Enrichment · Life Skills

When you go,
they go too.

Make a plan for each pet: the go-kit by the door, a microchip registered to your current number, proof of vaccines, a neighbor who can get them if you are out, and two places you could stay together. The checklist shows what is missing before you need it.

Make a pet planWhat you get

Pets

The worked example is a made-up household: a dog whose chip has an old phone number and whose rabies shot runs out next month, and a cat who is ready to go. Plans save on this device only.

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What you get

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What you finish with
A plan per pet with kind, weight, microchip status, vet and phone, rabies date and medicines; an eight-item go-kit; a four-item plan; places that take pets with phone and distance; flags for the chip, the rabies date, a thin medicine supply and too few places; go-kits packed across the house.
Who it is for
Families, students with pets, and anyone caring for animals, from dogs and cats to birds, reptiles and horses.
Format
Browser checklist with a saved plan per pet. Prints a plan, all pets or a blank form to keep in the go-kit; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Life Skills space in Caveat Enrichment.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Add each pet and check its microchip registration online.
  2. Pack the go-kit and keep it near the carrier.
  3. Ask a neighbor or friend to be your pet buddy.
  4. Call two places in different directions that take pets, and note their numbers.
  5. Print the plan and put a copy in the go-kit.

Make a pet plan

Where you will go

Two places, two directionsHomeAunt Lee’s, 38 miPet-friendly inn, 62 miIf one road or town is hit, the other place still works.Two places, two directionsHomeAunt Lee’s, 38 miPet-friendly inn, 62 miIf one road or town is hit, the other place still works.
Most shelters cannot take every pet, so the places you line up ahead of time are the plan.

If you have to leave, take them

Pets left behind in a disaster can be hurt, lost or killed, and you may not be allowed back for days. Bring your pets with you, and leave early if you can; waiting for an order can mean leaving in a rush with no time to find a scared cat.

Shelters and service animals

Federal law since 2006 requires emergency plans funded by FEMA to account for household pets and service animals, but not every shelter takes pets, so call ahead. Service animals are allowed in public shelters under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Sources

  1. Ready.gov, Federal Emergency Management Agency. Pets and Animals (ready.gov/pets).
  2. Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006 (PETS Act), Public Law 109-308.
  3. American Veterinary Medical Association. Disaster preparedness for pet owners (avma.org).
  4. U.S. Department of Justice. ADA Guide for Emergency Shelters: service animals (ada.gov).

The worked example is made up. Follow local emergency officials first. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.