PetWiseCare

PetWiseCare is a Hungary-based pet care company operating a mobile app and an online education platform for pet owners and pet sitters. The app centers on a pet profile with automated reminders for vaccinations, deworming, spot-on flea and tick treatments, medication doses, and follow-up examinations, so that recurring preventive care dates are tracked for the owner. It also includes a free knowledge base covering toxic plants and foods, currently open veterinary emergency clinics, and step-by-step emergency first-aid guidance intended to help owners decide whether a situation can be handled at home or requires a clinic visit.

A second element is an online consultation service in which named Hungarian veterinarians — Dr. Piller Pálma, Dr. Hatvani Anna and Dr. Alexa Lili — answer users' questions directly, which the company positions as human veterinary advice rather than AI-generated responses. The app additionally hosts live and replayable webinars delivered by veterinarians, ethologists, behavior specialists and dog experts on topics including nutrition, allergies, behavioral problems, prevention, training, seasonal advice, disease prevention and physiotherapy.

Separately, PetWiseCare runs a course and certification business for responsible pet ownership and professional pet sitting. Courses are fully online, self-paced with unlimited access, and combine video and text lessons, downloadable PDF materials and end-of-lesson quizzes. The dog sitting course concludes with an online video-chat exam covering motivation and course material; on passing, a certificate is issued by email and the graduate can register as a sitter on the company's site, where owners contact them for services such as dog walking, day care, long-term and holiday care, 24-hour care, drop-in visits, night care and care of sick pets. Sitters set their own prices, with the company publishing an indicative starting price, and are offered free monthly workshops and further training.

Founding story

PetWiseCare was conceived and launched by veterinarian Dr. Piller Pálma, who states that she created a training program and examination so that pets could be left with professionally prepared sitters when owners are away, motivated by the view that many pet problems could be prevented through better owner education.

Business model

PetWiseCare combines a consumer app with paid online courses. It sells self-paced certification courses to pet owners and prospective pet sitters, and operates a marketplace-style sitter network in which certified sitters register on the company's site, set their own rates and are contacted by owners. The app bundles free content such as the knowledge base with pet-profile reminders, veterinarian question answering and expert webinars.

Course fees are listed in Hungarian forints on the company's site: a dog disease prevention course at 7,500 Ft, "The way to a healthy dog" at 14,900 Ft, and a dog sitting course at 9,990 Ft gross. Sitters price their own services individually, with the company publishing an indicative starting price.

Traction

The company reports on its website having helped thousands of pet parents, and cites figures of 2,500+ clients, 150+ animal sitters, 360+ happy animals, and 10+ years of experience in animal husbandry.

Latest developments

The website features an online veterinary Q&A service staffed by Dr. Piller Pálma, Dr. Hatvani Anna and Dr. Alexa Lili, alongside the pet profile and reminder features, the free knowledge base and the live and replayable webinar programme."}</parameter>

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