Nancy's bonus post
Three
Standard Poodles.. two fairly well behaved adults and a 11 month old
puppy. What can go wrong? Day 3 and 4...
When traveling with three dogs, there’s a lot to consider - behavior, barking, other dogs, other people, water, food, “business breaks”, keeping dogs from eating people snacks, keeping car at comfortable temperature. Here’s some of what’s gone wrong so far beyond almost losing Ellie the first day.
Two dogs get right to their rest stop business - no playing around. Puppy has ADD and every car, truck, person, blowing leaf, keeps her from getting to her business. This means lots of walks and cooling heels while puppy runs in circles.
When traveling with three dogs, there’s a lot to consider - behavior, barking, other dogs, other people, water, food, “business breaks”, keeping dogs from eating people snacks, keeping car at comfortable temperature. Here’s some of what’s gone wrong so far beyond almost losing Ellie the first day.
Two dogs get right to their rest stop business - no playing around. Puppy has ADD and every car, truck, person, blowing leaf, keeps her from getting to her business. This means lots of walks and cooling heels while puppy runs in circles.
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| Puppy barks at this while driving by...why... |
In
case you’ve never been to Kansas, the wind doesn’t blow in
Kansas; it wails loudly. Puppy at night thinks wailing is
something that requires barking, setting off other dogs to join in.
Barry to the rescue to stop the barking outbreak.
Back
to sleep...until 3AM when puppy decides good time to throw
up dinner while lying on bed with her people. Nancy, ever vigilant,
wakes up (it’s that Mom sense kicking in), grabs 45 pound dog by
collar, holds snout tightly and makes it to bathroom...avoiding a
YUGE mess on hotel bed or rug. Okay, back to bed.
Charge stop in Limon, CO. Nice dog park for dogs to shake out those doggy legs after a long drive.
No consideration for a removable car barrier between canines and sapiens?
ReplyDeleteWe have one. It's in the garage :-(
DeleteWe do have a dog car blanket that is suspended between the two front headrests. She climbed over it. I'll have to reinforce it a bit.