Pet Sitter Instruction Sheet
Give a sitter everything they need so they do not have to ring you, including the part most people leave out — what this animal is like when nothing is wrong.
PA-04 2 pages
Pets and animals · PA-09
Multi-Pet Household Record
A free printable record for a household with several animals — name, species, date of birth, microchip, vet, vaccination due and insurance, one line each.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
Get every animal in the house onto one page, so a sitter, a new vet or an insurer can be handed a single sheet instead of a folder. It also carries the feeding and medication detail that stops the wrong bowl going to the wrong animal.
Who it is for
Households with several pets, foster carers, rescues and smallholders keeping track of more than one animal.
How to use it
- Give each animal one line, and fill in the microchip number and database for every one of them.
- Note the vaccination due date rather than the last one given — that is the date you need to act on.
- Use the second table for feeding and medication, including which animals have to be fed apart.
- Redo the sheet whenever an animal arrives or leaves, and keep it with the insurance papers.
What is on the sheet
The layout is fixed at a size that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the A4 and Letter files are visually identical and print at full size on either. Rows are set at a height that an adult can actually write a date and a few words into with a pen — most printable tables are built in a word processor and never tested with one.
Questions
Why record the due date rather than the date given?
Because the due date is the one that requires you to do something. The full history of what was given belongs on that animal's own record sheet; this page is the summary you scan to see what is coming up.
Do the animals all need to be with the same vet?
No, and often they are not — some species are seen by a different practice entirely. There is a column for a vet who differs from the household's usual one, so the exception is on the page rather than in your head.
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