Why I Built Pawnicle
Pawnicle is a personal project. I build it on my own in Charlottetown, PEI, and it comes out of living with four energetic dogs.
Pawnicle is a personal project. I’m an independent developer, I work on it alone, and I build it at home in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
It comes out of living with four energetic dogs: a goldendoodle and three Aussiedoodles.
Four dogs, a lot of small details
Four dogs means a lot of meals, walks and meds, and a lot of small things worth noticing. None of it is hard on its own. The hard part is keeping track of all of it, every day: who has eaten, who has had their meds, who still needs a walk, and whether anything seemed off.
It gets harder as soon as more than one person helps. A meal gets given twice, or a dose gets skipped because someone thought it was already done. Nobody is careless. They just can’t see what everyone else has already done.
What I wanted
I wanted one calm place to log it all: a shared list of routines, and a record of what was done and by whom, that anyone who helps can open and check.
I wanted it calm. Pet care has enough urgency already, so reminders are gentle and the app stays quiet.
I wanted it honest. Pawnicle doesn’t diagnose anything, and it doesn’t replace your vet. It keeps a record of appetite, energy, behaviour and weight, so when your vet asks how things have been, you can answer from the record instead of from memory.
It started with dogs, but it isn’t only for dogs. If you care for an animal on a routine, Pawnicle should work for it.
Where it is now
Pawnicle is live, and it’s early. There are things I haven’t built yet and edges I’m still smoothing, and I’m building it alongside the people who use it.
If you’ve ever wondered whether your animals have already been fed, or wanted one place where every meal, med and note is recorded and visible to everyone who helps, that’s what Pawnicle is for.