roadmap

I added quick "why" buttons to Follow Ups, so a reminder can be closed as "Already confirmed" or "Already requested" in one tap. Repeat no-shows now automatically get their own message.

I added Team Forms! Managers can build simple forms, like "change my employee discount" or "fix my time clock punch", and choose which team gets them. When someone sends one, that team gets pinged and it shows up in their team space until someone marks it done, and the sender gets a heads-up when it's handled.

I've refreshed the Dashboard, now called 2.0. If your clinic prefers the original dashboard, 1.0 is an option chosen in clinic admin settings, but will not be updated further (based on current plans). You can find your tools fast, jump straight into your team spaces or your own space, catch up on the Clinic Feed, and join in on Tug of War and Kudos. Team to-do lists now live in each team's space, and your tool cards only light up when something is actually waiting for you.

Clinic Settings got a big tidy-up. Most changes now save the moment you make them, with an Undo if you slip, and busy tools like Hospital, Chores and Training have a handful of clear tabs instead of a long row. The bigger tools get a quick checkup that flags anything not set up yet. Clinic Admins can also now choose the tools everyone sees pinned on the new clinic home.

Tug of War has four new games (pick one, hot takes, guess the number, and two truths and a lie), plus a dice button that deals a ready-made game when you're out of ideas. Tug of War now has a lil rope.

Made it a little bit less roomy in the chat area, moved emoji pickers for quick reactions to be in a better spot.

I tightened up Follow Ups so you can see far more cases at once: each visit is a single line with the patient, owner, visit, provider and due date side by side. When you open a case you get just what you need up top, with contact details a click away, and notes now send when you press Enter. There's more cross-tool functionality with record requesting, reports, QA, and records sending tools.

I've retired Houndbook and moved houndkit's how-to guides to a public Help & how-to page at houndkit.com/help, open to everyone without signing in. It has search across every guide and a section for each tool, and you can get there from "Help & how-to" in your account menu. If your clinic does things its own way, Training & SOPs is the place to write that down.

I'm currently writing step-by-step guides for every houndkit tool. They cover setting up, everyday use, and what admins can change. They'll appear on the Help & how-to page tool by tool as they're finished.

New /reports page is the one stop shop to upload PIMS reports to inform different parts of the site, like the lab board, the schedule (if turned on for your clinic), Follow Ups (if on), QA (if on), etc. Also, allow multiple reports to inform the tools - for example, when you upload your appointment report to Follow Ups, you can now add the Flowboard report too, so every follow-up gets a one-click link to the patient's record.

On the lock screen, just start typing your name or initials to find yourself instead of scrolling through the whole team.

I added Team Forms! Managers can build simple forms, like "change my employee discount" or "fix my time clock punch", and choose which team gets them. When someone sends one, that team gets pinged and it shows up in their team space until someone marks it done, and the sender gets a heads-up when it's handled.

I gave Stock Requests a tidier, more compact look and made it searchable, including the archive, so "did we already order that?" takes less thought. Managers can now sort requests into categories like Prescriptions or Consumables, you can mark something as urgent when you're out, and there's a "Copy list" button to turn what's on screen into an order list. Upvote-style "I need this too" buttons exist, urgency indicators now exist, and links can be added in the 'add stock request' form.

I added tool previews to team spaces. Any space can now show a quick look at another tool, like labs waiting on a doctor or records ready to upload, so your team sees what's waiting without leaving their space.

I renamed Treats to Kudos to make it clearer what it's for: shouting out the teammates who make your day better. Everything works the same, and old links take you to the new page.

Records now pull vaccine, prevention and test dates straight out of the PDFs you get back. Open a records request where a clinic sent in (PDF, text) records and you'll see what was given and when it's due next, with a link to the exact page. Admins can add the names your referring clinics use under Clinic Settings → Records → Preventive Terms. It'll also (try it's best) to tag declined vaccines or if it's really not sure if it's reading it right.

