More Good Days
Pet Quality of Life Tracker for Veterinarians
Supporting client quality-of-life assessment in palliative and hospice care
Supporting families through chronic illness and end-of-life care is complex clinical work. Symptoms fluctuate, decline is often gradual, and decision-making is emotionally charged. Many pet owners struggle to interpret changes in comfort or function, and recall bias can make it difficult to accurately describe patterns between consultations.
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More Good Days is a pet quality-of-life tracking tool designed to support structured, at-home monitoring, so clinical conversations about palliative care, hospice, and euthanasia timing are clearer, calmer, and grounded in longitudinal data rather than retrospective recall.
What is More Good Days?
More Good Days is an interactive pet quality-of-life assessment tool for ageing or terminally ill dogs and cats. Pet owners record brief daily observations across key wellbeing domains, and the tool generates weekly summaries and trend visualisations that show how a pet is doing longitudinally.
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It's not a diagnostic tool and doesn't replace clinical assessment. Instead, it supports ongoing monitoring between visits and helps surface patterns of decline or instability that may otherwise be difficult to articulate.
Who this tool supports
More Good Days is designed for:
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Senior pet care: Monitoring age-related decline in older dogs and cats
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Palliative and hospice care: Tracking comfort and quality of life in terminal illness
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Chronic disease management: Supporting families caring for pets with cancer, kidney disease, heart disease, or other progressive conditions
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End-of-life decision support: Providing objective data for euthanasia discussions
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Home-visit and mobile practices: Empowering clients to monitor between appointments
How quality-of-life tracking supports families and clinical care
Pet owners often struggle to determine whether their animal is still experiencing more good days than hard ones, particularly during prolonged decline. Day-to-day variability, emotional stress, and anticipatory grief can make patterns difficult to recognise or communicate.
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The tracker supports families to:
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record observations consistently over time
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recognise emerging change rather than isolated events
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contextualise daily fluctuations within broader trends
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arrive at consultations better prepared
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feel more supported during complex decision-making
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For veterinary teams, this quality-of-life assessment tool supports:
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clearer, more precise discussions about comfort, function, and decline in senior and terminally ill pets
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improved shared understanding of what is being observed at home
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enhanced monitoring within palliative, hospice, and comfort-care pathways
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more structured, transparent quality-of-life and euthanasia discussions
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Weekly summaries consolidate daily observations into a longitudinal view, helping anchor emotionally difficult conversations in observed patterns rather than retrospective recall alone.
How the tracker works
The tracker focuses on core domains commonly used in veterinary quality-of-life assessment:
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Activity and mobility
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Pain and discomfort
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Appetite
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Hydration
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Mood and engagement
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For cats, an additional grooming/self-care domain is included as a sensitive indicator of wellbeing and early decline.
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Each domain is scored using a simple 1–3–5 scale:
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1 – Concerning: clear signs of discomfort, distress, or decline
3 – Acceptable: mild, intermittent, or manageable changes
5 – Ideal: normal, comfortable, species-typical behaviour
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Owners can also add illness-specific domains such as respiratory effort, medication effects, mobility changes, cognitive signs, or canine cognitive dysfunction, with personalised definitions of what a 1, 3, and 5 look like for their individual pet.
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Daily entries automatically feed into weekly summaries and a trend chart, supporting clearer longitudinal quality-of-life monitoring.
Using More Good Days in practice
This pet quality-of-life tracker is particularly valuable for:
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families managing chronic, progressive, or terminal conditions
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clients navigating uncertainty about timing or next steps
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palliative, hospice, or home-visit care pathways
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owners following a serious diagnosis where monitoring change is important
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families who would benefit from a structured way to reflect between visits
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The tool is intentionally flexible and can be used alongside any clinical approach to end-of-life care.
Professional access and clinic resources
Veterinary professionals are welcome to review the tracker prior to recommending it. Complimentary professional access is available on request.
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We can also provide:
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clinic flyers and QR cards
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staff information sheets
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discounted organisational access
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support for embedding the tracker within end-of-life resources
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materials tailored for hospice or home-visit veterinarians
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Contact: hello@moregooddaystracker.com
Evidence-based quality-of-life assessment
More Good Days is grounded in the Five Domains Model of animal welfare, a framework widely used in veterinary palliative care and quality-of-life assessment. The tracker supports objective monitoring of:
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Mobility and activity levels
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Pain and discomfort indicators
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Appetite and hydration
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Behavioral engagement
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Species-specific indicators (e.g., grooming in cats)
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By tracking these domains daily, pet owners can provide you with longitudinal data that supports more informed discussions about their pet's comfort, prognosis, and end-of-life options.
Get in touch
If you would like to trial the tool, request clinic materials, or discuss how More Good Days may support your clients, please contact:
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We value the role veterinarians play in helping families navigate one of the hardest decisions in companion animal care, and we welcome questions and feedback.