As your know we recently had to say goodbye to our beloved Dempsey (Blog 19-01-11)
Whilst talking to a friend yesterday, the topic of have we made some kind of provision to take care of our loyal pets, should we not outlive them, came up.
I think Pete Wedderburn talked about the same recently.
To be honest, it’s not something that I had given a lot of thought to, but now will make definite plans for sure.
Over 6 years ago my sister made me God Father to her first child, and I think that most of us take on this responsibility very lightly, and it’s the usual annual Birthday / Christmas gift, but really one of the things we are signing up to is take care of the child, should anything happen to the parents
Maybe our Dogs should have “Dog Fathers / Mother’s”
I recall an instance a few years ago in the UK, where a couple were travelling home from a Championship Dog Show and were involved in a very nasty road traffic accident. Lot’s of friends came to the rescue, and took care of the dogs whilst the people involved were recovering. I also remember at the time that due to the quality of the dogs involved, it was rumoured that there may have been some double agenda’s !!
I’m sure having dogs, we all know, like minded people that would step up to the mark should anything, god forbid happen to us, their carers, but I think it would make sense that we put plans in place, to make sure that our dogs , whom we think the world of, would continue to be looked after by responsible and caring people in the comfort that they have been accustomed to.
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