Does Your Dog or Cat Need a Wearable? Partnering with Maven for Pet Peace of Mind

Smart watches, phone apps and other technology can track our every move — from resting heart rate to daily steps taken. Virtual VetDoc partners with Maven, the leading pet wearable, because we recognize the same proactive care and benefits we also help our furry friends.

Designed for dogs and cats, Maven pet wearable technology turns any collar into a smart collar. Tracking your pet's activity, sleep, breathing, heart rate, and more, it detects early changes while providing baseline stats to share with your vet.

While every pet can benefit from a fitness tracker, Maven's 24/7 monitoring is especially valuable for:

•Senior pets: catching changes and decline early
•Specific breeds: prone to heart, joint, or respiratory disease
•Overweight pets: accountability, exercise tracking
•Pets with known chronic conditions: diabetes, IBD, allergies
•Free-roaming cats: built-in GPS, activity baseline
•Post-surgery recovery monitoring: peace of mind between vet visits

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How Maven Works

24/7 Health Monitoring: The sensor starts tracking your pet and a baseline is set after the first week. Access data via the Maven app, where you can also report any symptoms/observations.
Ongoing Analysis: Your pet's current data is continuously compared with their baseline. Everything is analyzed by Maven's AI, trained to identify early indicators of health issues.
Immediate Follow-up: If anything concerning is detected, the AI will flag the issue and contextualize it. You'll be immediately informed so you can follow up early and adequately.
Schedule a Vet Appointment: With our Maven + Virtual VetDoc package, you can schedule an online visit the same day with a licensed veterinarian, at a convenient time and location. Keep your pet calm, comfortable and get guidance and medications, if needed.
Worry-free Pet Parenting: Early intervention leads to more efficient treatment strategies and better outcomes. Enjoy the peace of mind of knowing that we'll be on top of any potential problems!

Three Key Features

•Health Sensor: The cutting-edge sensor collects detailed pet health data around the clock, including respiratory rate.
•Pet Health App: The mobile app allows you to share your input by answering check-ups, writing journal entries or replying to questions.
•Proprietary AI: The technology delves into your pet's data, medical history and their breed's health trends to perform a continuous in-depth analysis.

Why a Wearable Matters

Our pets can't speak for themselves, but a wearable can help us know what's going on — even confirming subtle changes we may see in behavior and appearance. When pet owners make a vet appointment, they can show statistics that reinforce concerns.

Three key reasons a wearable matters for your pet:

•Invisible Signs: Early illness can be hard to detect in pets without technology. By establishing baseline data, you can compare and see a vet right away if something changes.
•For Senior Pets, Small Changes = Big Risks: In senior pets, every detail matters. Small shifts may carry big risks.
•A Voice for Pets: Because they evolved from the wild, pets often hide symptoms until it's too late. Maven's technology can translate a pet's silent signals into clear insight — and action.

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What Maven Tracks

Maven's sensor turns any dog or cat collar into a pet smart collar. We liked that Maven sought expertise from licensed veterinarians to the technology, ensuring data collection is not just accurate but clinically relevant. Tracking data includes:

•Activity and Rest: Maven allows pet parents to easily observe how pet activity and rest patterns progress over time and compare to their baseline, which is established during the first week of use and updated regularly. Owners can also compare an ideal daily amount of activity, personalized according to your pet's individual characteristics.
•Respiratory Rate: Maven is designed to provide accurate and continuous resting respiratory rate monitoring. This is important because it is often one of the earliest indicators of health problems. Even subtle changes can hint at respiratory issues or serious conditions like heart disease, anxiety, or infections, so it's a valuable metric.
•Itch Behaviors: Unusual behaviors like constant ear scratching or obsessive paw licking can point to hidden discomfort or signal something else — allergies, infections, or even anxiety. Sometimes, it is hard for a vet to observe these behaviors in the office. With Maven, you'll have data on any meaningful changes and can share the history over time.
•Water Intake (for dogs): Just like humans, dogs need water. Maven will notify you if drinking levels are increasing or decreasing, and continuously compare them with your dog's baseline. Deviations are flagged quickly and in their early stages, allowing you to act promptly if needed. This is especially important if you travel, leave your pet home during the day or if your pet is aging.
•Heart Rate: This key indicator of overall heart health and fitness can also provide valuable insights into treatment progress and surgery recovery. Maven's wearable tracks this metric and is able to identify accurate and reliable trends over time.

Research and Verification

A recent study from University of Glasgow Veterinary School involved over 6,000 dogs. Of 5,002 dogs whose owners considered them in perfect health, the monitoring algorithm flagged a health concern in 1,343 of them. That's 27%!

Even more troubling was that 75% of those dogs were young or middle-aged. That indicates many may have been suffering from undetected chronic disease such as osteoarthritis. The study appeared in Frontiers in Veterinary Science.

In addition to outside research, Maven has been rigorously reviewed. Virtual VetDoc chose to partner with the company because they are verified by reputable universities, including:

Maven + Virtual VetDoc: 24/7 Care for Under $25/month

Learning about Maven, we recognized a synergy with Virtual VetDoc. We know pet parents who track a dog or cat's key health indicators may also need immediate veterinary care when they notice sudden changes.

With our partnership, we created the preventative care bundle. You get 24/7 tracking through Maven and up to two vet visits a month with a licensed Virtual VetDoc veterinarian for just $264 (less than $25/month).

For less than the cost of one typical in-person vet visit, you can have the peace of mind of constant access to data and licensed vet care. Whether your pet has a chronic condition or you want peace of mind while traveling, this option harnesses the power of pet wearable technology with the convenience of anywhere care.

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