The checklist
- Vet and emergency vet: names, addresses, phone numbers.
- Authorisation: a signed note letting the sitter approve emergency treatment up to an amount you choose. Tell your vet in advance.
- Medications: name, dose, time, and how to give it.
- Allergies and foods to avoid.
- Microchip number and registry, in case the pet gets out. See the microchip checklist.
- Vaccination status, especially rabies, if the pet will meet other animals or bite risk is a concern.
- Routine: feeding amounts and times, walks, quirks.
- Your contact and a backup person.
One link instead of a note on the fridge
Keep medications, allergies and vaccinations in PawPass and send the sitter a share link that expires when you are home. They see it on their own phone; you revoke it on your way back.
Sources
Rules and guidelines change, and businesses set their own policies. Confirm with your vet and with whoever is asking.