Pets after Death

aardvaak · 23 June 2015 at 9:46PM

How do I ensure my and wife's wishes of what where our Dogs & Cats go after our death.

We have obviously put the necessary attachments to our wills but the wills are in a safe in the premises.

What I am worried is if I and my Wife are found dead some heavy handed plod would not have the thought or intelligence to look into the safe and do the safe option to them and oick them off to some useless load of prats like the RSPCA - totally the wrong move - and not carrying out our wishes.

Keep_pedalling · 23 June 2015 at 10:39PM

What were you planing to do have them mummified and buried with you?

aardvaak · 23 June 2015 at 10:55PM

Keep_pedalling wrote: »

What were you planing to do have them mummified and buried with you?

No obviously sending them to people that care of our choice

pickledonionspaceraider · 23 June 2015 at 11:41PM

Tell family and friends your wishes. and make sure someone has the combination to the safe, if you want them to go on there

Savvy_Sue · 24 June 2015 at 1:00AM

I'd stick a big sign on the fridge: in the event of our death, Aunty Flo is having the cat and Cousin John is having the dog. With phone numbers for Aunty Flo and Cousin John.

HappyMJ · 24 June 2015 at 2:11AM

aardvaak wrote: »

How do I ensure my and wife's wishes of what where our Dogs & Cats go after our death.

We have obviously put the necessary attachments to our wills but the wills are in a safe in the premises.

What I am worried is if I and my Wife are found dead some heavy handed plod would not have the thought or intelligence to look into the safe and do the safe option to them and oick them off to some useless load of prats like the RSPCA - totally the wrong move - and not carrying out our wishes.

If they do end up in the hands of the RSPCA they won't put them to sleep straight away. They are still "owned" by your estate they'll look after them until the will is found and the wishes in the will carried out and your pets sent to the correct place. Don't worry too much a few days in the RSPCA shelters (most probably fostered out in the short term anyway) shouldn't be too harmful. The stress of not having you around would be much worse.

Robin9 · 24 June 2015 at 6:03AM

Are they chipped ?

Can your instructions be held as part of those records ?

Errata · 24 June 2015 at 9:46AM

aardvaak wrote: »

How do I ensure my and wife's wishes of what where our Dogs & Cats go after our death.

We have obviously put the necessary attachments to our wills but the wills are in a safe in the premises.

What I am worried is if I and my Wife are found dead some heavy handed plod would not have the thought or intelligence to look into the safe and do the safe option to them and oick them off to some useless load of prats like the RSPCA - totally the wrong move - and not carrying out our wishes.

It's fairly unlikely both of you would die indoors at the same time. As suggested, a sign on the fridge door is one option. Another is if one of you is in hospital / care home / and not quite with it, then the one left at home should make sure a whoever they've given hosp etc an appropriate next of kin (deosn't have to be a spouse).
It would be sensible to go through the 'what ifs' with the people who've agreed to take the pets now and keep in close touch with them on the state of play.
On a lighter note, I wouldn't be surprised if I kick the buck unnoticed the idiot dog would start to feel a bit peckish and decide to chow down on my face

aardvaak · 24 June 2015 at 3:52PM

Robin9 wrote: »

Are they chipped ?

Can your instructions be held as part of those records ?

They are chipped

That is a very good point however I know quiet a lot about the RSPCA I know that particularly if someone has died or gone into hospital they will not read the chip they very rarely read if lost they just put the up for re-home or put down - I do not have much faith in them.

aardvaak · 24 June 2015 at 3:59PM

Errata wrote: »

It's fairly unlikely both of you would die indoors at the same time. As suggested, a sign on the fridge door is one option. Another is if one of you is in hospital / care home / and not quite with it, then the one left at home should make sure a whoever they've given hosp etc an appropriate next of kin (deosn't have to be a spouse).
It would be sensible to go through the 'what ifs' with the people who've agreed to take the pets now and keep in close touch with them on the state of play.
On a lighter note, I wouldn't be surprised if I kick the buck unnoticed the idiot dog would start to feel a bit peckish and decide to chow down on my face

Still on the lighter note if we were dead and the dogs started to have a munch to survive then at least we were useful after death - except plod would probably shot them on spot thinking they were vicious - which they are not

It is possible both could die in road traffic accident.

Yes I think it is down to putting signs up around the house hoping plod can or want to read them.

aardvaak · 24 June 2015 at 4:01PM

HappyMJ wrote: »

If they do end up in the hands of the RSPCA they won't put them to sleep straight away. They are still "owned" by your estate they'll look after them until the will is found and the wishes in the will carried out and your pets sent to the correct place. Don't worry too much a few days in the RSPCA shelters (most probably fostered out in the short term anyway) shouldn't be too harmful. The stress of not having you around would be much worse.

I know quiet a lot about the RSPCA I know that particularly if someone has died or gone into hospital they will not read the chip they very rarely read if lost they just put the up for re-home or put down - I do not have much faith in them.

I think it is down to putting signs up around the house hoping plod can or want to read them.

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