Free Dog Health Check Quiz · UK

The free dog health quiz that scores your dog across 7 wellness pillars

Wondering if your dog is healthy? Take the free 5-minute dog health checker and get a personalised wellness score, your dog's Wellness Age, and a 4-week plan tailored to skin, gut, joints, energy, cognition, liver health, and weight. UK-built, vet-informed.

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How to Check If Your Dog Is Healthy at Home

Most early signs of trouble are visible at home — if you know where to look. Walk through the seven things below once a month and you'll catch most issues before they need a vet visit. This is the same framework the free dog wellness check above scores against.

Skin & Coat

A healthy dog's coat is shiny without grooming, has even coverage, and doesn't shed excessively. Skin should be uniform colour with no redness, flaking, or hot spots. Check by parting the fur — pink or grey skin is normal; red, dry, or scaly skin needs attention.

Gut Health

Healthy dogs pass firm, log-shaped stool one to two times daily. They eat consistently, don't excessively beg or refuse food, and have a flat abdomen (not bloated). Persistent loose stool, gas, or appetite changes are early signs something's off.

Joints & Mobility

Watch your dog stand up, walk, and lie down. They should move smoothly without stiffness, hesitation on stairs, or favouring one leg. Run your hand along their back and limbs — they shouldn't flinch or react. Joint issues often start subtle and progress, so monthly observation matters.

Energy & Vitality

A healthy dog matches their breed and age's expected energy level. They engage with you, show interest in walks, and recover well after exercise. Persistent lethargy or hyperactivity outside normal patterns warrants attention.

Cognition & Calm

Healthy dogs respond to their name, recognise familiar people and places, and behave consistently. Confusion, repetitive behaviours, or unusual anxiety can signal cognitive issues, especially in older dogs. Track any change month-on-month — small shifts are easier to address than big ones.

Liver & Detox

Internal organ health shows in subtle external signs: gum colour (should be pink, not pale or yellow), eye clarity (no yellow tint), water intake (sudden increase or decrease is a flag), and breath odour (sweet or sour breath can indicate internal issues).

Weight & Body Condition

You should be able to feel your dog's ribs without pressing hard. Their waist should be visible from above (an hourglass shape). Excess weight is the most common preventable health issue in UK dogs and quietly drives up the risk of joint, heart, and metabolic problems.

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What Is My Dog's Wellness Age?

A dog's chronological age (the years since they were born) doesn't tell the full story. Two 8-year-old Labradors can have very different physical realities based on diet, exercise, weight, and care.

We calculate Wellness Age based on the answers you provide across all 7 health pillars. A dog with strong scores might have a Wellness Age younger than their birth age — meaning their body is doing better than the calendar suggests. A dog with multiple health concerns might have a Wellness Age older than their birth age, which is a useful early-warning signal.

Wellness Age is a snapshot. It changes month to month based on your dog's diet, supplements, exercise, and life events. The most useful thing about the metric is that it gives you something concrete to track — re-take the quiz in 3 months and compare your dog's Wellness Age to baseline.

It's also one of the few metrics that combines breed-specific risks with your dog's actual current state. A Cocker Spaniel's expected wellness trajectory is different from a Greyhound's, and we account for this. The daily wellness foundation we recommend adapts to your dog's profile too, which helps the Wellness Age trend in the right direction over the weeks and months that follow the first quiz.

Take the quiz to see your dog's Wellness Age now →

The 7 Pillars of Dog Health

The dog health quiz scores wellness across seven pillars. Each one measures something different, with its own signs, drivers, and practical checks. Here's what the quiz is actually looking at.

Skin & Coat

Skin is the largest organ and the most visible read on what's happening underneath. The pillar measures coat quality, scratching frequency, and recurring skin or ear issues. It matters because persistent skin problems are usually downstream of food sensitivity, low omega-3 intake, or environmental allergens — all addressable. The quiz scores answers across three skin questions and adjusts for breed (Westies, Cockers, French Bulldogs all skew higher on the score). The skin-supportive nutrients in our daily formula — algae omega-3, zinc, quercetin — are the most-evidenced foundation for lifting this pillar.

