Captain's Quarters - A Perpetuity Care Option

If you’re like us, your pets are your family, your kids, your world. You give them everything–actually, the best of everything.  The most nutritious food, the best veterinary care, the coziest beds, your unending love … we’ll bet people comment that they wish they lived half as well as your pets!

But what will happen to your pets when you are gone? Have you made a care plan for your pets? Having a care plan for your pets is the best way you can ensure their continued quality of life, maybe even their very survival. The sad reality is that between 5 and 7 million pets enter animal shelters in the United States each year when their owners die. Approximately 3 to 4 million are subsequently euthanized; the numbers are even grimmer for senior pets.

To avoid putting your pet at risk, we encourage all pet owners to make formal legal and financial arrangements for your pets as part of your end-of-life estate planning.  

Leashes End also recommends that pet owners try to find a close friend or family member to be their pets’ successor caregiver. But if a friend or family member isn’t able or available to carry out this most important promise to your pet, Leashes End may be able to help. Welcome to the Captain’s Quarters at Leashes End: a perpetuity care option for senior pets.

What makes Leashes End special?

  1. Our mission is to care for senior cats and small breed dogs. It’s what we do. It’s all we do. And we excel at it. We won’t reject a pet for being too old.
  2. We realize that pets often come in pairs, or triplets, or more! We are open to taking in multiple bonded pets and we’ll keep them together… for life.
  3. Our home is an actual home, not a facility.  Our home is our pets’ home. And our pets are our family.  They are welcome up on the couch and sleep with us in our beds. They are free to wander around the house and in our fenced yard. We do not confine our pets to kennels or cages.
  4. Once a pet comes into our sanctuary, he or she becomes our baby for life. We love them as our own from their first day to their last. And that means, among other things, that we promise to not adopt them out.
  5. We are a small and exclusive operation. All of our pets live within our Leashes End retirement community, not in foster homes. Because we have a slow turnover rate, we  get to know all of our pets as the individuals they are and cater to their needs accordingly. We can and do provide all our pets exquisite, personal attention and shield them from outside stressors.

For our comprehensive perpetuity care policies and procedures please download the linked file below. If you have questions, would like additional information, would like to set up a tour, or would like to make arrangements for Captain’s Quarters, please contact the Captain: risa@leashesend.org.

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Thank you for making a care plan for your pets and for considering entrusting your pets to our care.