‘Tis the season to travel back to your home town and stay with family.  When I brought our Labrador, Ammo, back to my mom’s I remembered all of the essentials (e.g. food, brush, bowl).  But there was one thing that I forgot and that was comfort.  Dogs are creatures of habit.  For your dog, it could be the taste of Turlock or Modesto’s tap water, and you’ll need to bring canisters of it or they won’t drink for an entire day.  For other dogs it could be the time change and missing their usual afternoon walk when traveling.

For our dog, it was furniture!  You see, Ammo has a dog bed downstairs, upstairs, and if that wasn’t enough he had the comfort of carpet in our office and master bedroom.  But at my mom’s house there is only wood floors and tile.  The rules at Nana’s is that Ammo isn’t allowed on human furniture.  So when I forgot to bring one of his huge dog beds – or even his blanket…he steals my mom’s little Westie’s dog bed!  In this picture he seems comfortable, but it took him a while until he finally just plopped down and is hanging over the small dog bed!

So let this be a reminder to you (and definitely for me), that a part of the traveling essentials for dogs is also comfort! 🙂  Happy Holiday season and may you be safe in your travels.