Printable pet medication log

What’s inside

• A header for your pet’s name and weight, your vet and the clinic’s phone number.
• A line at the top that says it plainly: doses and schedules come from your vet.
• A prescriptions table: medicine, dose, how often, start and end dates, and what it’s for.
• A dose log with the date, time, medicine, dose, who gave it and notes, continued on page 2.
• One version for dogs and cats, in US Letter and A4. Weight is in pounds on Letter and kilograms on A4.

How to use it

1. Fill it in on screen or by hand. The fields work in Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview on a Mac and most browser PDF viewers; save the file after typing.
2. Copy each prescription from the vet’s instructions or the pharmacy label: the name, strength, dose and how often. If anything is unclear, call the clinic before the first dose.
3. Keep the printed log next to the medicine, so whoever gives a dose sees the last entry first.
4. Log each dose right after giving it, with the time and your initials.
5. If a dose was missed, spat out or refused, write it in the notes column and ask your vet what to do next.
6. Bring the log to check-ups: it shows the vet exactly what was given.

When a log helps most

A short course with a fixed end date, several medicines at different times of day, long-term medication, or a sitter or relative covering for a few days. In each case, “did anyone give the evening pill?” has one answer: look at the sheet.

Starting a new sheet

Print a fresh copy when the log is full or the prescription changes, and keep the old pages together. A written medication history is easier for a vet to read than one rebuilt from memory.