Helpful tips and guides for traveling with pets.
Canine vacations look different from a typical trip. The lodging has to allow dogs, the days need built in breaks for walks and rest, and the route often matters as much as the destination itself. More owners are planning their trips this way each year, building the itinerary around what the dog can realistically handle … Read more
A road trip is usually the easiest way to travel with a dog. You control the temperature, the stops, the pace, and the amount of time your dog spends confined. That’s a real advantage over flying, where your dog either rides in the cabin under strict size limits or in cargo. But easier doesn’t mean … Read more
Are Car Rides Good For Dogs? My dog Max used to lose his mind the second he heard my keys jingle. Not in a bad way. He’d spin in circles, bang his tail against the coffee table, and practically drag me to the garage door. That reaction alone told me something. But it also made … Read more
Dog Friendly Trips in Texas. I still remember the look on my golden retriever Cooper’s face the first time I drove past the Texas Hill Country with him hanging out the back window. Pure joy. Ears flapping, tongue out, no idea where we were going, and absolutely not caring. That was three years ago, and … Read more
Weekend Trips from Dallas with Dogs? My dog Biscuit has a look he gives me every Friday evening. It’s part guilt trip, part desperate plea. He plants himself by the front door, tail going like a helicopter blade, and just stares. After three years of living in Dallas, I finally stopped fighting that look and … Read more
How Long Can a Cat Stay in a Carrier? The first time I drove from Nashville to Dallas with my cat Mango, I was completely unprepared. I had a cheap soft sided carrier, no plan, and the naive belief that cats just… handle things. Six hours in, Mango had soiled the carrier, refused water for … Read more
Pet Travel to Puerto Rico. Honestly, the whole thing started because I couldn’t find anyone to watch my dog for two weeks. I was heading to Puerto Rico for a working trip that kept getting extended, and my usual dog sitter had her own vacation booked. My beagle mix, Mango, is not the kind of … Read more
The call came on a Tuesday afternoon. My sister had just taken a job in Portland, Oregon — and she was calling from her apartment in Atlanta, panicking, because she had a 65 pound Labrador named Biscuit who absolutely could not make a five-day cross country drive in July heat. “Can you just… ship a … Read more
