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What happens to your pet if something happens to you?

A rehearsed backup plan for your pet.

Free during beta. Planned price after beta: $3/mo (or $29/yr). We'll give 30 days' notice before any charge.

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A backup-plan tool that helps your trusted helpers know what to do if you unexpectedly go silent.

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Ten minutes. One required step. Done.

1

Create your pet's care profile

Name, breed, vet, medications, care instructions.

3 min
2

Invite your trusted helpers

Share one link by email, Telegram, or your own text. They accept with one click, then pick how they want alerts. Skip for now if you don’t have anyone ready.

2 min
3

Run a practice alert

Verify everyone responds. Timing depends on helper response.

Response time varies

After that, HugsyAlert runs in the background. Check in when it asks. That's it.

Standard mode starts with a calm 6-hour check-in rhythm. Focus, Away, and High Alert modes adjust the cadence when your day needs different coverage.

Here's how HugsyAlert works.

We start quiet, and only get louder if you don't answer.

Passive Awareness

Your browser quietly confirms you're active. No buttons to press. No timers to remember.

Gentle Check-In

A friendly reminder by Telegram, browser alert, email, or text if you opt in. Reply 'I'm OK' or tap the button to check in.

Helper Heads-Up

Your trusted people get a quiet heads-up. No panic. Just readiness. Most of the time, this is where it ends — a quick reply from you and they go back to their day.

Full Alert

Your helpers receive your pet's complete care profile — vet contacts, medications, feeding instructions. Everything they need.

What is already working

More than check-ins. Reassurance that understands real life.

The quiet parts matter: the routines it learns and the handoffs that keep pets covered when your week changes.

Patterns

It learns your rhythm.

HugsyAlert builds quiet confidence from your real routine: normal windows, restraint days, and the habits that prove you are usually okay.

  • Rhythm cards show what normal looks like
  • Routine notes explain why a check-in moved
  • Pattern history makes the reassurance feel earned

Sitter

Use a sitter sometimes? It hands off cleanly.

Sitter-aware coverage keeps temporary care from becoming a blind spot, so your pet care plan still makes sense when someone else is helping.

  • Mark sitter windows without changing your whole setup
  • Keep helper context tied to the actual care plan
  • Welcome occasional sitters, not just permanent helpers

Proactive Delivery

Quiet pings keep you in the loop.

When patterns change, HugsyAlert can reach you where you already are: browser alerts, Telegram, email, or text if you opt in.

  • Pattern updates can arrive before you go looking
  • Browser alerts, Telegram, email, and text share the same calm voice
  • Outreach stays useful instead of becoming noise
A person embracing their cat

WHY THIS EXISTS

Built by a pet owner, for pet owners.

"The pets we love depend on us being okay. My biggest fear wasn't about me — it was about something happening to me, and my pet being trapped at home with no one knowing. So I built the thing I wished existed: something quiet that lives in the background, like a smoke detector you'll never hear. Most days it'll do nothing. The day it matters, it's already there."

— The Founder

It adapts to your life — not the other way around.

Talk to it like a friend

Heading to a movie? Just say so. Enjoy the show — HugsyAlert adjusts and checks in when you're back.

Going to a movie, back in 3 hours
Got it. We'll check in again in 3 hours.

Reduced motion: replies appear immediately.

Schedule your week

Plan your week once. HugsyAlert remembers so you don't have to.

Tue 6am–4pm: Flying to Denver
Sat 8am–2pm: Solo hike (High Alert)

High Alert for risky days

Solo hike. Motorcycle ride. Some days need extra coverage. One tap and HugsyAlert watches closer — so you can focus on the trail, not your phone.

HugsyAlert checks every30 min
Helpers get a heads-up aftera reminder + final reminder

Your support network. Tested before you need it.

Prove it works when the stakes are zero.

Run a practice alert anytime. HugsyAlert sends a test alert to every helper and shows you who replied and how fast.

Last practice alert

Example

In your practice alert on Oct 3, 2 of 3 helpers replied.

Sam replied after 4 min.
Priya replied after 12 min.

Average reply time for the 2 helpers who replied: 8 min.

Your pet's care profile. Sealed until needed.

Vet contacts. Medication schedules. Where the food is kept. How to calm them down. This profile stays sealed—your helpers only see it when it matters.

Hugsy's Care Profile
Sealed
Hugsy's Care Profile
Example
Unlocked
Pet NameHugsy
BreedSiberian Husky
VetDr. Martinez, (555) 012-3456
MedicationsApoquel 16mg, twice daily with food
NotesAfraid of thunder. Food under kitchen sink.
No location tracking. No GPS. No cameras. No microphones. Privacy details

A rehearsed backup plan for your pet.

Choose trusted helpers, share care instructions, and test the communication path with a drill. A drill is not a guarantee of response or rescue.

Check in on the web or by Telegram, or by text once you verify your number. No app to install.

Free during beta. Planned price after beta: $3/mo (or $29/yr). We'll give 30 days' notice before any charge.

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