Pet Grooming Stress Behavior Analysis

Problem

In pet grooming or care settings, groomers often rely on visual judgment to notice when an animal is becoming anxious. Signals such as open-mouth panting, body twisting, and tail tucking can be spread across different stages of a session and may be missed. This skill turns the video review into a structured behavioral observation record, giving operators a consistent basis before intervention.

How It Works

• Input: Accepts a local video file path or a network video URL, with the server-side API handling download and analysis.
• Detected signals: Counts struggle frequency and intensity, identifies open-mouth panting patterns, observes tail posture, and incorporates ear position or related signals to estimate an overall stress level.
• Output: Returns a structured analysis report, risk notes, recommendations, and report links; historical reports can be queried as a cloud-backed list via --list.
• Stage mapping: Maps stress changes to common grooming stages such as waiting, bathing, blow-drying, trimming/lining, and nail trimming, making high-pressure points easier to locate.

Boundaries

This skill is intended for behavioral observation reference only and does not provide medical diagnosis or behavior modification plans. Supported video formats include mp4/avi/mov, with a maximum size of 10MB. Cats and dogs show different stress behaviors, especially around panting and struggling, so pet type matters. For brachycephalic breeds, open-mouth breathing must be interpreted carefully rather than treating a single breathing pattern as proof of stress.