There is a dearth of animal welfare education and implementation in the companion animal medical setting, which may cause many companion animals to suffer diminished welfare without veterinarian or pet owner recognition or awareness. Patient suffering and clinical moral distress may be common sequelae of the lack of companion animal welfare assessment, since quality of life measurements, commonly used in veterinary medicine, may not be adequate substitutes for welfare assessment. This capstone will propose the creation of a companion animal welfare tool at the point of clinical care powered by artificial intelligence, with the primary goal of objective, unbiased, valid, and reliable welfare assessment to identify and improve poor welfare in patients. This will provide ongoing welfare education to practitioners as another medical indicator of patient status.