Pet Care Bible
A comprehensive pet care planning document designed to help trusted carers continue your pet’s care during illness, incapacity, emergencies or after death.
Future planning for your pet
Pet Care Bible
Protecting your pet's future, whatever life brings.
Most people have plans for their finances, property and loved ones, but few have a plan for their pets.
If you were suddenly unable to care for your pet due to illness, accident, hospitalisation, incapacity or death, would the people around you know what matters most to them? Would they understand their routines, preferences, fears, comforts and unique needs?
The Pet Care Bible is a practical planning guide that helps you capture everything someone would need to know to confidently care for your pet.
Designed to be completed in your own time, it provides a structured way to document your pet's routines, medical information, behaviour, preferences and your wishes for both emergency and long-term care.
Because planning for your pet's future is just as important as planning for your own.
Why I Created the Pet Care Bible
Through my work as a Death Doula, Pet Death Doula and Pet Loss Counsellor, I have seen how often pets are overlooked in emergency, incapacity and end-of-life planning.
Many people assume their loved ones will know what to do, yet important information about a pet's care, routines, preferences and future wishes is often known only to the person who loves them.
The Pet Care Bible was created to help bridge that gap, providing a practical way to document the information that matters most and helping ensure pets continue to receive the care, comfort and consideration they deserve.
How It Works
The Pet Care Bible will initially be available as a downloadable digital guide, with professionally printed and personalised editions also planned.
Complete it in your own time, keep it with your important documents and make sure your nominated emergency pet carer knows where to find it if it's ever needed.
Is the Pet Care Bible Right for Me?
The Pet Care Bible may be valuable if you:
Live alone
Have no immediate family nearby
Want to include your pet in your end-of-life planning
Are creating or updating your Will
Have concerns about who would care for your pet if something happened to you
Travel regularly or spend extended periods away from home
Want detailed information available for pet sitters, caregivers or future guardians
Need a plan in place should your pet ever need to be rehomed
Want greater peace of mind about your pet's future care
The Pet Care Bible is launching soon
If you'd like to be among the first to know when the Pet Care Bible is available, simply register your interest below and I'll let you know as soon as it's released.
In Their Own Words
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Completing Rocco's Pet Care Bible helped me capture all the little details about him that I would never have thought to write down, but now realise are so important if someone else ever needed to care for him. It was lovely to think about him in such detail. The end result is a beautifully organised guide that I can confidently hand to anyone caring for Rocco while I'm away or if something unexpected happens.
— K
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. The Pet Care Bible can be created for dogs, cats, birds, horses, rabbits, guinea pigs, reptiles and other companion animals - for all creatures great and small. The process is tailored to your individual pet and circumstances.
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Pet guardianship planning involves thinking ahead about who will care for your pet if you are no longer able to do so, and documenting important information to support their ongoing care and wellbeing.
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The Pet Care Bible can help you think through alternative care arrangements and document your preferences should your first choice of guardian be unable or unwilling to take on your pet's care in the future.
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No. The Pet Care Bible is not a legal document and does not replace a Will or other legal arrangements. It is a practical planning document designed to provide guidance, information and clarity for the people caring for your pet.
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Yes. Many people choose to use the Pet Care Bible alongside their Will and broader end-of-life planning documents. While a Will can nominate beneficiaries and make provisions for a pet's future care, the Pet Care Bible provides the detailed information needed to support day-to-day care and decision-making.
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No. Some people have already chosen a future guardian, while others use the Pet Care Bible process to explore options and think through future care arrangements for their pet.
A Final Thought
Our pets rely on us for everything.
The Pet Care Bible helps ensure that if life takes an unexpected turn, the people caring for your pet will have the information they need to provide continuity, comfort and care.