they come with me.

 

I have a dog he comes with me no matter what. I'd also bring the cat. I would probably release the snakes.

 

I'd have to bring my dog! He's an excellent alarm when people come near the house. I'm planning on getting one of the dog packs that straps on the back of the dog. Your supposed to be able to put up to 1/3 of the dogs weight in it and the dog will be fine. That way he can carry his own food and supplies and take some of the burden off of the rest of the family.:thumb:

Amazon.com: Mountainsmith Dog Pack: Sports & Outdoors

 

I'd have to bring my dog! He's an excellent alarm when people come near the house. I'm planning on getting one of the dog packs that straps on the back of the dog. Your supposed to be able to put up to 1/3 of the dogs weight in it and the dog will be fine. That way he can carry his own food and supplies and take some of the burden off of the rest of the family.:thumb:

Amazon.com: Mountainsmith Dog Pack: Sports & Outdoors

Remember that like humans dogs must be trained in ruck marching. You have to work up to the standard 1/3 body weight rule. No animal human or otherwise can be expected to strap on a pack at 1/3 body weight and move out. You'll just end up hurting yourself. Get a copy of FM 21-18. Its an awesome old school pub on foot marches. It gives you a training program to work up to the 1/3 weight.

 

If at all possible, your pets come with. If you can't bring them, then at least turn them loose -- don't be like those jerks during Katrina who chained their dogs to the porch.

Interestingly, there was an exhibit of items from Pompeii here in Houston last year.. some of it was casts of people they were able to make by pouring plaster into voids in the ash where the people used to be. People were frozen in place just as they were when they died, and you could tell it wasn't pretty. The whole exhibit was very grim -- TSHTF preserved for all eternity.

The most horrific, IMHO, was a cast of a poor dog that had been chained up to guard his master's house. It was all twisted around like it was in agony. They said it slowly suffocated to death while the ash deposits piled up around it.

 

If at all possible, your pets come with. If you can't bring them, then at least turn them loose.

What? If you want to bring them with you, great! More power to you. If you leave them, you have to put them down. You can't just turn them loose. Dogs turned loose will be eaten by other dogs or they will form a pack. A pack of wild dogs is a very dangerous thing for humans.

For anyone that plans to turn them loose, please think about it. It is much better to put them down. If you can't do that, take them with you.

 

My cats have claws. Out the door they go. screw em.

 

My Bella is part of my BO plan. I'm in the process of training her right now. Big John Lipscomb has a training video about how to train them to be self-sufficient in a SHTF situation, so that they hunt for their own food. I haven't gotten that far in the training, but I've been thinking about just that.

Here's my girl, and her mate Jackson that is now about 5 weeks old. We get him in a couple of weeks (pix is at about 3 wks).

 

My guy comes with me too!

 

2 cats and 2 ferrets. The cats will come with us. The ferrets will be released. We will feed and care for the cats as long as we can. When we can not feed them anymore, we will either A) release them or B) kill them humanely depending on how bad the situation/world is.

 

My opinion of animals might seem a little "hard" for some, but, IMO if an animal doesn't have a job, it's dead weight. My dog will be coming. She's an excellent guard dog, and looks mean (even though she's a *****-cat to us). She's a very smart German Shepherd, looks a bit like Sqeak's (nice looking dog, Squeak).

Even at home here, if we have any animals, they have to have a job--no freeloaders. Cats are for mousers, rabbits for eating, goats for milk and eating, and the dog gets to watch over my family. As soon as they cease to be useful in that regard, it's the 50 cent solution.

In a BO situation, I'll bring what animals I can for eating/ breeding (if possible), but above all, the dog comes for protection.

 

I love my dogs as much as I do any family member, and they come with me if it's a temp or minor situation; but if it's bad...I will put them down out of love. *Edit*

 

When I got my dogs I accepted responsibility for them. They're coming with me in the unlikely event we need to leave. Hell, they even have their own packs.

The plans a person makes for their dogs says a lot about their character. Do you want to be around someone who ditches their responsibilities as soon as things get tough? Think that person will stick by you when it really matters? Most likely the last you'll see of them will be their backsides as they run away yet again.

 

Amen to that!!

 

After Katrina the two birds came out to the garage with us, where we have a window unit A/C that our generator was running. We all stayed cool out there and when I would get in from working Long & Stressful hours without any days off.
Those 2 birds sat on my shoulder making soft relaxing sounds and really helped deal with the stress of the situation.
They help me to relax after a regular work day, and they seem to get stressed, if I'm out of town for a few days.
The birds go with me, as we are Good friends that look out for each other.
I have food for them in my BOB too, and I think that some people don't realize how much they can reduce stress

 

the dog goes with!!!! no question...

 

Currently I've got a little yappy dog. Useless in a bug out situation - but for a bug in she's the perfect security alarm. She usually perches herself by a window, so if anybody gets within sight of our house she barks her little head off, night or day. And when she's not by a window, the slightest "out of place" sound will either set her off barking, or cause her to go check at the windows for the source of the noise.

On top of that, she's a morale booster. If you leave the house, for even five minutes, and come back in, she wags her tail and runs in circles - then drops on to the floor for belly rubs.

