Does anyone know if there are any contingency plans for the care of pets of Cvid19 patients/victims?
Although we are perfectly healthy right now, we are in the high risk age/health group and if we did become ill and were carted off to hospital there's a strong chance we wouldn't come out again! What would happen to our beloved dog? Would he be taken to a dogs home? He would be so desperately unhappy and confused, he's utterly devoted to us. One of our sons lives a few miles away in a first floor town flat with no garden, but they're not really dog people and their children are nervous of dogs, so I don't think they would want him. Our other children are 100 miles away, and to be honest I would not ask any of them to come to our infectious home to collect him and perhaps put themselves and their families at risk. Likewise most of our friends are either too elderly or too far away or not dog lovers.
I contacted our Vet but all they could tell me was that pets are unlikely to catch the virus - I knew that. They suggested we ask a neighbour to care for him, but that would be a huge imposition and responsibilty if we did not recover.
Obviously we hope our fears will not become a reality, but we owe it to our wonderful four legged friend to do the best for him regardless of what happens to us.
Any advice or suggestons would be appreciated.
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