pet-friendly rentals: January 2009 Archives
The winter holidays are behind us at last. Coming right up before you know it: spring, summer, vacation time. And no one wants to leave their best friend behind these days.
Petlovr.com has some good tips on preparing your dog (or other pet) for a road trip:
With more and more hotels becoming pet-friendly, an increasing number of pet owners are deciding to take their cat, dog, ferret or other pet along for the ride on that road trip or vacation.
It takes a lot of preparations in order for a vacation to be fun and stress-free for both pets and owners. There's several things that pet owners will need to do in order to get their animal ready to travel.
Among the issues covered in the post are getting the pet used to temporary living quarters
(meaning a crate); taking "practice" car rides; getting vaccination records and a health certificate in order; making up a new pet tag with a cell phone number and, if applicable, your temporary location; what cleaning supplies, toys, collars and other items you should bring along.
I've never taken a long road trip with my dogs, but it sounds like lots of fun. Or not. (Some of us at the dog park are now talking about organizing a day trip with our dogs to go folic in the snow before it all melts. This could lead to either great fun or great tragedy; and probably a little of both.)
Any tips or experiences or funny tales that our readers would like to share about traveling with their pets? Good, bad and ugly, send 'em on.
About the Bloggers
Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.