Car Vacations With Dogs: Tips To Make Holiday Road Trips Safe And Fun For All #154
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 1 June 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
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Do you take your dog on vacation or for road trips? It will help make your holiday great if you plan ahead and prepare your dog for car rides, consider safety for your trip, know where to take breaks along the way, and where to stay when travelling by car with your dog.
In the episode you'll hear:
• About planning so that your vacation is enjoyable for you and your dog.
• Why to consider what your days will be filled with when you are away.
• How to prepare your dog for your trip away.
• About the car crates that are safe for travelling and the options of canine seat belts.
• How playing games on your trip helps makes the experience fun for your dog.
• That including ItsYerChoice in your games is important for your dog’s safety.
• Why you really want your dog to pee and poop when on leash.
• About enrichment for your dog when you are relaxing.
• What to pack for your dog when travelling with them.
• Where to stop with your dog along the way to your destination.
• How to make your stops and stays safe, interesting, and comfortable for your dog.
Road Trip Packing List:
Download Susan’s Packing List as a PDF
Resources:
1. Get Crate Games Online - https://get.crategames.com/
2. Learn How to Play ItsYerChoice (IYC) - https://recallers.com/iycsummit-join/
3. Podcast Episode 75: Stop Motion Sickness: Helping Your Puppy or Dog Love the Car - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/75/
4. Podcast Episode 98: Puppy Home Alone: Are You Creating Chaos or Calm? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/98/
5. Podcast Episode 48: Potty Train Your Puppy in a Week (Easy 3 Step Process) - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/48/
6. Recallers - https://recallers.com/
7. YouTube Playlist: Training Games - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy2TzttCtZVFwzwMGayAsaYe
8. Gunner Crates - https://gunner.com/
9. Ruff Tough Kennels - https://rufflandkennels.com/
10. Sleepypod Clickit Harnesses - https://sleepypod.com/
11. Center for Pet Safety - https://www.centerforpetsafety.org/
12. *Koolatron Kool Wheeler - https://geni.us/koolatron
13. *Aluminet Reflective Mesh - https://geni.us/aluminet
14. *Ryobi Fan - https://geni.us/ryobi-fan
15. Sniff Spot - https://www.sniffspot.com/
16. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/VW4QahyOg5E
*Amazon Links Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Susan only recommends products she uses herself, and all opinions expressed here are her own. The link above is an affiliate link that, at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission if you decide to buy from it. Thank you!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Vacation time is upon us. What time is that? Well, of course, any time, right? But here in Canada, |
| 0:05.4 | we are heading into the summer. And so some of you may be thinking of taking a vacation in the car |
| 0:10.5 | with your dog. So I thought I would share with you not only my own personal packing list, |
| 0:16.0 | but what things I think you need to consider as far as traveling with your dog. So let's get into it. |
| 0:22.0 | Okay. Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. Welcome to Shape by Dog. Today, I'm going to talk about |
| 0:36.4 | your plan, how to prepare your |
| 0:39.4 | dog and what to pack on your trip. I'm also going to touch on safety, where you should be |
| 0:44.8 | stopping and where you should be staying. So let's jump into it and start talking about the plan. |
| 0:51.1 | The plan needs to involve like, how much time do you have? How long do you want to stay away? |
| 0:55.8 | And if you're traveling with your dog, you want to make all parts of it enjoyable for the dog. |
| 1:00.3 | So let's say you're planning to go vacation someplace that's a 15 or 20 hour drive away. |
| 1:06.2 | You don't want to say, well, let's get in a car and let's drive eight hours one day and seven hours |
| 1:10.7 | the attic. So let's get there. If and let's drive eight hours one day and seven hours the attic and let's get there. |
| 1:12.7 | If you've got a dog or dogs in the car, consider their experience over that two-day trip. |
| 1:18.8 | You want to break it up as much as you can. |
| 1:22.2 | So plan to not travel as much as you may have if you were by yourself. |
| 1:26.7 | Plan to add in at least two hours |
| 1:29.3 | into every day, an hour for lunch and two 30 minutes stops somewhere in the morning or in the |
| 1:36.1 | afternoon. That way, your dog's going to look forward to getting into the car every time |
| 1:41.4 | you say, let's load up the next day of traveling. If you make this an |
| 1:46.1 | unpleasurable experience, you're going to find your dogs are going to start getting resistant |
| 1:49.6 | about getting in the car with you. So the plan could be, where do you want to go? And what do you |
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