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What would you do or what have you put in place?
I've not made any plans at all, partly because I'd have absolutely no idea what on earth to do with them.
Ideally I'd love them to stay together (just thinking my two personal dogs) but there really isn't anyone I feel would be perfect for them which is quite a horrible thought. I assume at the moment Mr P would keep my lab, he'd sit in a car all day every day and daughter would take my little dog, who'd stay home with her dog all day every day. Neither would ever be walked again :(
I literally would have no one to ask though.
 
Mine would stay with my OH unless he's also carked it, in which case each are to go back to their respective breeder, both of whom I trust enough to rehome them sensibly. The eldest would have additional backup from the breed club rescue if needed, there's thankfully a long list of people looking to take an older dog of his breed who could offer a nice enough quiet life.

I wouldn't be concerned about splitting up the current two but did express a wish for my first two that they be rehomed together, which would have been via the breed rescue again (one having come from there).

I'm honoured to have been asked by friends to enact similar for their dogs, i.e. no expectation that I take on the dog myself for the long term but if the worst happens to arrange return to breeder or a rehome that I would be happy with.
 
OH would take on mine although I hope if it happens imminently he would send the puppy back to the breeder. If he goes I will rehome all his to shooting homes. If we both go… nah we haven’t sorted that.
 
I hadn’t thought of breeders actually.
I’d bet Bert’s would help and I suspect Cecil’s would, especially since they lost his beloved little mum not so long ago. He was the result of an accidental fence breakage and they couldn’t keep any at the time.
 
Stuck a bit in my will for my friend to have her or find a suitable home for her if he can't. He's great and my dog loves his dog and his partner has been known to take Fodhla running. She loves it there! That's assuming we both die. Hopefully he will step up but you never reallu know . If not Mr AP wouldn't be separated from her for love nor money he loves her to death.
 
Send my two back to Romania - only joking 🤣 🤣
I've actually been thinking about it quite a lot lately. Its not a prob if either one of us dies the other will take on dogs and horses (a given), but if we both die at the same time it would be trickier.
This is where we really need to sort out wills as what to do "if" we both cark it at the same time, that we know where they are going and the money is there to support.
If my friend dies before her horse he is left to me - with an amount to keep him going (though its not needed I'd look after him regardless).
Very pertinent for us as one of the dogs and one the horses are both on long term medication which is not cheap.
 
If anything happens to me, the big dog will be PTS as he is not a dog that copes well with change and rehoming him has a very high risk of him reverting to the behaviours that he had when I got him nearly 6 years ago. Sadly, homes for dogs like him are few and far between. I had a health scare a couple of years ago which could have been something rather nasty so while I was waiting for test results and so on, I gave a lot of thought to what would happen to the animals in the worse case scenario. That was the decision for the big dog, discussed it with the rescue, my vet and various friends and most agreed with my thinking - mind you, those that didn't weren't volunteering to take him, so that says something! The little dog has various people who would take him, he's no bother and has his own fan club but he has rescue back up if required. At the time, the cat would have been rehomable and had one lined up if needed but she has aged a lot in the last year or so, is now on daily meds for an over active thyroid so I'm not sure that rehoming would be in her interest at this point so a hard decision might have to be made for her too if anything happened to me. A friend has agreed to be in charge of the animals if I'm dead, there is a letter of wishes with my will that can be updated at anytime and a fund allocated to the animals even though that might not be available immediately. They have very kindly agreed to stand whatever costs there are until they can be reimbursed from my estate.

I'm nominated to take an (older) friends dog if anything happens to her. This dog has her own trust fund :D so is richer than me!
 
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