So I'd keep her.

 

Take your pets with you!

If you bug out and abandon your pet, you do not deserve to have a pet.

After Katrina, the amount of abandoned pets was inconceivable. Left in homes to starve, tied to porches to down or stave, left to roam and fend for themselves. It was truly horrible.

Below is a picture of my buddy Louie (RIP 7/08). I found him running the streets on Louisa street in New Orleans at the end of September 2005. One of the few "small" dogs that had not been eaten by bigger dogs. The first pic is on the day that I found him. He was nearly starved to death and stunk to high heaven after swimming around in the flood waters. The second pic was him in November 2006 just over a year after rescuing him.

He was the best dog ever owned and one of the best friends I ever had. He was smarter than half of the people I know. I hope that the animals who abandoned him suffered more than he did.

 

Take your pets with you!

If you bug out and abandon your pet, you do not deserve to have a pet.

After Katrina, the amount of abandoned pets was inconceivable. Left in homes to starve, tied to porches to down or stave, left to roam and fend for themselves. It was truly horrible.

Below is a picture of my buddy Louie (RIP 7/08). I found him running the streets on Louisa street in New Orleans at the end of September 2005. One of the few "small" dogs that had not been eaten by bigger dogs. The first pic is on the day that I found him. He was nearly starved to death and stunk to high heaven after swimming around in the flood waters. The second pic was him in November 2006 just over a year after rescuing him.

He was the best dog ever owned and one of the best friends I ever had. He was smarter than half of the people I know. I hope that the animals who abandoned him suffered more than he did.

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Once when we had to flee from a fire out here, we were scrambling to get our (then) 3 mutts. I couldn't believe all of the ppl who left their pets to fend for themselves in a fire! I agree with you that they deserve not to have a pet, but after reading some other threads there is a lot of ppl getting pets that have no business having them in the first place.

 

I love my dog. As much as i love my wife. Maybe more.

 

Depends on the pet, Id say. I have two cats. One was feral when she adopted me. She would likely make it because she is a bug eater and follows me like a dog whenever in unfamiliar surroundings. My other cat is a pampered brat who is totally unaware of the dangers of the wide world outside, and would likely be dead meat, in spite of my wishes/intentions.

 

I have thought about this myself, and it is a tough call. I have 4 dogs - 3 of which are on daily meds and are over 12 years old. Of the 4 dogs 2 are deaf, 1 is blind, and 1 has severe arthritis. Luckily, the 4th dog is younger and doing well.

I also have 2 cats, both healthy.

I would like to think that I can take all of them with us (hubby and 4 yo). But, if I cannot then I will put them down. It is not because I want to abandon them or that I lack in character. It is because I love them and would not want them to suffer or die violently.

One thing is that I would never leave them behind to fend for themselves. I have loved and cared for these dogs for many years, and they love me in return.

 

I would be lost with out my glowing eye cyborg dog Max.

 

The cat comes with me.

She's driving. :

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These are the three that will come with me now. Guess which two are the wife's...

 

It would be cruel and inhumane to "dump" your animals to fend for themselves. Our dog goes with us, doggy BOB and all!

 

Well realistically you gotta do what you gotta do.

I have about 30 chickens that I would greatly miss. I would let them go free... they would last a month at best. The predators would eat them up.

I have ducks that would do fine. They would bail, however, being Human friendly, and always running up to people, I doubt they will make it long either.

My horse comes with me. My Dog too. My fish don't need me now, my birds I would let go, but they would die too. (I would miss them, I have one that cleans my teeth.. eww, lol)

However, in a GTFO now, SHTF situation, I might not have time to let them free. I guess it depends on the situation.

 

My wife and I are in our mid 30's and have found that having children is medically a challenge for us. We have 3 lap dogs and love them like they are our children. They complete our little famly. They are difinite keepers, dont git me wrong, I know that they will be freeloaders. They are useless 90% of the time. But we love them. My 2 Cents.

Coop

 

My kids are pretty much grown, and I notice that about myself as well. I treat Bella as if she were my child. It's easy to get into that bc dogs are so loveable. They are the picture of unconditional love.

 

If I had a dog that wasn't completely worthless, I would definitely bring him. But my dog... Id probably put him down before I left. Time to make the hard decisions.

 

First plan is to bug IN. Bugging out is the "backup plan". That said, the animals stay with us. The two cats are excellent mousers, and keep the vermin out of my food stores. The smaller of the 2 dogs is a fantastic alarm system...she alerts us to any activity going on. The larger dog (Siberian Husky) is an efficient (and silent) hunter--she would be useful in helping to bring down game. So, yes, the critters DO come with!

 

Bugging out can be easy enough when you're taking dogs and cats and the such, but what about when you live on a farm and you have 6 horses, 3 hunting dogs, 15 mouser cats, chicksn and goats to take along?

 

Why would you bug out of a farm? A lot of people want to bug into the farming life. Fairly remote, land to grow food, animal stock. Short of some nuclear disaster why would you want to leave? I'd build a redoubt and fortified fences around the main building first.