Someone (I forgot who it was, sorry... 
) posted months ago about having carriers out and ready to go in case of emergency. I want to reiterate that point, especially for newer members here.
I'm staying with my mom right now, and she has a house on about 2 acres, with a big field in the back and a barn at the edge of the property. I was running some errands this afternoon, and I was driving back home when I got a couple blocks from my mom's house I saw a wall of smoke blowing to the west (VERY windy here today). It was right about where my mom's house is, and the smell was unmistakable, it was a fire. I pulled in the driveway, saw that the HOUSE wasn't on fire, ran inside and looked out the back window where I saw my mom and several neighbors with hoses, buckets and shovels putting out a fire in the weeds between the house and the barn.
The FIRST thing I did was run downstairs, grab Holland and plop her in her carrier, which sits - always open - by my bed. I took her upstairs to the least smoky room in the house, but still accessible enough that I could grab her if we needed to leave and went outside to help. Fire trucks arrived a few minutes later, the firefighters got everything under control, and everyone is fine. My poor baby had to sit crying in her carrier for almost an hour, but I was not going to let her out until the fire was completely out and the fire trucks were on their way.
VERY scary... please please please make sure you have a plan to get your little ones out of the house safely in case of emergency!!!!!
) posted months ago about having carriers out and ready to go in case of emergency. I want to reiterate that point, especially for newer members here.I'm staying with my mom right now, and she has a house on about 2 acres, with a big field in the back and a barn at the edge of the property. I was running some errands this afternoon, and I was driving back home when I got a couple blocks from my mom's house I saw a wall of smoke blowing to the west (VERY windy here today). It was right about where my mom's house is, and the smell was unmistakable, it was a fire. I pulled in the driveway, saw that the HOUSE wasn't on fire, ran inside and looked out the back window where I saw my mom and several neighbors with hoses, buckets and shovels putting out a fire in the weeds between the house and the barn.
The FIRST thing I did was run downstairs, grab Holland and plop her in her carrier, which sits - always open - by my bed. I took her upstairs to the least smoky room in the house, but still accessible enough that I could grab her if we needed to leave and went outside to help. Fire trucks arrived a few minutes later, the firefighters got everything under control, and everyone is fine. My poor baby had to sit crying in her carrier for almost an hour, but I was not going to let her out until the fire was completely out and the fire trucks were on their way.
VERY scary... please please please make sure you have a plan to get your little ones out of the house safely in case of emergency!!!!!
Go for short car rides or somewhere fun with kitty in the kennel. Make sure to put treats in the kennel and tell kitty how GOOD they are for being in the kennel etc.
