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
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.
What’s Inside the Pet Care Bible?
A detailed record of your pet’s care, needs and your wishes for their future, brought together in one practical workbook.
The Pet Care Bible helps you document:
Daily routines, feeding and familiar comforts
Health information and ongoing care needs
Personality, behaviour and preferences
Important contacts and emergency care information
Future care arrangements and end-of-life wishes
Thoughtful prompts help you capture the details someone else would need to understand your pet and continue their care.
How It Works
1. Choose your edition
Visit the shop and choose the cat or dog edition, then select your standard or personalised option.
2. Make it your pet’s own
For a personalised edition, provide your pet’s name and photos after ordering. Please allow up to five business days for personalisation once all required information and photos have been received.
3. Complete it and share your plan
Work through the Pet Care Bible in your own time, recording your pet’s care information and your wishes. Keep it somewhere accessible, let your nominated carers know where to find it and update it as your pet’s needs or your circumstances change.
Fillable PDF versions coming soon
Available Editions
Choose the cat or dog edition, then select the format that suits you.
PDF fillable versions coming soon.
Standard Edition — PDF
A downloadable workbook with an illustrated colour cover and space to write your pet’s name. Download, print at home and complete your pet’s care information yourself.
Standard Edition — Printed Workbook
A professionally printed and bound workbook posted to you, with an illustrated colour cover and black-and-white inside pages. Includes space to write your pet’s name and is ready for you to complete by hand.
Personalised Edition — PDF
A digital workbook created with your pet’s name and your chosen photographs—up to five photos for dogs or six for cats. Once you receive your personalised PDF, download, print at home and complete your pet’s care information yourself.
Fillable PDF versions coming soon
All options contain the same comprehensive care and planning sections for your chosen species.
For personalised PDFs, please allow up to five business days from receipt of your pet’s name and photographs.
Available in cat and dog editions, with standard and personalised options.
Is the Pet Care Bible Right for Me?
The Pet Care Bible is for anyone who wants their pet’s care and future wishes clearly documented. It may be especially useful if you:
Live alone or have limited support nearby
Want clear care instructions for pet sitters or trusted carers while you’re away
Are concerned about who would care for your pet during illness, hospitalisation or an emergency
Want to include your pet in your future and end-of-life planning
Want your preferences recorded if your pet ever needs a new home
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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The current editions are designed specifically for cats and dogs.
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Yes. Each workbook is designed for one pet, so their individual routines, health information and care needs are clearly recorded.
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No. You can begin with the information you already know and add your care arrangements as you make those decisions. Speak with anyone you nominate to ensure they understand and agree to the role.
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No. It is a practical care and planning workbook. It does not replace a Will or other legal arrangements, but can sit alongside them to provide detailed guidance for your pet’s carers.
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The personalised edition is supplied as a PDF for you to download, print and complete by hand. A professionally printed and bound version is currently available in the standard edition only.
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The PDF editions are designed to be downloaded, printed and completed by hand. Fillable PDF versions coming soon
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.