• SUPER beta testing right now - ALWAYS manually review these dates!*

I stopped a few more search and name boxes from filling in your saved email, including attachment search and the "type a name" doctor fields on Labs and Records. No more annoying refreshing. Hopefully.

I gave houndkit a big speed tune-up! The boards now load just what you're working on instead of every entry ever made, so they open way faster, especially on phones. Old entries are still there whenever you switch to Archived or search for them.

I cleaned up the header at the top of every page. Your personal quick tools (new patient, sticky note, to-do and calculator) now live together under the pen icon. Your most-used boards are grouped under the new + menu, so you can add a task, lab, 'on the way' patient or stock request from any page without losing your place. Each option uses the same icon as its tool on your dashboard, so they're easy to spot.

Clinic Settings (for clinic administrators) got a big makeover! There's a new overview of what needs your attention, a search for every setting, and all the "manage" screens from inside tools (like chores) now live in one place. You can also give teammates a temporary password when the reset email isn't working, choose who can open each tool, and download or tidy away old finished work.

User settings are now all in one place, split into four tabs: Profile · Notifications · Sign-in & security · Preferences.

• Notifications now has email + phone alerts, quiet hours, phone pairing, and notification shortcuts.
• Profile now includes your photo, name, and job title preview.
• Sign-in & security adds password changes, PIN status, and Sign out other devices.
• Preferences includes dashboard, Magic Notes, calendar, and Fetch settings.
• Links from banners, alerts, and the bell now take you directly to the right setting.

Phone alerts are now live! Anything that shows in your Houndkit notification bell can also ping your phone, even when Houndkit is closed or you're logged out on desktop.

• Pair your phone once from Settings → Phone alerts using a QR code (in your user settings)
• Choose which types of notifications can buzz your phone.
• Only while I'm on shift can automatically follow your published schedule. (*only for clinics that have ‘scheduler’ tool!*)
• Alerts respect your existing notification settings and open the same page as the bell notification.
• You can manage paired devices and send a test alert from Settings.

It's completely free to use. I've tested the full flow on desktop(Chrome/Safari) and iPhone iOS; Android testing is still needed but will be done soon!

Clinic Care got a big round of updates for hospitalized patient charting.

• Added backdated dosing, late-entry tracking, and user avatars on completed treatments.
• Improved missed-dose tracking and logging.
• Added structured DVM orders and connected the drug calculator to patient charts.
• Added fluid and CRI calculations.
• Reworked the daily PDF into a proper flowsheet with missed doses and treatment summaries.
• Added Due now, shift handoffs, chart-completeness reminders, abnormal-vital flags, and allergy / do not give alerts.
• Added faster tap-to-log charting and quick options for ins/outs.
• Added whiteboard mode for the ward.

A big round of updates across learning, pharmacy, and everyday clinic tools.

Fetch:

• Fetch is now a full Training tab with a structured six-stage learning path, smaller units, checkpoints, daily goals, streaks, XP, and optional leaderboards.
• Fetch lessons: Glossary terms, conditions, drugs, and root words can all become Fetch lessons. Cards now use the same 1–5 skill levels, with level-based learning while still respecting custom clinic ordering.
• Fetch assignments: Fetch units assigned through training plans can now be played directly from the trainee's Asked of you list or timeline.

