When we are gone....

[Kathy]

do you have arrangements made for your pet/pets?

I wanted to bring this up because I was thinking about what would happen to Lucky & Goldie if I was not here.
I don't have any arrangements made but for many reasons I feel a need to get things in place so I know they will be loved and cared for if I got sick or died so they didn't end back up at the pound.

What arrangements have you made?

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Rich said if I die, he's giving the horses to our neighbor Joanne (she has a bunch of spoiled rotten horses of her own already, so what's 2 more?), he's giving Bandit to the neighbor with the other cows, he's shooting the guineas and eating the chickens, and he'll keep the dogs but only if they get jobs. The cats can stay - he likes cats.

Of course, he's joking, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised if I left first that he WOULD get rid of the horses, and he'd probably give all the poultry and the cow to the other neighbor, JoDee, who has a flock of her own. I don't think he'd have the heart to part with the dogs and cats, even though some days it seems like there's 37 of them.

If Rich dies first, I'll keep everyone, of course. But then I don't have the good sense God gave a brick. If we BOTH die at the same time, I guess neither one of us will care. Somebody will take them, even if it's Julia who has to care for them until she finds new homes for them. But with all the nice people in this area, I'm sure they'd be well taken care of, if a little confused...

~Lannie

[kyosa]

We only have the two dogs so it wouldn't be like trying to arrange for large livestock like horses or cattle. If either of us were to die singly the survivor would absolutely keep and continue to love both dogs for the rest of their days. I hadn't really given any thought to making a contingency plan that would cover our mutual demise. #1 son and DIL would be the best-situated to deal with that scenario, but asking them to take on two more dogs in addition to their three might be asking a lot. I'll have to give it some thought and talk to the kids about that. I'm glad you brought the question up. I hadn't considered it before.

[Kathy]

Darryl, I never gave it much thought when I lived close to the kids but now I'm 300+ miles away and they gave their dog away due to having the baby-so they're 'out' of the running for guardians. . I think it's different if you have a spouse or if there's family nearby.

I'm trying to get some things in order since both Lucky & Goldie are pretty young-1 1/2yrs old & 1 3/4 yrs old. I don't want to leave my 'fur babies' future to fate or the Humane Society if I am not around.

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Long ago, I had asked my parents to take in my cat if something happened to me. She's pretty standoffish so there's no way she would be adopted out if she ended up at the pound.

Now I'm married and DH and I would care for both cats if something happened to one or the other of us.

But now that I think about it, though, we haven't made any arrangements for his cat if something happens to both of us. I need to check that with him. Thanks for bringing that up!

/Via