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Chapter One: After the Loss of Your Pet

• Making a memorial contribution to an animal care organization keeps your pet’s kindred spirit alive
• Eight simple and timeless ways to create a legacy to preserve the memory of your pet forever
• The importance of estate planning to create a legacy for your pet
• Informative statistics about pet ownership in America today
  

Chapter Two: Planning for Your Pet’s Future – What To Do If Something Happens to You

• Making more-than-sure someone will love and care for your pet, if you become incapacitated or die
• Creating a written action plan for your pet’s future to be used if something unexpected happens to you
• Selecting and engaging pet caregivers for the long-term care of your pet
• What your pet estate plan should include, from the health history of your pet to appropriate veterinary contacts…and much more
• Step-by-step instructions on how to create an estate plan that includes your pets
• Using decals and pet alert cards to prepare for dire emergencies
• Utilizing the Estate Planning Pyramid™ to plan for and protect your entire estate
• Three steps that ensure your estate plan will care for all of your loved ones – especially your pets

Chapter Three: Estate Planning Options

• Did you know that your will does nothing to protect your pet in the event of your disability?
• If your estate plan does not contain durable powers of attorney regarding health and financial matters as well as a will and/or a trust, then you’re risking the future well-being of your pet
• Creating a rock solid estate plan in the event of your disability or death
• The size of your estate is immaterial, your desire to provide a comprehensive estate plan and legacy for your pet is paramount
• Establishing a trust that makes arrangements for caregivers and the expenses associated with the long-term care of your pet
• Making more-than-sure your future pet caregiver has instructions for when your pet is ill or dies, and you are not there to decide what happens

Chapter Four: Estate Planning and Pets

• Choosing and establishing the right type of estate plan to provide for your pet
• Prevent your trust from future challenge
• A look at those states that recognize estate planning that provides for your pet
• Federal issues and obstacles you must prepare for in establishing an estate plan for your pet

Chapter Five: Charitable Giving Techniques

• Appropriate ways to use lifetime gifts, testamentary gifts, charitable trusts…unique ways to create an enduring legacy for your pet
• How a charitable remainder trust benefits those you love as well as your favorite charities
• Learn the tax implications and consequences of your decision to use a charitable trust as part of your legacy plan
• How private foundations can help you create an immortal legacy for your pet
• Using a supporting organization to leave a hallmark legacy for your pet
• How charitable gift annuities can provide increased income for you and your pet during your lifetime

Chapter Six: A Guide to Animal Care Organizations

• Selecting the right long-term care facility is critical to the future well-being of your pet
• Knowing which organizations actually care for your pet and which provide "foster homes"
• Taking a careful look at how perpetual care organizations determine costs and benefits
• Making certain your funds will not run out to care for your pet during your pet’s lifetime
• Discover how local veterinary colleges can be enlisted as a practical, low-cost future long-term care alternative for your pet
• An exhaustive checklist for selecting a long-term care facility for your pet – from human interaction levels to facility care options – you must select the right facility to feel secure
• Potential dangerous pitfalls and sound legal guidelines to consider when entering into a perpetual care contract with a long-term care provider

Chapter Seven: Choosing an Estate Planning Attorney

• Finding an attorney who understands estate planning and the sensitive issues that surround pet involvement in estate planning
• Why you absolutely need an attorney to help you create an estate plan
• Key questions you must ask your estate planning attorney during your first visit and what to expect from him or her
• What you should do about your estate plan if you think you cannot afford an attorney
• Tapping into the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys puts you in touch with over 1,000 nationally recognized estate planning attorneys

Chapter Eight: Meaningful Ways to Memorialize Your Pet

• Finding the right way for you to remember your pet
• Learn the most meaningful ways to make a special statement about your love for your pet
• Ways to find comfort – useful ideas that can make you feel your departed pet is close and safe
• Pet burial and cremation options – choosing the right one for you may help you cope better after the loss of your pet – how choosing the wrong one may make things worse for you

Chapter Nine: Pet Loss and Grief Therapy

• Making the euthanasia decision – the most difficult decision you may ever face – knowing when it is time
• Should a healthy pet ever be euthanized? How to deal with this difficult decision…
• What to say to family and friends – especially young children – about the death of a pet
• Cathartic ways to say good-bye to your pet – how to gain maximum closure through this painful time
• Understanding what your pet experiences during euthanasia can helps you cope
• The four stages of grief and dealing with the deep sense of pain that accompanies the loss of your pet
• Remembering your pet and accepting death as a part of the cycle of life
• The four vital steps for coping with the loss of your pet

Chapter Ten: Pet Memories

• Interesting stories and quotes that inspire, touch the soul and bring comfort