Professional screening tool
PainAware™ – Pain Aware 4 Better Care
A structured, welfare-led pain-pattern screening tool designed to support dog professionals in recognising possible discomfort, improving referral clarity, and strengthening collaborative discussion with veterinary teams. On log-in, you'll be redirected to the App hosting site. This is safe, don't wory!
Created by Snout & About – Behaviour, Health & Welfare Consultancy
Takes approx. 10 minutes • Generates client-friendly and vet-facing reports • Downloadable PDFs
Takes approx. 10 minutes • Generates client-friendly and vet-facing reports • Downloadable PDFs
Free professional access
Remote-friendly
Clinically respectful
Monitoring-ready
What it supports
- Structured observation across movement, handling, regulation and behavioural indicators linked with discomfort.
- Clear pattern summaries across domains such as musculoskeletal load, GI flags and chronicity indicators.
- Two automatically generated PDFs: one client-facing, one veterinary-facing.
- Repeatable use during pain trials or treatment plans to observe trends over time.
Who it’s for
- Dog trainers and behaviour professionals
- Rescue, foster and rehoming teams
- Boarding, daycare and welfare organisations
- Any professional context where behaviour, health and welfare intersect
Important: PainAware™ is a screening and observation support tool. It does not diagnose pain or disease
and cannot replace veterinary assessment. Outputs are intended to inform discussion, referral and monitoring
alongside clinical history and professional judgement.
Snout & About • www.snoutandabout.ie • info@snoutandabout.ie