Travel Action Plan Priorities

We two own good people. They take excellant care of us. Before we started traveling in our mobile dog house, they did a lot of work. The pictures below describe the most important things our people did. You should do these things, too, if you’re going to travel with your pets.

Make an appt for a wellness exam for your pet(s) before you go on the road.

Ask your vet about any parasites or other issues to monitor for in the areas you expect to travel

Have your pet vaccinated against possible travel related illnesses, in this case kennel cough.

Make sure you have your animal’s current license, rabies, and other vaccination records.

Get your animal’s medical history from the vet

Have notes of any special medical needs your animal may have. Don’t rely on your memory.

Keep all this info and records in one place in a water resistant portfolio. We keep ours in the car.

Get a pet specific and recommended medical handbook to travel with you.

• They also made a place in our mobile dog house for our toys and our beds.  (We’ll show you pics another time.)
• They got special water bowls that hold a lot of water and don’t spill no matter how crazy people drive.
• Food was a concern, too. We eat special stuff. Our people made sure they had enough on hand in case we needed to special order stuff.
• Same thing with water. Because we move a lot we kept getting weird water that made Taz sick. So now they carry gallons of spring water for us.
• Unfortunately they also got six months worth of flea, tick, and hearworm medication.
• Since we spend a lot of time in one place in the winter, those people of ours got us a second doctor in our winter home.  Aren’t we special?!  Absolutely!

Sometimes (like during flea/tick treatment) we wish our people didn’t love us so much!