all move the numbers.
• It is not a clinically validated score.

The value is the record, not the label. When you visit your veterinarian you can show exactly when something changed and what changed with it — which is far more useful than trying to remember. Export a vet-ready summary any time from your pet's timeline.

Read the full medical disclaimer.