Sevens
09-13-2004, 10:53 PM
After the death of an acquaintence yesterday, Brian and I began to talk about the fact that with all we have right now, we should really make up a will. We discussed how we wished for our remains to be handled, the fact that we should obtain a life insurance policy now, etc. etc.
We also were thinking about what would happen if both of us died at the same time, who would take care of our dogs. I mean, everybody would want Guinness, but it would take a special person to appreciate Bailey. Meaning that they would have to put up with people being against her because she's part pit bull, she needs someone to understand that she's not dumb, she's actually extremely smart and that her intelligence causes her to get into mischief sometimes. She's intelligent and brave and can be strong willed sometimes. Also Bailey and Guinness have bonded so much, I would not want them seperated.
I talked to my best friend tonite and she said she will take them. She said when we get the will together, she would be willing to sign whatever to say that if Brian and I both died at the same time, she would take care of them for the rest of their natural lives.
So, for anybody who has done this same thing (included their dogs in their will), what sort of provisions do you have in place? I told my husband that I would make sure that a certain amount would be set aside for the care of the dogs and money for her in case she needed to move to pet friendly housing (she currently would have to break the lease on her apartment to take our dogs). I'm not sure how much insurance money we should set aside for this. Also, do you have any backups? My husband thinks we should have 3 people in line to take the dogs just in case.
Any advice anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated.
Hope everyone's having a good evening!:)
We also were thinking about what would happen if both of us died at the same time, who would take care of our dogs. I mean, everybody would want Guinness, but it would take a special person to appreciate Bailey. Meaning that they would have to put up with people being against her because she's part pit bull, she needs someone to understand that she's not dumb, she's actually extremely smart and that her intelligence causes her to get into mischief sometimes. She's intelligent and brave and can be strong willed sometimes. Also Bailey and Guinness have bonded so much, I would not want them seperated.
I talked to my best friend tonite and she said she will take them. She said when we get the will together, she would be willing to sign whatever to say that if Brian and I both died at the same time, she would take care of them for the rest of their natural lives.
So, for anybody who has done this same thing (included their dogs in their will), what sort of provisions do you have in place? I told my husband that I would make sure that a certain amount would be set aside for the care of the dogs and money for her in case she needed to move to pet friendly housing (she currently would have to break the lease on her apartment to take our dogs). I'm not sure how much insurance money we should set aside for this. Also, do you have any backups? My husband thinks we should have 3 people in line to take the dogs just in case.
Any advice anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated.
Hope everyone's having a good evening!:)