Case records of dogs between January 2014 and June 2022 that had a point‐of‐care canine pancreatic lipase (cPL) (SNAP cPL, IDEXX Laboratories) measured were retrospectively reviewed and a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis made if there were ultrasonographic changes suggesting acute pancreatitis or the quantitative cPL was ≥400 μ/L and the clinician‐stated diagnosis was pancreatitis and treatment qualified the disease as acute. Here, PNLIP is linked to acute pancreatitis.