The first year moves fast. Not the love — that only grows. But the size of them asleep in your two hands, the sound of those first clumsy zoomies. or the first time a kitten forgets how to be dignified.
You think you'll remember. You won't. This journal is for right now — while it's still this new.
Seven chapters to begin your puppy or kitten's story.
01
Welcome to Our Story
Where it all began. The first day — their gotcha day — the first look, the moment they became yours
02
Who They Are
The tilt of the head. The sound of them being them. The personality only you really know.
03
Routines & Rituals
First walks, first foods, the 3am wake-ups. The tiny choreography of a brand-new life.
04
Milestones & Moments
First name learned, first trick, first birthday, first night sleeping through, The days worth writing down before they blur together.
05
Adventures & Memories
Every new place. Every new smell. The whole world, brand new to them — and new again through your eyes.
06
Friends & Family
The people they're meeting. The laps they're claiming. The family growing around them.
07
What They Taught Me
Everything you're learning, only because of them. Everything you'll carry as they grow.
Each chapter pulls a different piece of their first year into the open — so none of it slips past in the blur.
The Printed Book
Take their story off the screen. Print each chapter as you go, or hold it all in the linen-bound heirloom box — a keepsake built to hold a whole life, not just a year. Made for the tiny first collar, the puppy or kitten tag, the toy they never let go of. Add pages as they grow. The box was always meant to fill up slowly.
A GIFT FOR A NEW PUPPY OR KITTEN
For someone who just brought one home.
The first year disappears fastest for the people living inside it. Give a new puppy or kitten's family the room to catch it — the firsts, the size of them now, the version of this they'll wish they'd saved. It begins free, and grows into a keepsake they keep for a whole life.
From a first chapter to a lifelong heirloom
Begin free. Keep going only when you're ready.
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The First Chapter
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The Heirloom Box
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What keepers are saying
"We started her journal the night we brought her home — eight pounds, terrified, hiding under the coffee table. She's a total lunatic now, and I'd already forgotten that first scared little version of her. It's all in Chapter One."
— Kim with Ginger, Goldendoodle
"I swore I'd never forget his tiny meow or the way he fell asleep in my shoe. Three months later, I had — except I'd written it down the first week."
— Sam, dad of Mouse, British shorthair
"My kids each add a line after the big stuff — first walk, first birthday, gotcha day. It's turned into the thing we do together on Sunday nights."
Cindy, mom of Scout, Rescue Mix
Gentle questions
You might be wondering
Isn't it too soon to start — they just got here?
Right now is exactly the moment. The details that fade first are the newest ones: how small they are today, the sounds they only make now, the routines that'll change by next month. You'll never get this exact version of them back.
I'm too busy with a new puppy or kitten to write.
That's why the prompts are short. One honest sentence between naps counts. You're not writing a book this week — you're catching a moment before they grow out of it.
Do I have to be a good writer?
Not at all. The prompts do the work. You just answer honestly — a few words, a full page, whatever the moment gives you.
What if I fall behind?
Put it down. Their first year is long enough to come back to. A sentence here, a chapter there — whatever you can give it is enough.
What happens after the first year?
The journal keeps going. When they grow out of these chapters, the next stage is waiting — same journal, same story, just further along. You add to it for as long as you share a life. Nothing gets left behind, and you never start from scratch.
Can my family write in it too?
Yes. The best entries often come from someone else's point of view. Share it, and let everyone add the moments only they saw.
Are my entries private?
Completely. Your journal is yours alone, unless you choose to share it.
Their story stays as long as you write it down.
Create your free account — Chapter One is on us. Your stories stay private.