Travel and pet sitters
Handing care to a sitter, boarding, and travelling with pets.
Guides on this topic
How to Share Your Pet's Routine With a Sitter
To share your pet's routine with a sitter, write the day as a timeline, add exact feeding details, quirks and vet contacts on one page, then walk through it together before you leave.
Pet Sitter Instructions Template: What to Leave for Your Sitter
A pet sitter instructions template covers your pet's profile, feeding routine, medications as your vet set them, vet and emergency contacts, and house details. Copy the list below and fill it in a week early.
Other topics
- Routines and shared careDaily care routines, and sharing them in a household without doubling up.4 guides
- FeedingMeal times, the portions your vet set, treats, water and schedules that stick.4 guides
- MedicationsGiving medicine on time: schedules, reminders, courses and a record of every dose.4 guides
- Vet visits and recordsWhat to note before a vet visit, and keeping a record your vet can read.4 guides
- Vaccines and preventivesKeeping track of vaccines, and flea, tick and worming dates.3 guides
- New petsThe first weeks with a puppy, kitten or rescue: routines, supplies and records.2 guides
- DogsWalks, meals, grooming and the routines of a dog household.2 guides
- CatsMeals, litter, grooming and the quiet routines of a cat household.2 guides
- Small pets and exoticsRabbits, guinea pigs, birds, reptiles and fish: care logs for every kind of pet.3 guides
- Senior petsOlder pets: more meds, more vet visits and a closer eye on weight and routine.2 guides
- Travel and pet sittersHanding care to a sitter, boarding, and travelling with pets.2 guides
- Lost pets and safetyMicrochips, ID, lost pet posters and being ready before something goes wrong.3 guides