30 days free · no card required

You already show up. Now you have backup.

When your pet has a complex condition, leaving the appointment is just the beginning. Vet Buddies gives you one dedicated person who already knows your pet — available between every visit, with a licensed DVM behind every answer.

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Free for 30 days. Then $19.99/mo, founding-member rate locked for life — only if you want to keep going.

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Who this is for

The gap between visits is real. Most owners navigate it alone.

"I left the specialist with four new medications and a treatment plan I wasn't sure I understood."

"My dog had surgery last week and I keep second-guessing whether what I'm seeing is normal."

"I have a regular vet and a cardiologist and nobody seems to be talking to each other."

If any of that sounds familiar — this is for you.

How it works

One person. Your pet's whole story. Between every visit.

Three steps — then you're never back to guessing alone.

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Choose your plan

You're probably not sure which level is right — that's fine. Start where you are. Upgrade anytime, cancel just as easily.

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Meet your Buddy

Your Buddy reviews your pet's full history before they ever reach out. They show up already knowing your pet's name, condition, and care team. You don't re-explain anything.

03

Stay supported

Message anytime. Your Buddy checks in before you have to ask. And when something needs clinical eyes, Dr. Rodgers is already in the loop.

All Buddy relationships are supervised by Dr. Jake Rodgers, DVM — so there's always a credentialed veterinarian accountable for your care.

Your care team

Someone who remembers. A doctor who's accountable.

Vet Buddies isn't a hotline or a chatbot. It's a real person who knows your pet — and a real physician behind every answer.

Your Buddy

They already know your pet before they say hello.

Your Buddy is a trained veterinary professional who reads your pet's full history at the start — and keeps reading it. They know what happened at the last appointment, what you're watching for, and what worries you. That's not a feature. That's just what it feels like to have someone actually paying attention.

The oversight

A licensed DVM behind every relationship.

Every Buddy relationship is supervised by Dr. Jake Rodgers, DVM — with experience across general practice, emergency, exotic, and zoo medicine. When your Buddy isn't sure, Dr. Rodgers already knows your pet's situation. They don't start from scratch. Neither do you.

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Dr. Jake Rodgers, DVM Supervising veterinarian · CO, TX, FL, UT, IL
Setting expectations

What Vet Buddies isn't.

We'd rather tell you up front than have you find out later.

It's not

An emergency line.

If your pet is in crisis, please call your nearest emergency clinic. Your Buddy is here for everything between visits — not in place of urgent care.

It's not

A telehealth appointment.

Vet Buddies doesn't diagnose or prescribe. Your Buddy keeps your story straight, asks the right questions, and loops Dr. Rodgers in when something needs clinical eyes.

It's not

A chatbot.

You'll talk to one human who already knows your pet. No AI replies. No round-robin support queue. The same person, every time.

It's not

A replacement for your vet.

We work alongside the vets you already trust. Your Buddy helps you show up better-prepared at every appointment — and stay supported between them.

The Living Care Plan

Every subscriber gets a Living Care Plan. It grows with your pet.

Most owners carry all of this in their head — the specialist's name, the medication change from two months ago, the question they forgot to ask at the last appointment. Your Buddy keeps it instead.

From your first week, your Buddy builds a Living Care Plan in your portal — your pet's full profile, their care team, the goals you set together, and a running record of every question you asked and every decision you made.

Six months in, you can open it and see: I stayed on top of this. I caught that early. I did enough.

It doesn't reset when anything changes. Not when your pet's condition evolves. Not if your Buddy transitions. Your pet's story travels with them.

Always in your portal Access your pet's full history, care team, and decision log anytime — not just during office hours.
Co-authored with your Buddy Every entry is built together — your observations, your questions, your Buddy's clinical notes.
Continuous across changes New condition, new Buddy, new specialist — the plan carries everything forward. Nothing starts over.
30 days free · no card required

Try it free. Pay later if it's working — only if.

Sign up in under a minute, no credit card needed. Use Vet Buddies free for 30 days. If you stay, founding-member pricing locks $19.99/mo for the life of your subscription — month-to-month, cancel any time.

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Free trial, then founding-member pricing

Free for 30 days. Then $19.99/mo — only if you stay.

No card required to start. Every feature unlocked from day one. After your 30 days, founding-member pricing locks the $19.99/mo rate for the life of your subscription — month-to-month, no long-term commitment.

Buddy · 30 days free
$99 $19.99/mo after trial
Founding-member rate — first 40 only

Start using everything free for a month: a dedicated Buddy who actually knows your pet, your Living Care Plan, and Dr. Rodgers as your clinical safety net. Decide if it's worth it after.

  • Dedicated Buddy matched to your pet
  • Monthly check-ins from your Buddy
  • Living Care Plan portal & vitals tracking
  • Unlimited messaging & DVM escalation
  • DVM supervision on every interaction
Start free for 30 days

30 days free with no credit card. We'll only ask for payment if you decide to keep going. After 40 spots fill, new signups will go to $99/mo.  ·  Month-to-month. Cancel anytime. Questions? Email us.

FAQ

The questions every careful owner asks.

Don't see yours? Email us — we'll answer the same day.

No. Every new owner gets 30 days of full access to Vet Buddies — your dedicated Buddy, the Living Care Plan, DVM supervision, all of it — completely free. We don't ask for a card upfront. At the end of 30 days, you'll be prompted to subscribe at the founding-member rate (or cancel and walk away). If you don't subscribe, your account simply pauses.

Vet Buddies is not for emergencies. If your pet is in crisis — labored breathing, collapse, seizures, severe bleeding, suspected poisoning — go straight to your nearest emergency clinic or call ASPCA Animal Poison Control (1-888-426-4435). Your Buddy is your between-visit person, not your urgent-care number.

Your vet treats your pet. Your Buddy keeps track of your pet's story between those appointments — the medications, the specialist's notes, the questions you forgot to ask. We don't replace your vet. We help you show up to every appointment more prepared, and stay supported in the days and weeks that follow.

Yes — in fact, most vets are relieved. We're not diagnosing or prescribing. We're helping you stay organized, understand what was discussed, and notice patterns between visits. Many of our owners share their Living Care Plan with their primary vet at the next appointment.

Your Buddy is a trained veterinary professional, supervised by Dr. Jake Rodgers, DVM. They aren't a substitute for a veterinarian — which is why anything clinical routes through Dr. Rodgers. You'll meet your Buddy by name and talk to the same person every time.

Dr. Rodgers (DVM, licensed in CO, TX, FL, UT, IL) reviews escalations from your Buddy, signs off on any clinical guidance, and acts as your safety net when a question needs medical expertise. He's not a replacement for your regular vet — he's the licensed accountability behind every Buddy relationship.

Yes — month-to-month, no long-term commitment, no cancellation fees. If you're not sure Vet Buddies is for you, try a month. If it isn't, we'll part as friends and your Living Care Plan goes with you as a PDF.

The first 40 owners who sign up get a 30-day free trial, and if they choose to subscribe at the end of it, they pay $19.99/mo for as long as their subscription stays active — even after we move to the regular $99/mo price. Cancel and come back later, you'd join at the then-current rate. Stay subscribed, your rate stays put.

Right now, Colorado, Texas, Florida, Utah, and Illinois — the states Dr. Rodgers is licensed in. If you're somewhere else and want to join, email us — we're expanding and we want to know where to go next.