Gut Health

Gut health is downstream of almost everything else: protein source, cereal content, food transitions, stress. The pillar measures stool consistency, gas, and eating behaviour across three questions. Common signs something's off: persistent loose stool, frequent gas, grass-eating, or a sudden refusal to finish meals. The quiz triangulates these against current food quality and breed sensitivities. For a deeper, stool-specific read once you've taken the quiz, try our deeper gut health analysis — it's free and complements the wellness score.

Joints & Mobility

Joints are the pillar that's easiest to ignore until it's hard to ignore. The quiz checks for stiffness after rest, hesitation on stairs or jumping, and any change over the last 6 months. Larger breeds and breed-prone dogs (Labradors, GSDs, Dachshunds) get adjusted scoring. Catching a low score early matters because consistent joint care over years works far better than reactive treatment after symptoms set in. A joint-supportive supplement with glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM, and omega-3 is the most-evidenced foundation; the quiz tells you whether it's time to start.

Energy & Vitality

Energy isn't just exercise tolerance — it's a read on how efficiently your dog converts food into usable fuel. The pillar measures walk enthusiasm and mental sharpness. Persistent low energy can track to food quality (cereal-heavy foods give calories without metabolic fuel), low B-vitamins or CoQ10, or hidden inflammation that's exhausting to manage. The quiz weighs these against breed expectations — a Whippet's resting baseline is not a Border Collie's. If energy is the weakest pillar, the engine recommends specific cellular-energy support.

Cognition & Calm

One of the two new pillars in this quiz. It measures focus and training response, anxiety signs at rest, and any sleep or routine changes over the last 6 months. Cognition matters because it's the most often-missed signal — owners explain it away as "just being old" or "always been a bit anxious". The quiz separates age-appropriate softening (older dogs get extra leniency here) from patterns worth investigating. Senior dogs with cognitive shifts see their plan adjusted to include DHA omega-3, the most-evidenced cognitive support for ageing dogs.

Liver & Detox

The quietest pillar — most owners can't read liver health from outside the body. The quiz looks at two leading external signs: eye clarity and breath odour, and any recent change in drinking or urinary patterns. It's deliberately a lighter weight in the total score (8 of 100) because owner-observable cues are limited. Liver issues are usually first picked up on routine vet bloodwork. The quiz flags whether a vet conversation is worth having, alongside gentle nutritional support like milk thistle and cranberry.

Weight & Body Condition

Carried in the Nutrition pillar, this is the single most-leveraged metric in the whole quiz. Excess weight is the most common preventable health issue in UK dogs and quietly drives risk in joints, heart, liver, and metabolic health. The quiz combines body type input, current food quality, supplement use, and life-stage match to score nutrition. Overweight dogs almost always score lower across multiple pillars at once — addressing weight tends to lift the whole score.

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Dog Health Quiz FAQ

Yes, completely free. No payment, no hidden tiers. We do ask for an email before showing your results so we can send your full 4-week plan and breed-specific guidance — marketing is opt-in on the same step. We make money when dogs whose results suggest they'd benefit from supplementation try Super Everyday, but you're never required to.

About five minutes. The quiz adapts to your answers, so you only see questions relevant to your dog's age, breed, and circumstances.

The quiz is vet-informed: built using veterinary research and clinical guidelines for canine health assessment. It is not a substitute for veterinary care. For specific health concerns, always consult your vet.

Wellness Age is a number we calculate based on your dog's answers across seven health pillars, adjusted for breed and age. It tells you whether your dog's body is performing younger, in line with, or older than their chronological age. See the full Wellness Age explainer above for how it's calculated.

The quiz is based on validated veterinary assessment frameworks and breed-specific data. Accurate for indicating areas of concern and generating a personalised plan, but it is not diagnostic. Always consult your vet for clinical concerns. For a deeper gut-specific read, try Poop Inspector, our free stool-analysis tool that complements the wellness score.

Yes. Each dog should have their own quiz session, since health scores are personalised to that specific dog's age, breed, and answers.

A health score across seven wellness pillars, a Wellness Age calculation, your dog's profile type (one of twelve archetypes), a four-week personalised plan, and breed-specific guidance based on your dog's specific risks.

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