On the Road…, with the dogs
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Traveling with pets can be a big production. I’ve only flown with a pet once and that was when I flew my cat down to Florida from up North so she could live with my mom. My mom had been sick and asked if she could have Chloe, since Chloe is one of those cats who comes when you call her and stays in your lap. She is a great comfort. For whatever reason, back when I flew with her I was not given the option of having her in a carrier under my seat. She had to travel in with the luggage and that was pretty traumatic for her, but she came through just fine.
Otherwise, I have always taken my pets from place to place in my cars. When I moved to Florida, I drive down with my dog Echo. She got so hot that she spent a lot of the ride laying in one of the potted plants I had on the floor in the back. It was pretty cute. She was no trouble, but I had to go to great lengths to find hotels that would allow me to have Echo in the room with me. I wish there had been a site like OfficialPetHotels.com back then! I had a terrible time calling around to locate pet friendly hotels and it would have rocked to be able to use one website to do a simple search.
Besides those two big trips to Florida, I have only taken my dogs on short trips and due to having two dogs at one point, one of which was a huge Greyhound, I got a minivan where I could take out the last row of seats and gave them a massive play to lay in and stretch and be comfortable.
By the way, this has been a rather cathartic post to write. Echo passed away last August and Angel, the Greyhound, is gone as well. Traveling with those girls was a good experience overall and I miss them dearly. I would not have left them behind for the entire world. It’s worth the extra preparation to travel with your pets.
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