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BreedTrackerUser Guide

Understand Needs Attention

3 minute readFree planUpdated September 2026

BreedTracker’s Needs Attention panel flags records that need review or an update. Check each reminder’s trigger, follow its action, or dismiss it temporarily.

In this stage

Getting set up

  1. Set up your kennel and breeds
  2. Add your dogs
  3. Add a pedigree
  4. ProImport a pedigree certificate
  5. Record health clearances
  6. Check a pairing: COI and clearances
  7. Read your dashboard
  8. Understand Needs Attention

On this page

Why it matters

  • It turns your breeding program's own data into actionable insights.
  • Each row offers an action to review or update the record.
  • A row you dismiss comes back on its own if it still applies.

Read each Needs Attention reminder

Eleven rules check your records, and each creates its own kind of reminder.

The first two rows of the Needs Attention panel on a phone: each names the dog, what needs doing, when it is due, and the button that clears it.
RowWhen it appearsAction
New applicationWhen it appearsA family has sent an application you have not openedActionView application
Breed now
Breeding window approaching
Past fertile window · confirm with vet
Active heat cycle		When it appearsA female is in season, with the title set by the latest progesterone reading or the day of the heatActionLog breeding, Log P4, or Review heat
Whelping imminentWhen it appearsA litter is within seven days of its due date, or past itActionRecord whelping
{label} clearance expiring
{label} clearance expired		When it appearsA clearance your breed requires is inside 60 days of its date, or past itActionReview clearance
Fading puppy · not gaining weightWhen it appearsA nursing puppy has stopped gaining weightActionReview puppies
No weights logged this weekWhen it appearsA nursing litter has gone seven days without a weightActionLog weights
{n} checklist items overdueWhen it appearsA litter checklist has items past their datesActionReview checklist
Contract not sent yetWhen it appearsA contract is waiting on your signature before the family sees itActionSign & send
Buyer hasn't signedWhen it appearsThe family has held the contract five days, by default, without signingActionSend reminder
Contract expires soon
Contract expires today		When it appearsThe signing deadline is inside seven days, by defaultActionExtend
Deposit overdueWhen it appearsA family was matched to a puppy seven days ago, with no deposit recordedActionReview deposit

Dismiss a Needs Attention reminder

  1. Select the X at the top right of the row, then Dismiss to confirm.
    One Needs Attention row on a phone: the dog, what needs doing, when it is due, the button that clears it, and the X that hides it.
  2. The row hides for a set time. One day for new applications, three days for most rows, one week for weights, one month for clearances. It returns if the condition still holds.

A reminder clears when its triggering condition no longer applies. A review link may require further action before the reminder clears.

Understand reminder settings and triggers

No weights logged this week appears only once you have recorded puppy weights before. Checklist rows appear only while litter checklists are on. The two contract waits, five days unsigned and seven days before expiry, are yours to change. They sit on the Attention card under Settings, then Contracts. See Contracts. Heat rows end when the heat does.

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