A Familiar Place — Moving Home With Your Pet

A thoughtful moving-home kit for the dog or cat coming with you.

The boxes carry your belongings. The little routines carry something else: the feeling of a life you already share. A Familiar Place helps you plan a household move around your companion, from who is responsible on loading day to the first quiet evening in the new home. Original fictional scenes follow Leo, June and their cat Mabel as they make room for familiar things in a new room. There is no deadline for your animal to feel at home.

What you get

• The fillable workbook (PDF): 18 pages in US Letter and A4, with 113 answer fields and status boxes. Type into it in Adobe Acrobat Reader, or print it and write by hand.
• 12 guided planning pages: the familiar things we carry, making the day belong to someone, a cat plan (a quiet starting place), a dog plan (a familiar person), the bag that stays with you, the journey and its handovers, a six-item move-day checklist, a new address and working contacts, the first evening, noticing without a deadline, when the plan needs to change, and the first ordinary thing.
• A one-page moving-day quick sheet with space for a photo and essential contacts, plus a reusable settling-in record.
• Browser editors (ZIP, works offline): a typed workbook, an expandable settling-in record (up to 200 entries), a photo-ready quick sheet and three cards/signs (Please check before entering, This bag stays with us, A little piece of home), each with download, restore and print.
• Filled examples: fictional cat and dog moving scenarios, to show the level of detail to aim for.

Built on real sources

Background is referenced to the ASPCA, AAHA, Cats Protection and Blue Cross, with links. None of them has reviewed or endorsed TOCA.

What it isn't

Educational planning only: not veterinary advice, a transport certification, a moving service or international-travel guidance. No adjustment time or outcome is promised. Ask your veterinarian about individual health, travel or behavior needs, and check current provider and local requirements yourself. The text and cover were created with AI tools and edited by TOCA; no independent veterinary review is claimed.

Practical details

• Three files (fillable US Letter PDF, fillable A4 PDF, and the complete kit ZIP with print PDFs and browser editors), delivered by email right after checkout
• Desktop browser recommended for the browser editors. Answers stay on your device; download backups. The editors are separate and do not sync with each other.
• English (US). Digital files only; no physical product or personalized service is included.
• For personal household use; you may share your completed plan with your helpers. Please don't resell or redistribute the blank files.

Need someone to care for your pet during the move? See While You're Away — The TOCA Pet Sitter Kit. Keeping the first memories in the new home? See Our Life Together.

Better rest for happier pets.