Conjunctivitis - pink eye - turns a dog's eye red and goopy, often with squinting, blinking and a paw rubbing at it. With the right treatment most settle within a week or two, but the drops usually need to keep going for a few days after the eye looks normal, and a sore eye that is not improving can mean something more serious. PetHealthLog lets you track the whole recovery: log the redness, the squinting and the discharge, tick off each prescribed eye drop, and keep the recheck date, so you can see the eye settling and catch it early if it is not. Free, no account, works offline.
Start tracking - it's freeConjunctivitis in dogs has many causes - infection, allergies, an irritant, a foreign body, or an underlying eye problem - and the cause is what decides the treatment. With appropriate care many dogs improve within a few days, infectious cases often clear in one to two weeks, and some viral cases take up to about three weeks. The part owners most often slip on is stopping the drops too early: it is common for a vet to ask you to keep going for a few extra days after the eye looks completely normal, so the problem does not come straight back.
That is exactly where a daily record earns its place. A dated log of the redness, the squinting and the discharge turns "it looks about the same" into a trend you can actually see, and a clear list of doses means a missed drop stands out instead of slipping past.
PetHealthLog is free, asks for no account and works offline, so each symptom note and each drop lands in one place. By the recheck, you have a real picture of the recovery instead of a guess.
A recovery log only helps if it is quick to keep and matches the plan your vet gave you. Here is how PetHealthLog handles a dog's conjunctivitis.
Note how red the eye looks and how much your dog is squinting or blinking each day. Over a week that turns into a clear line you can see easing - or flag if it is holding steady when it should be settling.
Record how much discharge there is and how it looks - watery, thick, clear or coloured. A dated note makes a change obvious, which is exactly the kind of detail your vet wants to hear if it shifts.
Pink eye can start in one eye and spread, so keep a note of which eye is affected. Watching both means you spot the second eye early if it joins in.
Add the eye drops or ointment your vet prescribed and tick each dose. With drops often needed several times a day, a clear record means a missed dose is obvious - and you can keep going the few extra days your vet asked for.
Keep any recheck date in view, and export a clean PDF of the symptom trend and the doses, so a follow-up conversation starts from a real record - not a guess.
What is causing the pink eye and which drops to use are your vet's department - but day to day, the work is usually gently wiping the discharge away with a clean, damp cotton pad, giving the drops on time, and stopping your dog from rubbing or pawing at the eye, which is where a recovery collar comes in. The everyday things owners reach for are soft sterile gauze or cotton pads for cleaning, a clean saline eye rinse if your vet suggests one, and a comfortable recovery cone or collar to protect the eye while it heals.
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Gauze & cotton pads → Recovery cones → Saline eye rinse → Handling treats →#ad - affiliate links: as an Amazon Associate, PetHealthLog may earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. Informational only, not veterinary advice. Never put human or leftover eye drops in your dog's eye - use only the eye product your vet prescribes, and use any rinse only if your vet recommends it.
Wiping a sore eye, holding a squirming dog still for the drops, doing it again a few hours later - these happen in the thick of a busy day, often with a reluctant patient. The last thing that should stand between you and logging any of it is a login screen or a dead signal.
PetHealthLog stores everything locally on your device. There is no account to create, nothing is uploaded to a server, and there is no tracking. It opens instantly, lets you note a symptom or a dose whether or not you are online, and keeps the data yours. You can export a backup any time and restore it on another phone.
Free, offline, and ready the moment you open it.
Start with PetHealthLogTrack recurring eye discharge and its pattern over time, beyond a single infection.
For ongoing dry eye that needs long-term drops - log the doses and how the eyes look.
Keep a strict eye-drop schedule for a more serious, long-term eye condition.
If allergies are behind the irritated eyes, track the flare-ups and the medication here.
Keep every dose of any other medication on schedule alongside the eye drops.