One clear care sheet for your sitter or boarder — feeding, meds, allergies, behavior, house rules & vet contacts. We total the meals & doses for the trip and warn if supplies may run out, then you print a clean PDF.
First line of the sheet so the sitter knows whose pets & home this is.
The single most important number — sitter calls here first.
When sitter coverage begins.
When you're back. Drives days of care & trip totals.
Who to call if you're unreachable (flight, no signal). Don't skip this — a sitter with no second authority is stuck in an emergency.
Each pet gets its own block. Add the feeding amount & times, any meds, allergies, quirks and house rules.
Where records live; first call for non-emergencies.
Separate from the day vet — emergencies happen after hours. Look up your nearest 24h ER clinic.
Recovery if a pet escapes & treatment authorization; ER clinics ask for these.
Pre-authorize emergency care up to a dollar limit so treatment isn't delayed.
Prints "I authorize emergency care up to $X. Signed: ___".
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This free pet sitter instructions sheet turns your pet's care routine into one clear, printable document you can hand a sitter, boarder or neighbor. Enter your contact info and trip dates, then a block for each pet: feeding (food brand, where it's stored, amount per meal, meals per day and the exact clock times), medications, allergies and forbidden treats, behavior quirks and house rules. The tool computes the number of care days, the total meals and food needed for the trip, and the total doses of each medication — and if you fill the optional “on hand” fields, it warns when food or meds may run out before you're back. It finishes with a contacts block: your day vet and a separate 24-hour emergency vet, microchip and insurance, and a treatment-authorization spending cap. Everything runs 100% in your browser and is saved locally.
You leave for a 3-day trip. Your dog Biscuit eats 0.75 cup per meal, 2 meals a day at 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM, and takes 1 tablet of his joint med twice a day with meals.
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title="Pet Sitter Instructions Sheet" loading="lazy"></iframe>This is a template & organizer, not a veterinary dosing or nutrition calculator. It echoes and totals the amounts you enter; it does not decide how much to feed or medicate. The authoritative feeding amount is the chart printed on your pet's specific food package and/or your vet's instruction.
Bag charts are daily totals. If you feed twice a day, each meal is half the daily amount. The tool's daily-food echo helps you confirm you split it correctly — a common mistake is feeding the full daily portion at every meal (double-feeding).
Rough vet-published ranges for context only (always confirm against the label): adult dogs run from under 1 cup/day for toy breeds up to roughly 4.5 cups plus about 0.25 cup per extra 10 lb for dogs over 100 lb; adult cats roughly 20–30 kcal per lb per day, about 1/3–1/2 cup of dry or one 3-oz can per ~3–3.5 lb of body weight. These vary by age, activity, neuter status and product calorie density — never override the label. Keep treats under about 10% of daily calories.
Medication: the tool never suggests a dose — all dose and route text is owner-supplied. It only counts scheduled doses against the trip and warns about running out. Show the sitter how to administer any medication in person before you leave.
For emergencies, call the 24-hour vet listed on the sheet or your owner contact. In a life-threatening emergency, seek the nearest emergency vet immediately. This sheet is not a substitute for professional veterinary advice.
A complete pet sitter sheet has the owner's name and mobile, the trip start and return dates, a backup or emergency contact, and then a block for each pet covering feeding (food brand, storage location, amount per meal, meals per day and clock times), medications (name, dose and route, times), allergies and forbidden treats, behavior quirks, and house rules. It ends with a contacts block — primary vet and a separate 24-hour emergency vet (each with address and phone), microchip and insurance details, and a treatment-authorization spending cap. This free template gives you a field for each item and builds a printable sheet.
It first computes trip days by rounding the gap between your departure and return up to whole calendar days, because a partial final day still needs feeding. Total meals = meals per day × trip days. Food needed = amount per meal × meals per day × trip days, shown in the same unit you entered (cups, cans, grams or scoops). Doses needed for each medication = times per day × trip days. The tool echoes a daily food amount so you can cross-check it against the chart on the food bag. It never decides how much to feed or medicate — it only totals the amounts you enter.
Yes, if you fill in the optional "on hand" fields. If food needed for the trip is more than the food currently on hand, it flags "Restock food before trip." If doses needed exceed doses on hand for any medication, it flags "Refill medication before trip." If you leave an on-hand field blank the check is skipped — it never assumes zero. A value of 0 is valid and means "none here, buy some."
Emergencies usually happen after hours when your regular day vet is closed. Listing only the daytime clinic is one of the most common and dangerous gaps on a care sheet, so the tool gives the 24-hour emergency vet its own field. It also includes a treatment-authorization line with a spending cap so the sitter can approve life-saving care up to a dollar limit without waiting to reach you.
Yes. Each pet gets its own block with separate feeding, medication, allergy, quirk and house-rule details, and its own trip meal and dose totals. The shared trip dates and the contacts block appear once at the top so there are no contradictory copies. Add or remove pet blocks as needed.
No. This tool is a template and organizer, not a veterinary dosing or nutrition calculator. The authoritative feeding amount is the chart printed on your pet's specific food package or your vet's instruction — bag charts give a daily total, so if you feed twice a day each meal is half of that. The tool's daily-food echo helps you confirm you split it correctly. For medication it never suggests a dose; it only counts scheduled doses and warns about running out. Show the sitter how to give any medication in person before you leave.
No. Everything runs fully in your browser and is saved only in this browser's localStorage so you can reopen and edit it. Nothing is uploaded. Because the finished sheet contains personal information — your home access notes, phone numbers and vet details — print it and hand it over carefully, and clear it from a shared computer. A free account is only needed to download the PDF, copy the sheet, or use the share link.
Your care sheet is built in your browser and saved only there. We don't store or sell your data.