Training

• Training Skills: Skills now have levels, categories, tags, and completion types. The new table makes it easy to sort, filter, group, and bulk-edit skills.
• Bulk skill editing: Select multiple skills to change their level, role, tags, category, completion type, or archive/delete them all at once. Completed skills are archived rather than having their history erased.
• Training plans: Role training plans are now week-by-week timelines. Drag items between weeks, add skills, tests, SOPs, Knowledge reading, Fetch units, or notes, and trainees see everything in that order.
• Training levels: Five skill levels — Foundation, Core, Experienced, Leader, and Advanced — now give training a shared progression system.
• Continuing Education: Optional CE skills can be assigned by role and tracked separately from required training.
• Pharmacy: A full Pharmacy library now stores drug information, stocked strengths, doses, routes, monitoring, client education, DVM preferences, and treats/prevents information.
• Dose Calculator: The header calculator handles basic math and dosing, including kg, mg/kg, total mg, and mL, and can pull stored strengths and doses directly from Pharmacy.
• Starter Library: New clinics can add starter Glossary, Conditions, Symptoms, and Pharmacy content, with 235 glossary terms, 71 conditions, 26 symptoms, and 3 drugs ready to go.
• Bulk import: Skills, glossary terms, root words, and drugs can now be imported from spreadsheets or CSVs with previews, column matching, and duplicate protection.
• Knowledge & Dashboard: Cleaner filters, searchable tags, drug information in Knowledge articles, more compact cards, and a less cluttered dashboard.

Training, SOPs, Knowledge, and Handouts are now much more connected with a full training workflow and a much nicer place to create and manage clinic content.

• Training: Build role-based training plans with skills, timelines, resources, onboarding, mentors, sign-offs, certificates, and placement quizzes.
• Training Tests: Create mid-training tests with different question types, pass marks, attempt limits, rotating questions, rubrics, and review.
• SOPs: SOPs now live directly inside Training & SOPs, with links from skills, tests, and other houndkit tools.
• Knowledge: A separate home for terminology, how-tos, doses, and other useful information that isn't quite an SOP.
• Writing: SOPs, Knowledge, and Handouts now share a full-page editor with templates, formatting, images, tables, checklists, and `@` links to houndkit items.
• Autosave & drafts: Work saves automatically, with recovery if something goes wrong. Unpublished changes stay private until they're published.
• Templates & building blocks: Start from saved templates or use `/` to quickly add common content blocks.
• Reviews: Send content to specific people for review, with comments, suggested edits, approvals, and change requests.
• Version history: Published changes create versions with change notes and summaries. Reference codes can be automatically assigned and never reused.
• Glossary: Define terms once and have them highlighted throughout SOPs and Knowledge, with definitions available on hover or tap.
• Print & PDFs: Print directly from houndkit or download clean, letter-size PDFs with clinic info, reference codes, versions, dates, and page breaks.
• Previews: Docs, SOP PDFs, and Knowledge attachments now open in a sidebar instead of a separate window.
• Read tracking: Required Knowledge and SOP reading can be assigned to training plans, with completion visible to admins.

Schedule Updates

The scheduler got a big upgrade.

• Faster scheduling: Drag, copy, search, filter by role, and see hours and coverage at a glance.
• Shift types: Set staffing requirements and skills for shifts, with missing coverage highlighted.
• Time off: Customize PTO questions, set coverage limits, and block out unavailable dates.
• Preferences & auto-fill: Staff can set work preferences, and auto-fill can suggest coverage with an explanation for each choice.
• Hours warnings: Get alerts for overtime, short rest periods, and too many consecutive days.
• Open shifts: Let staff pick up available shifts, including released call-out shifts.
• Calendar sync: Give staff a private link to keep their published shifts synced with Google or Apple Calendar.
• Reminders: Publish schedules to the Clinic Feed and send optional reminders before upcoming shifts.

All of these features are optional and can be enabled per clinic.

• Feed: Find it from the dashboard or new Feed tab, with filters and older posts.
• Post types: Announcements, protocol updates, clinical pearls, shoutouts, and more, with different notification and posting settings.
• Targeted posts: Share with the whole clinic or specific groups.
• Alerts: Posts can notify the clinic through the notification bell and optional email.
• Must-acknowledge: Important posts can require staff to confirm they've read and understood them.
• Posts: Add pictures, links, @mentions, polls, quizzes, comments, reactions, pins, and scheduled/end dates.
• Admin controls: Manage who can post, which post types exist, comments, notifications, and whether the Feed is enabled.

