I travel alone with one dog, using hotels. Finding the right hotel is the tricky part as my girl is 60 lbs, and some places only allow small pets. I found a travel bag that has 2 zippered containers for kibble, then a lot more space for everything else from supplements to treats to meds. It zippers closed and has mesh pockets on the outside and straps for easy carry. Everything goes in the night before we leave. It is packed where I can reach it easily. I keep her vaccine records in the car and use a harness that attaches attaches to the seat belt latch while driving. In an emergency, she won't fly through the windshield, escape, or even just jump out at a squirrel while I've got the windows down or the door ajar.
That is an awesome idea! Thanks for the tip. Travel with dogs make my heart happy. I'm glad you are able to as well. Thanks for commenting and watching!
We never travel anywhere. My one dog gets crazy car sick. I have tried everything. She is 16 now. We did travel to our country place for many years back and forth. I hated seeing her get so sick. We finally moved to our country place so she has gotten a break from travel. We are not big travelers, so it has not been a big hardship for us.
My chocolate lab used to get sick just from her anxiety - she would shake the whole time. She doesn't shake anymore. But we rarely were bringing the 2 labs with us because our youngest daughter, who just moved out (empty nesters again), preferred to have the labs with us when she was alone at the house. Plus most campsites, ever since COVID (when everyone adopted dogs) now have a max number of dogs per campsite (usually 2 or 3). Since our daughter preferred them home with her, plus they are very protective of the little dogs which can make them harder to bring with us, we rarely have the labs with us. But now that our daughter moved out, and whenever we camp at State or National Campgrounds (which don't have dog restrictions), we will bring the labs with us.
I was wondering if places you go to require the dogs to be up to date on vaccines or if they accept titers. My one dog had a horrid reaction to the rabies vaccine, so I quit vaccinating her years ago.
I, like you, mostly do titers. I do Rabies vaccines for all. But titers for the rest. I also use a post vaccine tonic that Dr. Judy Morgan suggested by Adored Beasts; Rebalancer. Rebalancer assists in the removal of associated vaccine side effects without removing any vaccine benefits. So if you give that, it might help you dog if they ever need another vaccine. Anyway, as to travel, I do bring the Vaccine proof and Titer proof. I do have one Cavalier that needs Distemper soon, as her titer came back indicating so a couple of weeks ago. But I do bring the proof of both vaccines and titers, although I have never been asked to show them. But many have it in their campsite requirements that you have to have the proof with you. But I would assume titers would suffice, if we were ever asked. Good question!
@JentasticJourney Thanks Jen. My dogs are 16 and almost 16. I believe a vaccine at this age would cause more harm than good, so I no longer do titers. Since one dog had a bad reaction to a rabies vaccine, it was advised to never do vaccines again of any kind. Great to do titers though. I did them for years. It's just nowadays I will not vaccinate based upon the results so I just don't do them.
Great video. What lucky pooches!
Yes they are! Thank you so much for the comments.
I travel alone with one dog, using hotels. Finding the right hotel is the tricky part as my girl is 60 lbs, and some places only allow small pets.
I found a travel bag that has 2 zippered containers for kibble, then a lot more space for everything else from supplements to treats to meds. It zippers closed and has mesh pockets on the outside and straps for easy carry. Everything goes in the night before we leave. It is packed where I can reach it easily.
I keep her vaccine records in the car and use a harness that attaches attaches to the seat belt latch while driving. In an emergency, she won't fly through the windshield, escape, or even just jump out at a squirrel while I've got the windows down or the door ajar.
That is an awesome idea! Thanks for the tip. Travel with dogs make my heart happy. I'm glad you are able to as well. Thanks for commenting and watching!
Who else hates to go anywhere without their fur babies?
We never travel anywhere. My one dog gets crazy car sick. I have tried everything. She is 16 now. We did travel to our country place for many years back and forth. I hated seeing her get so sick. We finally moved to our country place so she has gotten a break from travel. We are not big travelers, so it has not been a big hardship for us.
My chocolate lab used to get sick just from her anxiety - she would shake the whole time. She doesn't shake anymore. But we rarely were bringing the 2 labs with us because our youngest daughter, who just moved out (empty nesters again), preferred to have the labs with us when she was alone at the house. Plus most campsites, ever since COVID (when everyone adopted dogs) now have a max number of dogs per campsite (usually 2 or 3). Since our daughter preferred them home with her, plus they are very protective of the little dogs which can make them harder to bring with us, we rarely have the labs with us. But now that our daughter moved out, and whenever we camp at State or National Campgrounds (which don't have dog restrictions), we will bring the labs with us.
My dog has anxiety as well, but she has to come along. I do give her cbd chews to help a bit.@@JentasticJourney
I was wondering if places you go to require the dogs to be up to date on vaccines or if they accept titers. My one dog had a horrid reaction to the rabies vaccine, so I quit vaccinating her years ago.
I, like you, mostly do titers. I do Rabies vaccines for all. But titers for the rest. I also use a post vaccine tonic that Dr. Judy Morgan suggested by Adored Beasts; Rebalancer. Rebalancer assists in the removal of associated vaccine side effects without removing any vaccine benefits. So if you give that, it might help you dog if they ever need another vaccine. Anyway, as to travel, I do bring the Vaccine proof and Titer proof. I do have one Cavalier that needs Distemper soon, as her titer came back indicating so a couple of weeks ago. But I do bring the proof of both vaccines and titers, although I have never been asked to show them. But many have it in their campsite requirements that you have to have the proof with you. But I would assume titers would suffice, if we were ever asked. Good question!
@JentasticJourney Thanks Jen. My dogs are 16 and almost 16. I believe a vaccine at this age would cause more harm than good, so I no longer do titers. Since one dog had a bad reaction to a rabies vaccine, it was advised to never do vaccines again of any kind. Great to do titers though. I did them for years. It's just nowadays I will not vaccinate based upon the results so I just don't do them.