Source checked November 12, 2026. Editorial team. Not professionally reviewed.
Context cards
Which conversation subject would you like to explore?
Prepared reading cards only. No health details, certificate or test result is entered, saved or sent. Reload resets the tool.
Four prepared discussion cards
The cards show four subjects a person might bring to a vaccination conversation: everyday routine, expected travel, contact with other dogs and incomplete records. AVMA specifically discusses lifestyle, location, travel and contact with other animals. Each card pairs an explanation with a question for the practice. Selecting one changes prepared text only; it does not recommend, rule out or schedule any vaccine.
No invisible clinical engine
There is no breed, age, weight or postcode field and no hidden score. A travel card does not infer which diseases occur at a destination. A group-care card does not know a boarding facility’s entry rules. Those would require the relevant current sources and an actual veterinary discussion. The tool keeps a general reason to ask separate from a decision about one dog or one trip.
AAHA: Recommendations for core and noncore canine vaccines · AVMA: Vaccinating your pet
Missing information does not mean no protection is needed
AVMA says it is not too late to ask about a program when an adult pet has not been vaccinated or is overdue or missing vaccinations. The site does not invent past doses, restart rules or catch-up intervals. Keep the records you have and ask the practice about the gap. This card gives no all-clear and no reason to postpone a recommended appointment.