WagNote — Medical Disclaimer
Last updated: August 3, 2026
WagNote is a record-keeping and educational tool built by a veterinarian. It does not diagnose conditions, does not recommend or calculate medication doses, and is not a substitute for veterinary care. Always consult your veterinarian about your pet's health and treatment.
1. What WagNote is
WagNote is a place to keep track of your pet's health. It stores what you enter and what you upload, organizes it, reminds you about it, and helps you carry it to your veterinarian.
That is the whole of what it does. WagNote is an information and record-keeping tool. It is not a medical device, it is not a telemedicine service, and it does not connect you to a veterinarian, transmit prescriptions, or provide treatment.
2. What WagNote does not do
WagNote does not diagnose. Nothing in the app tells you what is wrong with your pet. Trends, charts, summaries and article content describe and organize information — they are not findings, and they are not a medical opinion about your animal.
WagNote does not give doses. The app will not tell you how much of a medication to give, how often to give it, or whether an amount is safe. It records the schedule you enter, which should come from your veterinarian's instructions. If you are unsure of a dose, do not use WagNote to work it out — call your veterinarian.
WagNote does not triage. It cannot tell you whether something is an emergency. If your pet's condition worries you, contact your veterinarian or the nearest emergency clinic. Do not delay care to log, look up, or check something in the app.
WagNote does not replace your veterinarian. Only a licensed veterinarian who has examined your pet can diagnose a condition, prescribe a medication, or advise on treatment. Use WagNote to prepare for that conversation, never in place of it.
3. About Scout, the in-app assistant
Scout answers general pet-health questions in plain language and helps you find your way around the app.
Scout draws on a library of general veterinary information prepared in advance from established sources, including the Merck/MSD Veterinary Manual, petMD, FDA Animal Drugs, DailyMed, AAHA, the Cornell Feline Health Center, and Veterinary Partner/VIN. It restates that information; it does not reproduce it.
Scout answers in general terms only. It has not examined your pet, it does not know your pet's full history, and it cannot account for everything your veterinarian would. It will decline questions about doses. Automated systems can also be wrong, incomplete, or out of date. Treat what Scout tells you the way you would treat something you read in a pet-health article — as background for a conversation with your veterinarian, not as an answer about your animal.
Scout never acts on its own. It can point you to the right screen; you're the one who records anything.
4. Emergencies
WagNote is not for emergencies.
If your pet is in distress, has collapsed, is struggling to breathe, is bleeding heavily, is having a seizure, has swallowed something toxic, or you are otherwise frightened for them, contact your veterinarian or the nearest emergency clinic immediately.
For a suspected poisoning, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center and the Pet Poison Helpline are both staffed around the clock. A consultation fee may apply.
5. Reminders
WagNote's reminders are a convenience, not a guarantee.
A reminder can fail to reach you for reasons outside the app's control — your phone's notification settings, do-not-disturb or focus modes, a device that is off or out of battery, a lost network connection, a service outage, or a change you made to a schedule. Reminders can also arrive late.
You remain responsible for giving your pet's medications correctly and on time. Do not rely on WagNote as the only thing standing between your pet and a missed dose.
6. What you enter, and what comes out
WagNote reports what you put into it. If a weight, a dose, a date, or a lab value is entered incorrectly, everything downstream of it — charts, trends, summaries, reminders — will be wrong in the same way.
The vet-visit summary and any exported document are assembled from your own entries and uploads. Check them before you rely on them or hand them to your veterinarian. Neither WagNote nor its author can verify that what you entered is accurate or complete.
Anything the app calculates — including feeding and calorie estimates — is a general estimate based on published guidance. It is a starting point for a discussion with your veterinarian, not a feeding prescription, and it is not appropriate for a pet with an ongoing medical condition without your veterinarian's input.
7. Information shared with others
If you share your pet's information — with a sitter, a boarding facility, or a clinic — you are responsible for what you share and with whom. Instructions passed on through WagNote are your instructions, not medical advice from WagNote or its author.
8. No veterinarian–client–patient relationship
WagNote is built by a licensed veterinarian, but using WagNote does not create a veterinarian–client–patient relationship between you and its author, and no communication through the app creates one. Its author is not your pet's veterinarian, has not examined your pet, and does not provide veterinary care through this app.
9. Acknowledgment
You are asked to acknowledge this disclaimer before using WagNote. That acknowledgment records that you understand the app tracks and informs, does not diagnose, does not dose, and does not replace veterinary care.
10. Questions
Email: wagnoteapp@gmail.com
Mail: WagNote, PO Box 1051, White House, TN 37188, United States