Notes for your vet
Bring the information you have to a conversation with your vet. Keep dated observations, your questions, the answers you receive and agreed next steps together for one concern.
Fillable PDF · A4 portrait · 4 pages · English
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What is included
- Horse and contact details, the concern you want to discuss and references to existing records and instructions.
- A dated observation timeline, available measurements and a separate record of anything already done.
- Questions to prepare before the conversation, answers received and questions that remain open.
- Agreed actions, who is responsible and any agreed dates, followed by a separate record of what actually happened.
- Four pages you can fill in digitally, save and update, or print and complete by hand.
How to use the notes
- Use one packet for one horse and one concern. Do not delay contacting your vet to complete it or take measurements.
- Save the PDF and open it in a PDF app that supports form fields, or print it. Use the same horse and reference on all pages and attachments. Write Unknown where information is uncertain.
- Enter observations in date order. Distinguish when something was first noticed from when it began, and identify information reported by another person.
- List your questions before the conversation. Record answers and instructions with the name of the person who gave them and the date and time. Keep unanswered questions in the open-questions section.
- Record actions and dates only as agreed. Add what actually happened separately, with its actual date and time. Save the updated copy before sharing it yourself with your vet or another carer.
Only text visible inside a box will print; each line break uses space. If a box is full, continue in a separate blank copy of this PDF, using the same horse and notes reference. Do not duplicate a page within the PDF. On paper, use another printed copy of the relevant page. Save and reopen your completed files to check that every line is visible before sharing or printing them.
