When you get back, you go over the dogs: pads, shoulders, wrists, back, a cough, who drinks and who doesn't. Then in the evening, at the bowl: who eats, and what comes out. MushMate already noted the dog that isn't right (a sign, an injury); it did not keep the review of the team. The check keeps it, without making you tick fourteen dogs with gloves on.
What changes
- When you get back, a "Return check" step in the phone's review, right after the dog grid. Six points: Pads, Shoulders, Wrists, Back / hips, Cough / breathing, Drinking.
- "All clear for the whole team", in one tap. If a dog is off, tap the point: the list of the dogs that ran, then Mild or Marked, the side (left, right, both) for the four points that have one, and a note if needed, with "Dictate". The button becomes "All clear for the whole team, except Kira", and the point's row shows what's off ("Kira · left · mild").
- At the meal, a "Meal check" line in the list of what's due, on Today: one per run or race of the day ("Run at 9:40 · 6 dogs"). Three points: Appetite, Stools, Urine. "All clear for the others" saves and closes the line. "Not seen tonight" closes it without claiming anything. "Close" writes nothing: the line stays.
- On the run's or race's page, on the phone, a "Check" card: both moments, their state ("Done at 9:58", "Not done yet", "Not seen tonight"), what was off and the notes. "Correct" reopens both moments. A correction changes what was off, not the time of the check.
What others see, and what never leaves the kennel
The check is read within your kennel: members see it on the run's or race's page, on the phone, and on the website, which shows the same card read-only (who, what, which side, which level, the note). Noting and correcting it stays with the owner and handlers; a kennel vet reads it. Nothing goes to the club, the public leaderboard, a track's public page or a share card.
What it does not do
- No notification. The "Meal check" line on Today is the only reminder, and that is on purpose: no alarm at 6 pm, no time setting. The line goes away with your tap, or with the day.
- A "marked" point decides nothing for you. It does not add a gait sign, does not create an injury, does not put the dog on rest, does not touch its load. An injury stays your own action, on the dog's page.
- The website does not enter the check. It is done on the phone, where you are: back from the run, at the bowl.
- One level per point and per dog. Two wrists that aren't the same are noted "both", at the stronger level, and the note says the rest.
- If you swap a dog on the run afterwards, its notes don't follow it: correct them from the run's page.
Four choices made against the obvious
All clear in one tap, rather than a checklist. A checklist ticked in full would look more complete. It would be abandoned by the third run, with fourteen dogs and gloves on. The check starts from what is true most of the time (everything is fine) and only makes you touch the exception.
Two moments, not one. Appetite and stools can't be seen when you get back. Asking for them in the review would have produced false "all clears", given just to finish the screen. They wait for the bowl.
"Not seen tonight" is not an all clear. On the evening you didn't look, the app does not fill the box for you. The line closes, and the check says "Not seen tonight", not "everything was fine".
Silence doesn't count. Scrolling past the step or closing the review without touching anything saves nothing. The check is only "done" on an action of yours: "All clear for the whole team", or something noted as off.