🖨️ Free Printable Pet Checklists

By the WhatPetShouldIGet Expert Team · Reviewed against veterinary & animal-welfare sources · Updated Sep 21, 2026
✅ Reviewed by Stacey Fernandez, M.A. — gifted education teacher in New Mexico · Reviewed Sep 7, 2026

Free, no-sign-up printables to help families, classrooms, and shelters choose and care for a pet the right way. Print them, stick them on the fridge, and share them however you like.

📋 The New-Pet Care Checklist (PDF)

A friendly 3-page pack you can print at home:

⬇️ Download the free checklist (PDF)

🐾 Care sheets for our five most-asked-about pets

Twenty one-page sheets — four for each pet. Print only the ones you need; every sheet fits on a single sheet of paper and is designed to go easy on printer ink.

Dog

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Dog — Daily care checklist
Morning, daytime and evening jobs, with a box to tick for every day — one sheet lasts a week.
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Dog — New-pet supply checklist
Everything to have ready before day one, plus a settling-in plan for the first hour and the first night.
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Dog — Weekly & monthly care
The care jobs that get forgotten, with four weeks of tick boxes and a weight-and-notes log.
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Dog — Healthy signs & vet signs
What healthy looks like, the signs that mean call the vet, and the ones that mean go now.

Cat

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Cat — Daily care checklist
Morning, daytime and evening jobs, with a box to tick for every day — one sheet lasts a week.
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Cat — New-pet supply checklist
Everything to have ready before day one, plus a settling-in plan for the first hour and the first night.
🗓️
Cat — Weekly & monthly care
The care jobs that get forgotten, with four weeks of tick boxes and a weight-and-notes log.
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Cat — Healthy signs & vet signs
What healthy looks like, the signs that mean call the vet, and the ones that mean go now.

Guinea Pig

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Guinea Pig — Daily care checklist
Morning, daytime and evening jobs, with a box to tick for every day — one sheet lasts a week.
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Guinea Pig — New-pet supply checklist
Everything to have ready before day one, plus a settling-in plan for the first hour and the first night.
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Guinea Pig — Weekly & monthly care
The care jobs that get forgotten, with four weeks of tick boxes and a weight-and-notes log.
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Guinea Pig — Healthy signs & vet signs
What healthy looks like, the signs that mean call the vet, and the ones that mean go now.

Hamster

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Hamster — Daily care checklist
Morning, daytime and evening jobs, with a box to tick for every day — one sheet lasts a week.
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Hamster — New-pet supply checklist
Everything to have ready before day one, plus a settling-in plan for the first hour and the first night.
🗓️
Hamster — Weekly & monthly care
The care jobs that get forgotten, with four weeks of tick boxes and a weight-and-notes log.
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Hamster — Healthy signs & vet signs
What healthy looks like, the signs that mean call the vet, and the ones that mean go now.

Leopard Gecko

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Leopard Gecko — Daily care checklist
Morning, daytime and evening jobs, with a box to tick for every day — one sheet lasts a week.
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Leopard Gecko — New-pet supply checklist
Everything to have ready before day one, plus a settling-in plan for the first hour and the first night.
🗓️
Leopard Gecko — Weekly & monthly care
The care jobs that get forgotten, with four weeks of tick boxes and a weight-and-notes log.
🩺
Leopard Gecko — Healthy signs & vet signs
What healthy looks like, the signs that mean call the vet, and the ones that mean go now.
A note on the health sheets: they are built to help a child notice and tell a grown-up — they are not a diagnosis. Every line is checked against veterinary and animal-welfare guidance, and each sheet lists its sources at the bottom. When in doubt, call your vet.

Per-pet care sheets

Every one of our 50 pet care guides has a 🖨️ Print care sheet button at the top — open any pet's guide to print a one-page care summary for that exact animal.

Teaching? Grab our free Classroom Pet Toolkit — a care kit, weekend & holiday plan, and a student job chart.

Teachers, librarians & shelters: these printables are free to use and share with families. If they're helpful, a link back to WhatPetShouldIGet.com helps other families find them. 💛

Trusted sources

Our readiness and care guidance draws on established animal-welfare and public-health advice:

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👩‍🏫 Reviewed by a teacher

Stacey Fernandez, M.A. — gifted education teacher in New Mexico

Stacey has taught K-8 for more than a decade in New Mexico, Virginia, and Georgia — mathematics, algebra, information technology, and STEAM — and now teaches gifted education, holding New Mexico’s Gifted Education Endorsement. She reads our classroom pages the way a teacher reads a lesson plan: for whether the advice would actually survive a real classroom, a real school schedule, and a real group of children.

Neither her school nor her school district is affiliated with, or has endorsed, this site. How we review pages.