Who would you leave you dogs to if you died?

That's such a hard question! I think I would give him back to the people who found him and gave him to us.  Even if they can't keep him, I'd feel confident that they could find him a good home again.  Otherwise, EmilyD, Janice, or Annie T can have him. LOL! []  No one I know personally has the same lifestyle *and* attitude toward dogs we do.  They have one or the other - one family has an active lifestyle that includes dogs, but don't let dogs in the house. Another dotes on their dogs, but wouldn't give him near enough exercise.  It's hard!!
 
Scout would go to my mom. I have no idea who could take my horse.
 
 

I have a MS Word document which is an advanced directive for care of your dogs in case you are incompasitated or die.  The breed club I belong to developed it in response to the unexpected death of an breeder with multiple dogs.  Rescue and family stepped of course, but it brought to the front the value in this kind of pre planning.

[] - I'm not sure I could get anyone to take our dogs.  Certainly not both of them.  Honestly, there isn't a sole I know who I think would leap at the chance to have my dogs, so I try not to think about it.  Together, they have aggression issues (only to each other) and have to be carefully managed.  Separately, Sassy has been high-maintenance (health-wise).  Buffy's 10 and a sweetie, so MIL might take her.  I do think that family would try to find good homes for them though.

I know my parents would want my dogs.  I have some very risky hobbies and they've basically told me that they'd want the girls (all of them, including the cat.) and would feel a little closer to me with them around.  Typing that almost brings me to tears!  []
 
Stryder would go to my really good pal that LOVES him to pieces.  She loves her horse, but will snuggle mine, because he's such a baby.  We've already discussed it.  Her horse would go to me. 
 
It's tough talking about it, but even just reading about MissDobermama's accident makes you realize that this stuff can happen.
 
Great quesiton Debbie!
 
(Also, good set of homes listed for Roscoe Jen, I agree, they'd be great. .. and if my parents weren't around, I'd second your list and add you to it. I love my siblings, but they don't have the same idea of what it means to care for doggies.

Assuming it was just me who died, Boomer and Rotten would stay with SO. Shy would go to my mom since she has issues with men if I'm not around.
 
If we were to both pass in an accident - knowing what my pets mean to me I know that my mom would do everything in her power to take all three of them but Rotten is cat aggressive (mom has 3) and Boomer is still a puppy so his dog/cat aggressiveness is undecided so I'd have to trust that the animal lover in her would choose the best possible option for all concerned.
 
Nothing is in writing though [sm=sad.gif]

I have thought about this before. When I flew to PA and left my dog with my mom, I told her I wanted her to take Ash if something happened to me and she said no! [] She told me to find someone else. So I started thinking and thinking. There is no one that I know that would want to take her or that I would feel comfortable with. The trainer I had LOVED Ash and had told me once that if I had to get rid of her for any reason, she would take her. She has a cattle dog too and is familiar and comfortable with the breed. So I put her on my list. I also put one of the vet techs where Ash boards on the list because she too, loves Ash and she also has cattle dogs. She has also offered to take Ash if I ever needed to find a home for her. Although, I'm not sure I'd want Ash to go with her because she leaves her dogs outside a lot.
 
And believe it or not, I have listed this web-site as a place to come to ask for any advice and to post on the Dogs Looking for Homes thread. My mom wouldn't know how to go about looking or posting on Petfinder or know anything about rescue organizations. So I listed this site as a place to come for help. I've listed Petfinder and a rescue I'm semi-familiar with, if it came down to that. I have also listed the people that I DO NOT want Ash to go to. Sadly, one of them is my fiance, the one who got her for me. I've listed my criteria for what I want the owners to be like as well. I've wrote down Ash's routine, her food, her temperament, her traits, everything.
 
This question always gets me thinking and it worries me. I want my mom to handle finding her a new home and I know she'll get all the help she possibly can from this web-site. I also know that my mom will make sure that she goes to a good home, especially with all my instructions!

Also, good set of homes listed for Roscoe Jen, I agree, they'd be great. .. and if my parents weren't around, I'd second your list and add you to it.

Aw, thanks. I actually considered adding you to my list (yes, I put real thought into my idog list! - who has dogs that Roscoe would get along with, who has expressed love of him, who would keep him in the style to which he has grown accustomed?), but decided that Roscoe's intense *need* to follow small dogs around and slobber on them might not be best for Nikki. [sm=lol.gif]
 

  And believe it or not, I have listed this web-site as a place to come to ask for any advice and to post on the Dogs Looking for Homes thread.

 
Hey, that's actually not a bad idea. 

Assuming it was just me, my parents would keep him. Not because they like him, and they really don't, but I at least like to believe that they would do that for me, or that my younger sister would threaten their lives if they didn't take care of him. Otherwise, i've got no plans for him or Millie if something were to happen to all of us, or if something where to happen after I left home. Lots of people do think he's really cute and claim they would love him, but I can't help thinking that would change if they were actually asked to do it. None of my friends are really in position to take him right now, and I think they would be a few years after me, but I can think of one in particular who probably would. If not,  Ummmm... hey Annie, if something should happen to me, would you like a Max? Anyone else? Any takers?

I would feel comfortable with a lot of people on this board taking Ash. I have yet to really meet anybody that is as passionate about their animals as the people on this board. I would hope that if something like that happened to me, that the people here would help my mom find a good for Ash or someone take her themselves. [] 

Jen, aww, I didn't mean to imply you needed to add me!  I'm sorry!  But I appreciate you even thinking of me for Roscoe, he'd always be welcome here, and you know his pictures would still be present on IDog on a regular basis []  He'd even get a spot on the bed.  Nikki could use a taste of her own medicine, she follows poor Missy around like a nut.  She doesn't drool on her... but I think Missy would prefer that to chewing on her the way she does!  But, I'm sure Nikki appreciates your concern [8|]

If it were jus tme who died I would be sure that DH would keep her.  After that, I wqould want her to go to her breeder.  Lynne has told me that if I kno longer wanted Gypsy for ANY reason, to bring her back (like that's going to happen!). As for my cats, I am not sure. DH would keep them, but after that? MIL and SIL are both allergic and Sis already has two and a dog, so I am not sure.

If my husband and I were to both die we would have to dogs go back to BRAT (Basenji Rescue and Transport).  Beside the fact that I'm pretty sure that was in the adoption contract, I wouldn't trust anyone else to do a better job of finding them a good home.

My grandparents. Then my parents.

My bf would keep Zoe and he knows all about caring for her etc.  If something were to happen to both of us, my parents and friends know how important she is to me and I think my parents would take her.  Everyone knows I go on this forum for advice so they would come here if needed.
 
I'd like to add I have a steady stream of tears running down my face just thinking about leaving Zoe.