Comments on: Preparing For Emergencies And Evacuations With Your Pets http://www.itchmo.com/preparing-for-emergencies-and-evacuations-with-your-pets-3451 Essential news for cats, dogs and pet owners. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:04:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Lynn http://www.itchmo.com/preparing-for-emergencies-and-evacuations-with-your-pets-3451#comment-68679 Lynn Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:25:10 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/preparing-for-emergencies-and-evacuations-with-your-pets-3451#comment-68679 Several years ago the Laguna [CA] wildfires threatened evacuation. So I thought long and hard about what I would take if I was evacuated. A day later I was and was ever so glad that I had my list ready: 1. Dog collar AND dog halter and leash. 2. Dog bed. 3. Dog meds. 4. Dog food for 3 days. 5. Couple six packs of bottled water. 6. Laptop [all dog records] 7. Two changes of clothes for me 8. Couple cheese snacks. 9. Paintings, photos, and family mementoes [which I stored "just in case" in a box ready to be carried at a moment's notice. 10. First aid kit. A rule: park your car nose first for quick getaway if necessary. We already had a reciprocal arrangement with friends to stay with them or them with us should one of our family's need to evacuate. Yes, we had to evacuate. There was nothing to get frantic about - I already knew what was important and just that small amount of planning made it a lot easier on all concerned. Why people don't plan ahead is utterly stupid. Several years ago the Laguna [CA] wildfires threatened evacuation. So I thought long and hard about what I would take if I was evacuated. A day later I was and was ever so glad that I had my list ready:

1. Dog collar AND dog halter and leash.
2. Dog bed.
3. Dog meds.
4. Dog food for 3 days.
5. Couple six packs of bottled water.
6. Laptop [all dog records]
7. Two changes of clothes for me
8. Couple cheese snacks.
9. Paintings, photos, and family mementoes [which I stored “just in case” in a box ready to be carried at a moment’s notice.
10. First aid kit.

A rule: park your car nose first for quick getaway if necessary.

We already had a reciprocal arrangement with friends to stay with them or them with us should one of our family’s need to evacuate.

Yes, we had to evacuate. There was nothing to get frantic about - I already knew what was important and just that small amount of planning made it a lot easier on all concerned. Why people don’t plan ahead is utterly stupid.

]]> By: Buddy & Belle's Dad http://www.itchmo.com/preparing-for-emergencies-and-evacuations-with-your-pets-3451#comment-68262 Buddy & Belle's Dad Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:04:20 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/preparing-for-emergencies-and-evacuations-with-your-pets-3451#comment-68262 Another good item to have in addition to those listed above would be a pet first aid kit. These are available from many sources and one of the best that I have seen is from the American Red Cross. While you hope that you may never have need of one, it is better to have and not need than to need and not have. Another good item to have in addition to those listed above would be a pet first aid kit. These are available from many sources and one of the best that I have seen is from the American Red Cross. While you hope that you may never have need of one, it is better to have and not need than to need and not have.

]]> By: Lynne http://www.itchmo.com/preparing-for-emergencies-and-evacuations-with-your-pets-3451#comment-68152 Lynne Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:40:57 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/preparing-for-emergencies-and-evacuations-with-your-pets-3451#comment-68152 I wish we could get rid of comments that aren't comments.... I wish we could get rid of comments that aren’t comments….

]]>