I am going on vacation... here is my animal care sheet for the house/pet sitter.... what am I forgetting?
ANIMAL CARE SCHEDULE
Morning Visit
Let dogs out **Abby (black dog) wont go out its too cold but she will go in her box
Feed/water dogs, check cat food (up stairs by computer room)
Open chicken door, check water make sure its not frozen, check level of chicken food (if chickens water is frozen use back up heated dog bowl) take red scoop of scratch and throw/scatter it in the chicken run
Put the dogs back to bed when you are ready to leave.
** if you plan on doing a mid-day visit you can leave the dogs out and close the living room door, and close the baby gate to confine the dogs in the kitchen/back hall. Make sure they have an electric heater
Afternoon/Evening Visit
Let dogs out **Abby (black dog) wont go out its too cold but she will go in her box
Check food/water for dogs
Collect eggs (cartons are on top of the fridge)
Close chicken door, check water make sure its not frozen (if chickens water is frozen use back up heated dog bowl) *** this step may have to wait until the night time visit if all 17 chickens are not back in house
Leave the dogs out in the kitchen/back hall to give them time to eat
Night time Visit
Let dogs out for final time for the day
If the chickens were not closed at last visit close them now
Put the dogs to bed for the night, make sure both the living room doors are closed to keep the heat in the living room
Location of food
Dog food and cookies are on the stove
Cat food is in the computer room
Chicken food is in the coop, the feed is in the blue Rubbermaid container, the scratch is in the blue camping cooler with the split lid, they are both in the coop
Important notes
There are electric heaters in certain rooms of the house. 2 in the living room, 1 in the kitchen, 1 oil heater in the upstairs bathroom, 1 oil filled heater in the chicken coop. The heater that sits by the dog crate gets moved around the corner into the back hall if the dogs are in there for free time. When you move back into the living room for the night make sure it is not pointed directly at crate it will make it too hot for the dogs
If you notice the blankets in the dogs bed become soiled, there are spare dog blankets in the front hall in the pine box. Please place the soiled bedding on the floor of the basement or in the stock pot that sits on the ledge of the sink (thats my pre-soak bucket)
This may sound silly but when you are upstairs checking on the cats can you flush the toilet if you think of it, most times the cats till drink out of the toilet instead of their water dish.
Keep the radio on in the kitchen and living room, the dogs are used to someone being home all the time and when we do go out we leave the radio on for them
Important contact numbers:
I have my landlord
my son
my vet
my mom
ANIMAL CARE SCHEDULE
Morning Visit
Let dogs out **Abby (black dog) wont go out its too cold but she will go in her box
Feed/water dogs, check cat food (up stairs by computer room)
Open chicken door, check water make sure its not frozen, check level of chicken food (if chickens water is frozen use back up heated dog bowl) take red scoop of scratch and throw/scatter it in the chicken run
Put the dogs back to bed when you are ready to leave.
** if you plan on doing a mid-day visit you can leave the dogs out and close the living room door, and close the baby gate to confine the dogs in the kitchen/back hall. Make sure they have an electric heater
Afternoon/Evening Visit
Let dogs out **Abby (black dog) wont go out its too cold but she will go in her box
Check food/water for dogs
Collect eggs (cartons are on top of the fridge)
Close chicken door, check water make sure its not frozen (if chickens water is frozen use back up heated dog bowl) *** this step may have to wait until the night time visit if all 17 chickens are not back in house
Leave the dogs out in the kitchen/back hall to give them time to eat
Night time Visit
Let dogs out for final time for the day
If the chickens were not closed at last visit close them now
Put the dogs to bed for the night, make sure both the living room doors are closed to keep the heat in the living room
Location of food
Dog food and cookies are on the stove
Cat food is in the computer room
Chicken food is in the coop, the feed is in the blue Rubbermaid container, the scratch is in the blue camping cooler with the split lid, they are both in the coop
Important notes
There are electric heaters in certain rooms of the house. 2 in the living room, 1 in the kitchen, 1 oil heater in the upstairs bathroom, 1 oil filled heater in the chicken coop. The heater that sits by the dog crate gets moved around the corner into the back hall if the dogs are in there for free time. When you move back into the living room for the night make sure it is not pointed directly at crate it will make it too hot for the dogs
If you notice the blankets in the dogs bed become soiled, there are spare dog blankets in the front hall in the pine box. Please place the soiled bedding on the floor of the basement or in the stock pot that sits on the ledge of the sink (thats my pre-soak bucket)
This may sound silly but when you are upstairs checking on the cats can you flush the toilet if you think of it, most times the cats till drink out of the toilet instead of their water dish.
Keep the radio on in the kitchen and living room, the dogs are used to someone being home all the time and when we do go out we leave the radio on for them
Important contact numbers:
I have my landlord
my son
my vet
my mom
