I've been wondering how this works and if anyone has had an experience like this and what you did.
You and your family are out on a day of errands, your pups are at home. Everything seems fine. Then there is a car accident, and everyone in the family is taken to the hospital by ambulance with various degrees of serious injuries; no one is going home that day. Now your pups are still home, needing to be taken care of....if no one can be contacted, and no one knows, how do the dogs get cared for?
I know that there have been situations where people have had strokes, heart attacks and no one knows that there is an animal at home, alone needing help, also. So the pet is left unattended and if no family arrives in due time...what does the pet do. Does the sheriff or PD check on those things? Do neighbors finally hear and check on the dog or cat?
What we have done here as a Dog Fancier's group is to make available wallet size cards that are filled in by the owner and laminated then kept in your purse or wallet, or runner's pack. It says that there is a pet at home, if something should happen to you, please contact this person to care for my pet. It gives a contact person's name, number, relationship, etc. If that person can't be contacted, please call my vet at, and they will help board the pet. We have been giving them to people at fairs, contests, malls, stores, etc to use and it's been a real
heart saver, for many pet owners.
Just a thought, you could make up your own and put it in a safe place. We are now thinking of making one for the car also, that tells the Hwy PD that there is a pet in the car should there be an accident and they are unable to locate the dog immediately.
Any other situations or ideas on how to make sure that our pets are taken care of should something happen to us?
You and your family are out on a day of errands, your pups are at home. Everything seems fine. Then there is a car accident, and everyone in the family is taken to the hospital by ambulance with various degrees of serious injuries; no one is going home that day. Now your pups are still home, needing to be taken care of....if no one can be contacted, and no one knows, how do the dogs get cared for?
I know that there have been situations where people have had strokes, heart attacks and no one knows that there is an animal at home, alone needing help, also. So the pet is left unattended and if no family arrives in due time...what does the pet do. Does the sheriff or PD check on those things? Do neighbors finally hear and check on the dog or cat?
What we have done here as a Dog Fancier's group is to make available wallet size cards that are filled in by the owner and laminated then kept in your purse or wallet, or runner's pack. It says that there is a pet at home, if something should happen to you, please contact this person to care for my pet. It gives a contact person's name, number, relationship, etc. If that person can't be contacted, please call my vet at, and they will help board the pet. We have been giving them to people at fairs, contests, malls, stores, etc to use and it's been a real
heart saver, for many pet owners.
Just a thought, you could make up your own and put it in a safe place. We are now thinking of making one for the car also, that tells the Hwy PD that there is a pet in the car should there be an accident and they are unable to locate the dog immediately.
Any other situations or ideas on how to make sure that our pets are taken care of should something happen to us?