On Thursday November 14, 2024, just after midnight, we said our last goodbye to our beloved Niner, our 17.7-year-old four-legged son. If you love your pet as much as we loved Niner, you can understand the immense pain we've been drowning in for the past several days. Niner was the sweetest, most noble and well-behaved Chihuahua. He was the highlight of our days and gave us joy for longer than we could ever hope for. Truly, if loved could have saved him, he would have lived forever.
This loss, like many losses that we experience in life, is an opportunity to invite you to consider making financial provisions for your four-legged family members too. Throughout our years of serving families all around the country, we've encountered several situations in which we have been asked to find a new home for a deceased client's pet, especially those clients who are now single or living alone. Leaving a financial consideration behind for the person that chooses to care for your pet after you're gone makes it a lot easier to find a loving and responsible home.
Ernesto and I made those provisions for Niner. In both our Will and Trust, we had made funding available for the person who would take the responsibility of caring for Niner. We wanted to make sure that everything he needed was available including, but not limited, to fresh food (not kibble), medication, pet insurance premium, and other necessities of his daily living. We also had life insurance policies in place to provide for the funding of those needs.
If you have a pet you'd like ideas on how to provide and make care readily available when you're no longer here, please reach out and let us help you put that plan together.