Sooooperdogs! [and the super folks who train them..and need them]
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/magazine/wonder-dog.html?ref=general&src=me&pagewanted=all
http://www.4pawsforability.org/roverrehab.html

How does this apply to prepping and pupz?  Not sure...it just seems important.  Maybe someone can help me put it together.

Just read a couple posts about hurricane evacuation. 

http://www.preparedsociety.com/forum/f2/nothing-like-real-life-experience-7883/.

This has a link to a long blog with lots of information on Katrina, and all the stuff that went wrong. 

www.theplacewithnoname.com

There is some information on the pet problems people had.

So what would you do with children, pets, and evacuation problems?  Have you had experiences like this?

Some critter gag photos

Pupz on patrol

Little guyz

The critters we care about.

Lily resting up for a fetch game

A little guy[look above to see him now]

Daring Diesel of the Far Specific Northwest

A fierce herd protector keeps watch

A starting Journey

About dog food:  canned food stores best.  Shelf life should be at least 2 years. Dr. Fox at www.twobitdog.com has a lot of recommendations about dog food.

Dry dog food would have to have additional storage precautions.  A 'supersurvivalist/powerprepper' uses food grade buckets, mylar liners, dessicant, and CO2 oxygen displacing techniques for long term storage.  This might be appropriate for dry dog food also, to prevent the oils in the food from going rancid.  One might get several years of storage life this way.

Dr. Fox has a homebrew dog and cat recommendation.  A proposed 'tough times' variation on his dog food recipe would use plain old canned beef, lamb, or poultry with rice, canned sweet taters. and whatever supplements [yeast, cider, vitamins] are available.

This tough times approach would just involve stocking up on ingredients which would tide humans and pups over until things get more stable.

By preparing large quantities of canned meat, storing brown sproutable rice and other ingredients for maximum shelf life, pup pops and moms can provide for themselves and their pets.

Well, grandpuppy Lily is visiting.  She's a real superpup, getting older, but still a super fielder.  Will chase balls, frisbees, boomerangs.[yeah, she's part dingo, so it must be an instinct to chase boomerangs], but she doesn't seem to have the herding instinct so much.  I'd thought she might have an Australian cattle dog background.

Have to get a chase toy for her.

Traveling cat

Here's a grandpuddykat accompanied by one of her staff.  She's been everywhere, boys, she's crossed the deserts fair...well, maybe not that much travelin', but she's done her share.

Just a note about the song:  the original version is from Australia, there are versions for just about everyplace.  They are all over utube.

No pictures yet of Lily the wonderpup fetch champ.