Protecting Your Pets

• Keep your pet with you at a secure, storm-prepared location (Red Cross shelters do not accept pets).
• Take your pet with you to a friends or family members house or to a hotel in a safe zone. This should be prearranged to avoid surprise and confusion.
• Leave your pet with a friend in a safe zone or board it at a veterinary clinic or kennel.

All pet boarding facilities require up-to-date vaccinations and proper identification.

• Update your pets vaccinations.
• Purchase tags and have your pet implanted with a microchip (tags and microchips used together are the most effective way of identifying pets).
• Carry a current picture of you with your pet and its medical records with you at all times.

Following is a list of supplies to have prepared for your pet:

• Portable carrier (large enough for the pet to stand up and turn around in)
• Extra leash and collar
• Extra identification tag
• Pet food at least a two-week supply of dry food in water-tight container or canned food (manual can opener needed)
• Water at least a two-week supply of clean water large dogs need one gallon per day
• Up-to-date health records
• Medications flea and tick preventative and two-month supply of heartworm preventative medication
• Litter/newspapers
• Toys and treats
• Towels
• First aid supplies
• Recent photo of you with your pet