Pet Checker

PetChecker is a smart pet-awareness addon for Hunters, Warlocks, Mages, and Death Knights.

It monitors your pet’s status in real time and warns you when something needs attention.

Works across Retail, Classic Era, and MoP Classic automatically.

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📌 Features in v3.6.0

🟩 Pet Status Tracking

Pet not summoned

Pet dead

Pet low HP (customizable threshold)

Pet low mana (Warlock/Mage pets)

Pet CC’d (stun, fear, freeze, polymorph, banish, etc.)

Pet not attacking target

Pet stance detection

Pet taunt usage inside instances only

Pet happiness (Classic only)

Pet loyalty gaining/losing (Classic only)

Pet training points warnings (Classic only)

Pet XP percent (Classic only)

Pet food type detection (Classic only)

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🟨 HUD (Heads-Up Display)

Movable, scalable, customizable HUD showing:

Pet name

HP % (color-coded)

Stance

Happiness (Classic)

Loyalty state (Classic)

Training Points (Classic)

Pet XP % (Classic)

Pet diet text (Classic)

You choose which elements appear in the HUD (3.6.0+).

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🟦 Warnings System

On-screen warnings that stay until fixed:

No pet

Dead pet

Low HP

Low mana (Mana users only)

Taunt enabled inside instances

Pet CC’d

Pet not attacking

Unhappy pet (Classic)

Pet losing loyalty (Classic)

Pet has unspent training points (Classic)

Warning customization:

Change text color

Change size

Change position (top / middle / bottom)

Custom messages per warning type

Warnings suppressed when dead, flying, or on taxi

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🟥 Slash Commands

/petcheck

/pc

Opens the PetChecker options menu.

Additional commands:

/petcheck prepull - Check pet status before combat

/petcheck feed - (Classic Hunter) Show Feed Pet button

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🟪 Classic Era Enhancements

PetChecker intelligently adds Classic-only features:

Happiness

Loyalty gain/loss

Training Points (TP) tracking

Food compatibility checks

Pet XP tracking

Unhappy pet warnings

Losing loyalty warnings

Auto-detect pet diet

Classic-only HUD lines

Retail/MoP Classic users will not see Classic-only options.

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🟧 Performance

Lightweight heartbeat system for snappy updates

Event-driven where appropriate

Does not poll excessively

Zero impact on FPS

No tainting or combat blocking

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🟩 Compatibility

✔ Retail (Dragonflight / War Within)

✔ Classic Era / Hardcore

✔ MoP Classic

Automatic detection — one addon works across all versions.

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🟦 What’s New in 3.6.0

Added Classic pet loyalty tracking

Added Classic pet training points alerts

Added Classic pet XP %

Added Classic diet text

Added HUD element toggles

Improved taunt-in-instance detection

Improved CC detection

New custom message values (%PET%, %HP%, %MP%)

Rebuilt options UI

Fully scrollable settings panel

Improved HUD behavior

General optimizations and stability improvements

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📌 Purpose of PetChecker

PetChecker exists to solve problems many pet classes don’t notice in time:

Pet accidentally on passive

Taunt on during dungeon/raid

Pet attacking wrong target

Pet starving or unhappy (Classic)

Pet losing loyalty (Classic)

Pet dying mid-fight without realizing

Pet not summoned after wipe

Hunter/Warlock forgetting to mend pet

Low mana pets failing to cast abilities

PetChecker keeps you aware without being annoying.