Detect Hidden Pain Through Your Dog’s Heart Rate & Stress Signals

Heart rate and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) are among the most reliable physiological indicators of pain and stress in dogs. PetPace continuously monitors your dog’s pulse and HRV using high-end acoustic sensors, capturing thousands of data points daily — far beyond what a standard vet visit can reveal. When a dog is in pain, their nervous system responds with measurable shifts in HRV, often before any visible symptoms appear. Whether your dog is recovering from surgery, managing a chronic condition like osteoarthritis, or simply getting older, real-time pulse and HRV monitoring gives you and your veterinarian an objective window into their internal state. Early detection of HRV anomalies has been shown to correlate with elevated pain levels, allowing for faster intervention and better outcomes.

Abnormal Breathing Patterns Are Often the First Sign Something Is Wrong

Changes in a dog’s respiratory rate are a critical early warning signal for pain, respiratory disease, heart conditions, and anxiety. PetPace tracks your dog’s breathing rate around the clock using non-invasive acoustic sensors, establishing a personalized baseline and alerting you the moment deviations occur. Unlike manual monitoring — which captures only a snapshot — continuous respiration tracking provides trend data that helps distinguish between temporary stress and a developing health issue. For dogs with known cardiac conditions, post-operative care needs, or chronic pain, monitoring respiration rate remotely can be the difference between catching a problem early or facing an emergency. Veterinarians rely on respiratory rate as one of the core vital signs; now you can monitor it from home, in real time.

How Your Dog Holds Their Body Tells You More Than You Think

Dogs instinctively hide pain — but their posture doesn’t lie. Subtle shifts in how a dog stands, lies down, or distributes their weight are consistent behavioral markers of discomfort, particularly in conditions like hip dysplasia, intervertebral disc disease (IVDD), and osteoarthritis. PetPace uses a 6-axis accelerometer to continuously analyze your dog’s posture, movement patterns, and activity distribution throughout the day. This goes far beyond step-counting: the system identifies changes in how often your dog gets up, how long they rest, and whether their movement profile is shifting over time — all key indicators used in veterinary pain assessments. Tracking posture objectively helps your vet make better-informed decisions about pain management, rehabilitation, and medication adjustments.

The Only At-Home Tool That Quantifies Your Dog’s Pain — Backed by a Decade of Veterinary Research

Assessing pain in animals has traditionally required a trained veterinarian and subjective observation scales. PetPace changes that with a proprietary, AI-powered Pain Score that synthesizes data across all monitored vital signs — pulse, HRV, respiration, posture, temperature, and activity — to produce a continuous, objective pain indicator you can track from the app. Validated through clinical research in collaboration with leading veterinary institutions, the Pain Score detects subtle physiological patterns associated with discomfort that are invisible to the naked eye. This is especially valuable for dogs with chronic conditions, those recovering from procedures, or senior dogs whose pain often goes undetected until it becomes severe. Share your dog’s pain trend data directly with your veterinarian for evidence-based, proactive care — no guesswork required.

Your Vet Can’t Help With What They Can’t See — PetPace Changes That Instantly

Most veterinary decisions are made with incomplete information. A 15-minute clinic visit captures one snapshot — often distorted by travel stress — while days or weeks of symptoms that happened at home go undocumented. PetPace closes that gap with one tap. From the app, pet parents can instantly grant their veterinarian secure access to their dog’s full health record: continuous vital signs, HRV trends, respiration patterns, activity levels, sleep data, pain scores, and the complete alert history. No exports, no PDFs, no emails — just a code your vet enters to unlock a live clinical dashboard that updates in near real-time. Whether you’re preparing for a scheduled appointment, following up on a medication change, or responding to a concerning alert, your vet always has the same data you do. For pets managing chronic conditions, epilepsy, heart disease, or post-surgical recovery, this shared visibility isn’t just convenient — it leads to faster diagnoses, better-calibrated treatments, and measurably better outcomes.