Pets and Coronavirus - Very Concerned

The cinnamon trust are extremely good. If you had to go into hospital they would foster your dog with someone and walk him etc. Also if you are at home And fall I’ll if you phone them they have volunteers who for one reason or another can’t have a dog or cat if there own but they love animals and are but are registered to help out at short notice people who are ill to walk, feed etc look after your animal. I hope it doesn’t come to that for any of us with a pet but it’s nice to know someone will be kind enough to care if you’re unable.

I worry that my dog will be at home alone all the time as she's hardly ever left and is a 'velcro dog'

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.
Happy you don't need to worry about that. The virus is transmitted via contact with minute airborne droplets which rapidly dry up when they settle on any surface - the virus within the droplets then quickly dies. If you do fall ill with it and get taken to hospital, your home won't be infectious and your family will be perfectly safe in it.

If you contact the Dogs Trust they will take your dog and find a loving home for him. The Dogs Trust will never euthanise a healthy dog.

I have thought about this too, and spoken to my adult children about it long before the Corona problem. Both of them have got pets so would not be able to take my much-loved and very timid and sensitive little rescue cat who is very needy and stops eating if there's the slightest change in her routine.

There is an organisation called Cat Guardians and I have registered her with them, but goodness knows how she would cope with being rehomed, and it upsets me to think about it.

I have always hoped that she goes before I do, because no one else would have the patience or understanding for her, which you will relate to ethel and Willow, and although I would be devastated to be without her, at least I will understand what's going on whereas without me she would be in a state and not understand at all.

I have thought about this too as we have no one to even come and feed our cats if we were out let alone should we be hospitalised or worse! There are several schemes available to register with who will take your pet should the worst happen but one of my cats is special needs and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be able to rehome her I just hope it never happens!

I lie awake worrying about my cats. My dD loves them but her partner is supposedly allergic, also my kitten has behavioural problems where he jumps onto the plate when I eat. I can't see anyone wanting him. My mother is too old so I'm at a loss about my babies, one is insured to go to kennels if I'm I'll but will the kennels and cattteries be full. I can see mass slaughter of pets if this virus takes hold. I often cry about this as they arr my family

Lovely that you've considered your dog. ❤️

The RSPCA have a home for life scheme too. I think they'll all be overwhelmed by an epidemic, though.

You are right to sort things out, its the sensible thing to do anyway. I have always assumed that my daughter would have my dog, having said that I haven't actually asked her. You have promoted me to sort it out.

Dogs Trust do a free service called The Canine Care Card - www.dogstrust.org.uk/get-involved/wills-legacies/canine-care-card/. Have a look at their website - it might be what you are looking for as it explains exactly what they do.

You need to get in touch with the Cinnamon Trust, they look after pets when people are no longer able to look after them themselves.