My vet recommended this and I'm so glad she did
I was a bit skeptical. Claude (yes my choodle is named Claude) went for a routine checkup and my vet told me he was overweight. He was 11lbs and I just thought that was normal for him, he'd always been that size. But he'd started having trouble with his back legs and had stopped playing with his sister, which was really hard to watch. I was worried enough to try anything so I downloaded FitFido even though I wasn't totally convinced he even had a problem.
The meal planning function is what made the difference for us. You set up his schedule, tell it what he's eating, and it calculates everything out for you. We use it as a guide every day to actually weigh out his food, which I never did before. The calorie thing was a wake up call honestly, I'd been feeding him a brand I thought was healthy so assumed it was fine. It really wasn't.
I also shared the subscription with my wife which has been really helpful. We're both on the same page, we can both see what he's eaten, so there's no more "did you already feed him?" and accidentally doubling up. When you're trying to manage a dog's weight that stuff really matters.
Claude is now down almost a pound, which sounds small but on a little dog it's massive. He has a waist again. He's running around, playing with his sister and his dog friends, just acting like himself again. I had no idea how much the weight was affecting him until he didn't have it anymore.
Can't recommend this app enough. If your vet has mentioned your dog's weight and you're not sure where to start, this is exactly where to start.
The meal planning function is what made the difference for us. You set up his schedule, tell it what he's eating, and it calculates everything out for you. We use it as a guide every day to actually weigh out his food, which I never did before. The calorie thing was a wake up call honestly, I'd been feeding him a brand I thought was healthy so assumed it was fine. It really wasn't.
I also shared the subscription with my wife which has been really helpful. We're both on the same page, we can both see what he's eaten, so there's no more "did you already feed him?" and accidentally doubling up. When you're trying to manage a dog's weight that stuff really matters.
Claude is now down almost a pound, which sounds small but on a little dog it's massive. He has a waist again. He's running around, playing with his sister and his dog friends, just acting like himself again. I had no idea how much the weight was affecting him until he didn't have it anymore.
Can't recommend this app enough. If your vet has mentioned your dog's weight and you're not sure where to start, this is exactly where to start.
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It just works
I don’t use apps that much, but I’ve been on FitFido for a month and it's really great.
I like how you can scan the labels on food, set up meals, and it just works everything out for you. The meal planning is stupid simple and the medication reminders just set themselves up. Took me no time to get started and I haven't had to think about it since.
I care about what my dog is eating, and not missing supplements and medication and it can get complicated, but this cuts through the hassle.
I like how you can scan the labels on food, set up meals, and it just works everything out for you. The meal planning is stupid simple and the medication reminders just set themselves up. Took me no time to get started and I haven't had to think about it since.
I care about what my dog is eating, and not missing supplements and medication and it can get complicated, but this cuts through the hassle.
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Honestly didn't expect to like this app as much as I do
Been using FitFido for about a month now and I'm genuinely impressed. I went in skeptical, there are so many pet apps that promise a lot and deliver basically nothing, but this one's actually useful.
I have two senior dogs and a puppy. Between the different foods, supplements, medications and puppy-specific feeding schedules, it can get pretty hectic. This app has made a real difference.
The meal planning is where it really shines. Each dog eats different things at different amounts throughout the day and I switch things up pretty regularly. But you just scan the bag, choose how many meals, and it works out the split for you. Really easy to adjust on the fly when you want to change things up. It keeps a full history of everything each dog has eaten and makes recommendations on how much to feed based on the data it builds up over time. That part genuinely surprised me.
The medication and supplement tracking is also brilliant. One of my seniors had a short course of antibiotics recently and all I did was scan the label and it automatically set up reminders for the entire course. Didn't have to enter anything manually. For something I was dreading forgetting a dose it took about 10 seconds to set up.
I haven't set up the vet records section yet, planning to get to that this week, so I can't speak to that. But based on everything else, I'm expecting it to be solid.
If you've got multiple dogs with different needs, it’s a game-changer, actually does what it says.
I have two senior dogs and a puppy. Between the different foods, supplements, medications and puppy-specific feeding schedules, it can get pretty hectic. This app has made a real difference.
The meal planning is where it really shines. Each dog eats different things at different amounts throughout the day and I switch things up pretty regularly. But you just scan the bag, choose how many meals, and it works out the split for you. Really easy to adjust on the fly when you want to change things up. It keeps a full history of everything each dog has eaten and makes recommendations on how much to feed based on the data it builds up over time. That part genuinely surprised me.
The medication and supplement tracking is also brilliant. One of my seniors had a short course of antibiotics recently and all I did was scan the label and it automatically set up reminders for the entire course. Didn't have to enter anything manually. For something I was dreading forgetting a dose it took about 10 seconds to set up.
I haven't set up the vet records section yet, planning to get to that this week, so I can't speak to that. But based on everything else, I'm expecting it to be solid.
If you've got multiple dogs with different needs, it’s a game-changer, actually does what it says.
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