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• Admin history: Clinic Admins can now view removed posts, deleted comments, and previous versions of edited posts.
• Tool links: Use the new Link button to quickly search and link to patients, SOPs, Docs, Houndbook articles, tasks, and lab entries. Links open directly to the item.
• Better privacy: Tool links are limited to the tools your clinic has enabled, and group-restricted content stays restricted.

• Library: Browse documents as cards or a list, with large in-page previews instead of downloads.
• Search: Faster search with filters for file type, category, and tags.
• Sections: Clinic Admins can now turn Documents, Forms, or Handouts on or off from Clinic Settings.

Calendar Updates

A few fun and useful updates to the Calendar:

• Stickers: Decorate each month with stickers. Everyone in the clinic shares the same decorations, which update live.
• Event Templates: Admins can now create reusable event templates with titles, icons, colors, notes, and durations.
• Starter Templates: New clinics get templates for staff meetings, CE days, holidays, team lunches, birthdays, PTO, and staff pet vet days.
• Custom Events: Events now support custom icons and colors, with a live preview when creating them.

A few upgrades to make equipment tracking easier:

• Log multiple services: Check off several services at once and log them with one date, staff member, and note.
• Remove & restore equipment: Admins can remove equipment without losing its history, restore it later, or delete an incorrect history entry.
• Reminders: New Equipment settings let you choose who gets reminders, when they’re sent, and which services should be included.
• Team Spaces: Selected groups now get an Equipment due card where anyone can log a service as completed.

Team Spaces Update

• Group switches: Groups can now be Tools only, Space only, or both. Tool access and space access are managed separately.
• Team Space homepage: The Board now shows your group's live Tasks and Today's Chores right on the homepage. The separate Tasks tab and shared to-dos are gone.
• Chores: Check off your group's chores directly from the Team Space, with points staying synced to the main Chores board.
• Stickers: Added ~140 stickers across Animals, Vet Life, Good Vibes, Snacks, Outside, and Fun Stuff.
• Pictures: Upload photos and turn them into cute die-cut stickers you can drag, resize, and tilt around your banner.
• Cleaner banners: Removed the dark gradient for a simpler look.

Aaaaand.... you can now decorate your user dashboard!

• Add stickers, magnet letters, and picture stickers anywhere on the page. Drag, resize, tilt, recolor, and remove decorations.
• Your decorations are private to you and saved to your dashboard.
• Decorations settle behind your cards when you're done, so they never get in the way.
• Team Spaces now use the same decoration system.

A big update to how teams work across the site!

Groups: Create clinic-wide groups with custom names, icons, colors, members, DVM status, and customization permissions. Groups now power Tasks, Chores, Labs, and more.
Team Spaces: Every group gets a shared home base for tasks, to-dos, chat, pinned tools, saved links, photos, stickers, and custom decorations.
DVM Names: Mark groups as DVM groups to display members as Dr. LastName across supported tools, assignments, tags, notifications, and copied notes.
Groups Settings: New centralized settings for managing Groups, Team Spaces, and DVM naming.
Dashboard: Your groups now appear on your dashboard with open to-do and new-post counts.
Fridge Magnets: Team Spaces now have magnet letters (and other icon stickers)! Spell things out, customize their colors, and arrange them however you want.

I also consolidated the old Tasks, Chores, and Labs team lists into the new Groups system, so there's now one place to manage teams across the site.

♡ More little improvements and polish coming soon.

Making a roadmap where I can post my 'to-do' list for this site and all updates/fixes/changes planned and speculated :)
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Happy changelog/roadmap day! This is how my brain works best and as a nosy person, I love to know how tools are going to grow and I figure there's probably a few people who use the site who may want to know too. Please always feel free to suggest, critique, or let me know how things work best for you - I am a people pleaser at heart and want to be functional and helpful for all. xoxo, kel