Sweatpants & Travel | 11 Tips for Hitting the Open Road With Your Dog!

For many people, traveling with their pets sounds like a blissful, economical, fun solution to the age old issue of what to do with said animals when you are planning a vacation. Certainly, there are destinations and road trips that can be designed with your pets in mind. It is also the case that there are trips you may be planning where it is in your pets’ best interest to be left out of the festivities. Weddings and graduations, for example, while family affairs, are often held in venues that cannot accommodate pets. Or the couple getting married/grads simply doesn’t want any members of the furred or feathered set in attendance. Even if the events you are planning to attend will allow you to bring your pets, you do need to be duly prepared. I think taking my dogs on a trip requires even more planning and equipment than traveling with my kids did when they were small! So, in the spirit of being helpful, and to remind myself of all that pet travel requires, I am sharing my list of what I need to bring if I am traveling with my two canine sidekicks: Crates – Even though my [...]