What would you do with your dogs if you were unable to care for them?

Something to think about...

I am also single and think about what I would do in this situation.

I have drawn up a will that states exactly what happens to my boys upon my death.

However, you bring up an excellent point, if you are disabled for a short period of time. None of us ever wants to think of this. I will draw up a document that outlines my wishes. I am lucky that my sister and brother live close to me and I know they would help care for them. I have also had them at a local dog daycare center that I could use but it would get expensive!

Thanks for starting this dialog as it will make me take action.

 

Fortunately for us our neighbors have always volunteered to help out. We also would have a parents to help too.

We both hav jobs where during and emergency or disaster we can not leave work. So when that happen we just call the neighbor and they take care of Shelby for us.

 

Short term? I would send them to be boarded. If I could no longer take care of them, I probably would have the collie sent back to his no kill shelter to honor my contract with them, and Fletcher back to his breeder where he also is welcome back for life.

 

First of all, I hope everyone who is contemplating surgery does very well!! Second, Rachael, good on you for taking the wonky girl!

There are three adults in our family, so the odds are in our favor that someone will be there for the babies. However, as time passes, we have a wonderful Goddaughter who will take the furkids should the need arise -- with financial support, of course!

 

This really seems like a great idea.

A few days after Watson came home I ended up in the hospital with some heart issues. (hence why I've just recently sent in his registration paperwork... it got shuffled around with all of my own medical paperwork and you know how the saying goes... out of sight, out of mind ).

Anyway, I was fortunate to have my boyfriend to mind him, but I don't know what I would have been able to do had he not been around. My family is 6 hours away. So, he was leaving the hospital and going home every few hours to take him out and play with him and give him the attention he needed, then came back to the hospital. Thankfully I was out in only a few days. But even after that experience, I really never thought about what to do about him.. and I really should. Thanks for making this as a thread.

 

Not a pleasant thought to consider, but something we should all plan for. I'm married, so if something happened to my husband or I the other one would just take care of Callie. I really haven't, however, considered what we'd do if something happened to BOTH of us.

My daughter owns her sister, and I guess I've just assumed that they'd take Callie in too if we were both unavailable to care for her, but I should probably clarify that. My son and his wife also have a Sheltie, but he's not been around Callie a lot, and her barking really bothers him (their Sheltie is one of the rare quiet ones).

Thanks for posting this!