Heelr shows your team what already happened today — who’s been out, who’s still waiting, and what’s actually working — for every animal in your care.
Volunteers show up, grab a dog, and head out. Sounds great — except nobody knows what already happened today.
A dog who’s had three walks and a playgroup doesn’t need a fourth outing. They need quiet time. But the next volunteer doesn’t know that.
Well-meaning energy becomes overstimulation. Longer stays. Escalating behavior. Harder adoptions.
Heelr stays out of the way. Volunteers log activities, staff review trends, and the dashboard handles the rest.
Every animal sorted by who’s been waiting longest. At a glance, your team knows where to spend their shift.
Activity type. Duration. Calm exit or overaroused? Faster than a whiteboard — designed for the yard, not the desk.
Track patterns over days and weeks. Know which dogs are improving, which need a different approach, and which are ready to go home.
Volunteers see only the dogs they’re cleared to handle. Level 1, Mod Squad, Staff Only — everyone stays safe.
Flag animals that need medical attention, behavior support, or staff follow-up. The right people see it before the next shift starts.
Print or share a summary of every animal’s day. The afternoon crew starts informed instead of guessing.
Dogs get the deepest behavioral intelligence — trends, recommendations, handling levels. Cats and other species get the same dashboard and activity logging, so nothing slips through the cracks.
The full picture. Exit trends, activity recommendations, handling levels, behavior support, incident reports, and playgroup coordination. This is what Heelr was built for.
Deepest coverageOn the dashboard, logging interactions and enrichment, medical flags when something’s off. Your cat room stays on the same page as the dog yard.
Rabbits, birds, small animals — they show up on the dashboard, activities get logged, and your team knows who’s been seen today.
Three taps and you’re done. Activity type, duration, exit behavior. No typing required — designed for one hand and a dog in the other.
Heelr was designed alongside the volunteers and behavior staff at a humane society in Wisconsin. Every feature was validated by the people who actually walk the dogs.
“The biggest pain point is helping volunteers manage stress in dogs instead of adding stress with overstimulation, too much anxiety and arousal, and not enough decompression.”
— Jen, Behavior Staff
After a few weeks, you start to see it — Luna does better with morning walks, Duke needs decompression after playgroup, Daisy’s calm exits are trending up. That’s the whole idea.
See who needs a walk. Log what you did. Move on. No guessing, no chalkboard.
Handle the moderate dogs. See stress trends. Know when to dial back or switch to decompression.
Manage the roster. Review behavior and health flags. Set handling levels. Keep everyone safe.
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Whether you have 20 animals or 200, your volunteers deserve better than a chalkboard. We’re looking for shelters and rescues to partner with.
Request Early AccessQuestions? — hello@heelr.app