The boarder, the groomer, the kennel, a new vet — they want the certificate, not the date you half-remember. Tavi keeps the actual papers on your phone: filed by kind, watched for expiry, handed over in one tap. No signal needed.
Your clinic phones, texts, posts a card. Fine. The awkward thirty seconds is with everyone else — and they want to see it, today, on their counter.
THE KENNEL
"Rabies, DHPP and bordetella within six months, please."
Drop-off is Friday. The dates are in an email from last January, somewhere.
THE GROOMER
"We can't take him without a current card."
You're standing at the desk. The card is in the glovebox, in the other car.
THE NEW VET
"Bring whatever history you have."
You moved. The old clinic has the file, and they close at four, in another time zone.
AWAY FROM HOME
"Can we see her papers?"
A campsite, a sitter, a ferry desk — asked at the worst possible moment, with one bar of signal.
Tavi is not a replacement for your clinic. It is your copy of what they gave you — for the people they don't talk to.
01 · PROOF ON DEMAND
When the kennel asks, you already have it
Photograph the certificate and Tavi reads the dates and the issuer straight off the page, then files it under vaccination, passport, insurance or medical. The PDF the clinic emailed goes in just as well. Either way it sits on Milo's own shelf — so the answer is the paper itself, not a date you're fairly sure about.
Send one document, or the whole vaccination record as a bundle
Papers already on your phone send with no signal — kennel wifi optional
Expiry is watched: an alert weeks out, a renewal reminder before that
Vet mode for the counter — allergies, meds, shots and chip, in big read-only type
Filing the papers, keeping them, finding them and sending them is free — so are the expiry alert, logging and every reminder cadence. Premium is the reading: letting Tavi pull the dates and the issuer off a photographed certificate for you, plus Vet mode and the vet-ready PDF.
Milo · vaccination record
Golden Retriever · 3 yr
9
PAPERS
4
VACCINES
1
EXPIRING
28.4
KG
ON FILE
Rabies certificate
Given 14 Mar 2026 · valid to 14 Mar 2027
Bordetella
Given 2 Apr · your own six-month reminder set for 2 Oct
DHPP booster
Scanned from the invoice · Riverside Vets
Share this vaccination record
One paper, or the whole kind as a bundle — straight into WhatsApp, Mail or AirDrop.
02 · PLAN
Milo's day, built on vet guidance
Tell Tavi the species and age. It lays out meals, walks, water, litter and meds at sensible times — then you make it yours.
A starting point by species, size and life stage
Switch off what doesn't fit, drag to reorder, change any time
No streaks, no guilt — a step you skip just isn't today's
Try it → tap a step to see why it's timed that way.
Milo's plan
8 steps · every day
03 · TRAIN
Train Milo the way behaviour science recommends
Short, reward-based sessions — the approach veterinary behaviourists back. Every skill breaks into small steps, and Tavi counts the reps for you.
Recall — come back, every time
5 steps
1
Charge the marker
"Yes!" then a treat, twenty times, no cue at all.
2
One step away, indoors
Name, then reward the turn — not the arrival.
3
Across the room, with a distraction
Raise one thing at a time — distance or difficulty, never both.
4
Long line, outdoors
The line is there so the cue is never ignored.
Reward-based methods are the position of the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior. No punishment, no prong collars.
The path is ordered for your dog: a husky at seven months is told recall comes first, because scent and roam drives move it up the list — and the reasoning is shown, not just the order.
Tavi reads the records you've kept — weights, symptoms, meds, visits — and answers in plain language, showing exactly which logs it used.
Grounded in your pet's own records, not the internet's
Every answer shows the logs behind it
Never a diagnosis — it tells you when to see a vet
Ask Tavi
Reading 48 records
Has Milo put on weight since spring?
Yes — about 1.9 kg since March, most of it since June. That's roughly 7% of body weight. Worth mentioning at the check-up next month.
6 weigh-insFood change · Jun 2
Tavi summarises your records — it isn't a vet, and it'll tell you when to see one.
05 · EXPENSES
What does Milo really cost?
Log food, vet bills, meds, grooming and insurance — or snap the receipt. Tavi totals it per pet, per month, per category.
Per pet, so a multi-pet household adds up honestly
Monthly reports you can hand to whoever asks
Receipts scan straight in
Drag the sliders → see a year at a glance.
ESTIMATE THE YEAR
$1,964a year · $164 a month on average
Ask each line the way you pay it — monthly bills monthly, the vet once a year. Tavi totals the year either way. Starting figures are rough illustrations; drag them to match your life.
06 · JOURNAL & MEMORIES
A journal of Milo's life, a page a day
A line, a mood and a photo. Over time it becomes the story you'll want to scroll back through — and a useful record when something feels off.
One tap is a whole entry. No streak to keep, nothing to catch up on.
FREE TO READ · NO APP, NO ACCOUNT
More than 400 guides, free for anyone who needs them.
Written in plain English, sourced from published veterinary guidance, and open to everyone — whether you use Tavi or not. No paywall, no sign-up, no email for a PDF.
The kennel wants proof of vaccination — what do I actually send them?
The certificate itself. Papers you've photographed or saved into Tavi's vault are filed by kind, so you can share one document — or the whole vaccination record as a bundle — straight from your phone's share sheet into WhatsApp, Mail or AirDrop. Anything already on the device sends with no signal; if a paper has only ever lived on another device, Tavi fetches it first and tells you it's doing so. If they'd rather read it off the screen at a counter, Vet mode shows allergies, current medication, vaccines, weight, microchip and your vet's contact in large read-only type, with the display held awake. Keeping the papers, filing them, finding them and sharing them is free. Premium adds the reading — Tavi pulling the dates and the issuer off a photographed certificate — plus Vet mode and the vet-ready PDF.
My kennel wants bordetella every 6 months, my vet says yearly. Can Tavi hold both?
Partly — and we'd rather tell you straight. Reminders are free and you pick the cadence, so you can keep a six-month reminder of your own running alongside the date printed on the certificate, and the certificate is there either way. What Tavi doesn't do yet is carry two different due dates on a single shot; the second one has to be your own repeating reminder. It's on the list.
Does it work for both cats and dogs?
Yes — Tavi is built for both. Each pet gets its own profile, colour and species-aware care plan, so cats are never an afterthought.
Do I need an account or internet?
No. Tavi is offline-first — everything lives on your device and works with no signal. An optional free account adds cloud backup and sync across devices.
Is my pet's data private?
Completely. Records are stored on your device by default. If you turn on sync, they go to your own private account — only you can see them. We never sell data or track your location.
What's free vs Premium?
One pet plus all core tracking and every reminder cadence is free forever — and so is the document vault: filing papers, finding them, sharing them and the expiry alert cost nothing. Premium ($6.99/mo or $29.99/yr) adds unlimited pets, trends, AI insights, the symptom checker, Vet mode, having a photographed document read for you — dates, issuer, expiry — and vet-ready PDF export. Founding members can also unlock everything for life with a one-time $49.99 Lifetime plan.
Will the reminders actually notify me?
Yes. Tavi hands each due date to your phone's own notification system the moment you schedule it, so the alert fires on time even when the app is closed and even with no internet — being offline-first doesn't weaken reminders, it's exactly why they don't depend on a server. Recurring ones quietly roll forward each time you log them. (Just keep notifications allowed for Tavi in your phone settings.)
Still have questions?
Dig into our vet-informed guides, or reach out to the team.
