AI for pet care and vet visits: 20 real cases with prompts
20 source-checked cases of people using AI to care for dogs, cats and puppies and prepare for vet visits. Each shows what happened and the prompt.
Part of all 383 Personal cases.
- Push the vet to run a test for FIP after Claude kept flagging it from a sick rescue cat's resultsRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
thobes and their spouse took in a scared stray cat found in Elysian Park on July 4th. Weeks later the cat stopped eating and declined fast; after-hours ER care in LA cost $7,500 for two days of life support before any diagnosis, and treatment moved to a clinic in Tijuana. thobes ran each batch of test results through Claude, which kept saying to look into FIP and to push the vet to test the stomach fluid for it, though the first vet waved it off. When the Tijuana clinic was asked for the extra FIP test they first refused ('AI is not a vet'), then agreed. It came back positive, the cat got a prescription and is expected to live. thobes says not to trust medical decisions to AI entirely.
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- Get a pet insurer's $359 'earned premium' collections threat settled at $118 by escalating to the state regulator with ClaudeRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
After two pet insurance policies lapsed, Dimitri Sudomoin was billed $359 in 'earned premium' and spent two months being threatened with collections. Weeks of emails with the insurer's customer team got nowhere and a supervisor closed the thread saying they had gone as far as they could. With Claude planning the campaign, Sudomoin filed a complaint with the insurer's home-state regulator in New York and emailed two of its executives. The insurer folded in three and a half hours: the bill was settled at $118 as a 'special exception', with a written promise that nothing ever went to a credit bureau.
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- Turn rambling notes into a one-page pet-sitter guide for two dogs and a cat with ClaudeRecreated promptEvidence: Screenshots or logsBeginner-friendly
Before a trip, Chris Ivey usually stayed up the night before writing instructions for the pet sitter. This time Ivey gave Claude rambling notes about the two dogs and the cat, and Claude turned them into a clean one-page house-sitting guide covering the feeding schedule, medications, the door code and the vet's details. After a couple of tweaks it was done, and Claude also blurred the personal details so Ivey could share the finished guide publicly.
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- Spot when an escaped indoor cat comes back to the door from days of camera footage with GeminiRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
Zachary Thorman's skittish indoor cat, Puff, had slipped out 72 hours earlier without anyone noticing, with nights around 30°F. Thorman had Gemini go through days of Nest camera history. It found a pattern: Puff was coming back to check the door during quiet hours, around 7 AM and after 10 PM. Gemini suggested waiting rather than searching, laying a tuna-broth scent trail and leaving the door cracked; about an hour into waiting, Puff ran inside. Thorman then used Gemini to find local vet availability and book a check-up.
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- Find the one 24-hour pharmacy on the way home from an emergency vet with GrokRecreated promptEvidence: Described by posterBeginner-friendly
Leaving an emergency vet late at night with their dog, the poster couldn't find a 24-hour pharmacy through regular searches. They told Grok where they were and where they needed to go, and it found the one 24-hour pharmacy reasonably within their journey.
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- Link a cat's fits to a tick-medicine ingredient and get to an emergency vet with ChatGPTRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
Natasha Raina's rescue cat, Miguel, started trembling and having fits after a tick treatment, and the vet couldn't find the cause that day. At 11 p.m. Raina described the symptoms to ChatGPT, which said some cats react to an ingredient in tick medication and to check the product. The ingredient was there; ChatGPT suggested bathing the cat and going to the emergency vet straight away. At midnight the vet confirmed poisoning and said acting fast had saved him. Raina stresses it didn't replace the vet.
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- Question four of 24 charges on a vet urgent-care estimate with ChatGPT and save $600Recreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
At a veterinary urgent care clinic, a Rundown community member called Jeff photographed the two-page itemized list of 24 proposed charges, added what the vet had said, and asked ChatGPT which charges were very likely unnecessary. It flagged four with limited value. When Jeff crossed them off, the vet agreed two offered no benefit and explained why the other two should stay; Jeff kept those two and says the process saved $600.
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- Check which candle waxes are safe around dogs before buying with GeminiRecreated promptEvidence: Described by posterBeginner-friendly
A shopper asked Gemini which candle waxes are non-toxic for dogs before buying, and says the answer changed her purchasing decision in seconds.
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- Track a dog's blood-work changes between tests with ChatGPT to prepare for vet visitsRecreated promptEvidence: Described by poster
A member of The Rundown's community uploaded each of their dog's blood-work PDFs to ChatGPT every couple of weeks and added details the forms left out. It helped them see which markers mattered and compare results week to week, which they say gave them a better footing for conversations at veterinary appointments, and peace of mind during a difficult time.
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- Keep a shared puppy feeding, potty and nap log in a ChatGPT group chatRecreated promptEvidence: Described by posterBeginner-friendly
A couple with an 8-week-old puppy use one shared ChatGPT group chat to log when he eats, goes potty and naps, plus crate notes and 'is this normal?' questions, then ask ChatGPT to organise the pattern. The poster says it acts as shared memory, not a replacement for a vet or trainer.
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More pets cases
- Check whether a senior dog's cardiac tests are covered by pet insurance using Claude Code
- Find out where your dog is from doorbell camera clips with Gemini in Google Home
- Get a dog with sudden foamy coughing to an emergency vet in time after ChatGPT flagged possible bloat
- Pick a breed, name, shopping list and care plan for a first family puppy with Gemini
- Compare pet insurance policies and find a promo code with Grok, saving about $1,000 a year
- Overturn a pet insurer's pre-existing-condition denial with a formal ChatGPT-drafted demand letter
- Keep two sick cats' vet updates, records and decisions straight in a ChatGPT project while away
- Plan a new rescue puppy's supplies, potty schedule and training with ChatGPT
- Build a price matrix to cut a pet insurance premium with Claude in Chrome
- Set up a puppy feeding, potty and medicine schedule with ChatGPT