DogsLifeGuide
Dog diary app: log walks, sleep, potty and vet visits
A dog diary app keeps your dog's days in one place: walks, sleep, pee and poo, meals, vet visits and notes. DogsLife does this on Android, and sleep, potty, GPS walks and the journal are free for one dog, with no ads.
A dog diary app is a quick log of your dog's day: walks, sleep, pee and poo, meals, vet visits and anything unusual. Each entry takes a tap. The point isn't the single entry, it's the pattern: after a few weeks you can see what normal looks like for your dog, so a change stands out the same day. DogsLife is a dog diary for Android, with sleep, potty, GPS walks and the journal free for one dog.
What to log for an adult dog
| Log | Why it helps |
|---|---|
| Walks | Time, distance and route. Shows whether your dog is getting the exercise its breed needs, and when it starts to slow down. |
| Sleep | Adult dogs sleep 8–13.5 hours a day; a clear change, or over about 20 hours, is a reason to see the vet (see why a dog sleeps a lot). |
| Pee and poo | The PDSA asks owners who think their dog is drinking or weeing more to tell the vet exactly how much and how often. A log answers that. |
| Meals and water | Regular mealtimes are part of a good routine (Dogs Trust), and a skipped meal is easy to miss without a record. |
| Vet visits and medicine | Vaccines, weight, check-ups and tablets in one list, ready when the vet asks. |
| Notes | A new food, a limp after the park, how your dog was when you came home. |
A routine you can see
Dogs Trust says dogs thrive on routine because it lets them predict their day. A diary shows whether the routine you planned is the one that actually happens: when walks really start, how long your dog is left alone, and whether toilet breaks are keeping up. Our daily dog routine has a sample day to compare against.
Time alone
The AKC says even adult dogs shouldn't go much longer than six to eight hours without a toilet break, and UK charities recommend about four hours routinely; our guide on how long a dog can be left alone has the details by age. DogsLife has no separate alone-time timer, but your day view shows when the last walk and toilet break ended before you left, and a journal note records how your dog was when you got back.
What DogsLife does
- Free for one dog, no ads: sleep logging, pee and poo logging, walks with GPS maps (last 24 hours), the home timeline, the journal and data export.
- DogsLife Plus adds more dogs, sharing a dog with family or a dog walker, saved walks, meals and water, health records (vaccines, weight, vet visits, medicine, booster reminders), walk, meal and medicine reminders, predictions of what's likely next and insights. Plus has a 7-day free trial.
- No account needed to start. An account is only for backup, a new phone or sharing.
Getting a puppy? The puppy tracker app guide covers what to log in the first months.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free dog diary app?
Yes. DogsLife is on Google Play, and for one dog it logs sleep, pee and poo, walks with GPS maps (last 24 hours) and journal notes for free, with no ads. You can export all your data at any time. No account is needed to start.
Can I log how long my dog was home alone?
DogsLife has no separate alone-time timer. Your day view shows when the last walk and toilet break ended before you left, and a journal note records how your dog was when you came home. A week of that shows whether the time alone suits your dog.
Can the whole family log the same dog?
With DogsLife Plus you can share a dog by invite link, so a partner or dog walker logs on their own phone and everyone sees the same day.
Is DogsLife only for puppies?
No. It works for dogs of every age. For an adult or senior dog the useful parts are the walk log, sleep, potty and the health records in DogsLife Plus: vaccines, weight, vet visits and medicine.
Sources
- How to get your dog into a routine — Dogs Trust
- Why is my dog drinking lots of water and weeing more than usual? — PDSA
- Can senior dogs sleep too much? How much should older dogs sleep? — American Kennel Club
- How long can a puppy be left alone? — American Kennel Club
- DogsLife on Google Play — Google Play