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Question for Pet Owners
Do you have a plan for your pets in the event that something happens and you can't care for them? I'm thinking if neither you or your SO is alive or able to take care of them (long term hospitalization, death, etc). I know a lot of parents have Godparents or guardians picked for their children (I have four awesome Godkids myself). Do you have God Pet Parents or something like that? Have you communicated your wishes to those people? How did you choose them? Do you have different people in mind for different pets, or are the people willing to take all of your pets?
I've been thinking how difficult it could be to place my Buns with someone if something happened to Huz and me. Besides my parents in Texas, I don't think anyone would be willing to make such a long-term commitment and take all three of them. And my mom is a pretty no-nonsense pet person. Unfortunately, I know my Buns would not be spoiled and loved on there like they are with us. It makes me sad to think that they might be split up, or unhappy, or just left in a garage somewhere and ignored 
. I want to have a plan, but I don't even know where to start. It's A LOT to ask. And I'll feel really silly asking someone "Will you be my Bunnies' Godparent?"
Re: Question for Pet Owners
I would so be your bunnies' godparent! My sister and her fiance have a female dwarf rabbit named Pete, and after playing with her I want one! DH thinks our dog would eat a rabbit, but I disagree. However, it's not a theory I want to test out!
We don't have an arrangement like that with Koa. But I know we have relatives who would step in in a heartbeat.
With the cats, we had them registered at the SF/SPCA's Sido Program, which would take them and put them up for adoption if anything happened to us. Pandora would probably go back into the care of the Guide Dog School and re-matched with another user if she's not too old to work, or adopted out as a retired guide.
With your bunnies, I would suggest contacting a rescue group in your area and ask them for suggestions. I think there are several in NorCal that would be able to either take them and put them up for adoption or at least find someone to foster them.
We told my dad that if something happened to both of us, we'd like for him to take Rustie. He has a Vizsla now (she's 16 1/2 this month...can't believe it) and so I know he understands their demands and desires. He adores him like I think only T and I could. So that was pretty easy for us. We told my dad that, and then told him that we are pretty sure he'd have to fight my IL's over it though. My MIL is greatly offended that we have a housesitter watch Rustie instead of bringing him to her house when we leave (she was especially dramatic about us "leaving the Country and leaving the grandpuppy with a stranger!") so she would probably pitch a total fit if she discovered we didn't leave him to her. Ha! I figured that it was not something worth fighting with her now over, so I just told my dad to expect a fight if that ever happened, but to please fight tooth and nail. He would hands down be the better fit for our boy.
We hadn't really discussed or given a ton of thought to the cats, only because I think they're just really low maintenance, and I would hope/think my IL's would take them together and give them a good home. It would be important to us that they stay together though. Not sure I'd feel comfortable having that conversation with anyone though...especially with a kid on the way, I'm pretty sure my IL's would be like, "yeah yeah, but who gets the baby?"...and we're not going there with them.
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