Printable pet vaccination record

What’s inside

• Page 1: your pet’s name, breed, sex, date of birth, color and markings and microchip number, plus your phone number and your vet clinic.
• A vaccination table with the date, the vaccine, its lot number, the next due date and a box for the vet’s signature or stamp.
• Page 2: a separate rabies table with a “valid until” column, so that date is quick to find before a trip or a stay at a boarding kennel.
• Deworming: the date, the product, your pet’s weight on the day and the next due date.
• Flea, tick and other parasite treatments, and a ruled box for notes.
• A dog version and a cat version, each in US Letter and 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, or print the pages and use a pen.
2. Copy past vaccinations from your vet’s invoices or old paperwork, newest first. Write the vaccine name exactly as it appears on the label or the invoice.
3. Take the record to every vet visit and fill in the new line before you leave the clinic.
4. Ask the vet to sign or stamp the line, or to stick the vaccine label into the lot number box if the clinic uses labels.
5. After each visit, take a photo of both pages, so the dates are with you when you book boarding or see a new vet.

Which vaccines go on the card

The record has no pre-printed vaccine list, on purpose. Which vaccines your pet needs, and how often, depends on age, health, lifestyle and local law, and your vet sets the schedule. Write down what was actually given, with the date and the lot number.

If one injection covers several diseases, one line is enough: use the name printed on the label.

Paper or phone?

Paper needs no battery or signal, a sitter can read it at a glance, and a vet can sign it. A phone reminds you when the next date comes up. Keeping both costs nothing.