Plans for your pets if you die (which could have happened to me today!)

[gizmo980]

Originally Posted by PacificFlights

One thing is to completely seperate the Long term care of the pets from the shrot term needs. many of the problems that develop is due to not having the short-term or interim provisins in place.

lets say you are in a horrible accident and in the hospital for a few days and don;t survive. What is happening between the time you left the house and someone follows your instructions? Who is tasked with knowing that something is wrong and can legally act for the benefit of the pets?

Good point, and that's another issue I've already considered... my best friend (who live 10 minutes away) has my house key, and has already been on "standby" whenever I travel. She has dogs herself, so I know she can handle caring for Rudy - and while she's allergic to cats, I'm sure she would do short-term care or call my mother to help. Again the snakes are a different story, but luckily they can be ignored for WEEKS before it's a real issue. They're the ultimate in low-maintenance pets, LOL.

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Originally Posted by PacificFlights

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But maybe a new topic is in order along the lines of "What would you pay for X serviice? and What level of care and attention would you require to use that service?" You may want to just start that topic (since so many have me on ignore and wouldn;t repond to what i ask anyways)

I'm sure some have me on killfile also, but it's done.