Tips On How To Organise Your Dog Emergency Information
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Introduction
Does Fido need a Filofax? Is keeping track of his personal and emergency information becoming a trial? After all several pieces of paper with all his important numbers and records scattered throughout the length and breadth of your house is hardly efficient. Nor is the complete mess left by you as you trawl through drawers and filing cabinets looking for his vaccination records. What this situation requires is a bit of organisation!
Types of information
How much information would you need to organise? Well, that would depend on personal preference. For example you might consider appointments at the dog grooming parlour an absolute necessity and therefore the details of such an establishment may be essential as part of the emergency information. However there maybe other types of information that you had not considered, such as what to do in the event of your death (very cheery); or a maybe common doggie illnesses and their symptoms, or what sorts human foods might be poisonous to a dog. What has to be borne in mind is that the information is for the benefit of Fido, and in the event of your demise, the people who might be looking through the information are your friends or family.
Who is going to need the information?
Whatever system of organisation that you go for it would be best to remember that it’s not just the information that is important. You might be completely happy with your organisational skills, but they could be completely incomprehensible to anyone else. Make sure those closest to you can work the system and your dog will always be assisted.
Computer programs
Probably the simplest method would a filing cabinet or a series of index cards. However, in this age a paper free and space free option may be the answer. Also it would be less time consuming than endless filling out small cards by hand and then cross referencing. Most people who have access to a computer would probably opt for the data base solution. Using standard soft ware might also be just as time consuming as doing the whole thing in hard copy: devising databases can take a bit of time. Fortunately there are plenty of dedicated software products on the market to make your life, and that your dog, much easier. In the event of an emergency that is.
Conclusion
It may seem like a lot of work for no gain, but believe me, you will need the information to hand when calamity strikes, and you will need it fast! It is better to develop a system now and add the necessary information as you go, rather than risk something awful happening, just because you mislaid an important piece of information.
