Helping an Injured Dog

Disaster strikes unexpectedly anytime and anywhere. Help could not come soon enough to save you and your injured dog, and when it does, sometimes you have to choose between your life and your pets’. It is important that you have a plan in place just in case a disaster strikes so you will be ready to take actions.

Disasters may be natural or man-made, whatever it is, it surely will destroy properties and take lives. Sometimes, when the situation is worst, evacuations are implemented for everyone’s safety. It would be quite difficult to do so if you have pets to take with you so planning ahead is useful. Following are tips you can consider.

1. Leave quickly and take your pets with you.
2. If you can’t take your pets wherever you are going, contact a family member who can. If no one is available, try your dog friendly lodging or rescue shelter.
3. If there are no other options, free your pets before you leave them. In that case, they will have better chance of survival.

What if you are at work and left your pets at home? When a disaster strikes, there’s small chance they will be saved. So here are useful tips for you.

1. If you live in an apartment, post an “animals inside” sign on your door. If anything happens, rescuers will know.
2. Keep important and useful things in accessible location. Things that prove to be useful in a sudden pack up should be within reach to avoid wasting of time.
3. Give your apartment or house key to your trusted neighbor. In case a crisis arises, they can access your pets easily.
4. Get your neighbor’s contact numbers and give him yours.
5. If you have more than one pet, inform your neighbor who, which, what type and where your pets are. Furthermore, inform him how your pets can be called if they can’t be found.

There are times when you will go for a vacation and will leave the pets at home. When a situation like this comes, be sure that you will trust your pets to a responsible family member or friend. If not, you can hire a pet sitting service. Make sure to check their previous services and credentials first to assure the safety of your senior dogs.

In case a problem occurs, and an evacuation is needed, assure them to take your pets with them. If not, give them telephone or mobile numbers of your family member or friend they can contact. Give them your mobile and hotel number.

You can also begin collecting contact numbers which may be useful in the future. You should look for an emergency shelters available in case crisis arises. There are pet friendly shelters, dog friendly lodging and animal rescue centers that may house in your pets if you have no other options. You should also get your vet and 24-hour animal hospitals’ contact numbers.

We will never know what will suddenly happen. So be prepared for anything that might come along. It may be the only chance our pets will survive.