Travelin' Doodles

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Comment by Linda K Gregory on April 16, 2012 at 1:04pm

Actually my husband came up with the idea. It has screening on all sides with a zipper.  It was easy to clean up and very flat for storing.

Comment by Nancy - Opal, Meadow & Tariki on April 16, 2012 at 12:58pm

Linda, I love the tent idea!!

Comment by Linda K Gregory on April 16, 2012 at 12:49pm

The month of March we traveled from Kentucky to Alabama to Mississippi, back to Alabama, to Florida, then Georgia, Tennessee and back home.  During that drive we also traded our RV in for a new one.  We were able to empty the old RV out and put in the new one in one day.  We were traveling with a 3 yr old Labradoodle and a 2 month old Labradoodle.  They both did very well.  Moneypenny the 2 month old (At that time) was a very good traveler.  When we parked and let her outside some we had a tent for her to play in.  She did well on her leash and walked along with Lucy. No motion sickness from either of them.  Lucy has been traveling with us since we rescued her 3 yrs ago.

Comment by Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie on April 11, 2012 at 8:57pm

Patrick, our dogs travel much better in the RV also.  They have begun to bark when left alone though - drat.  I guess we are going to have to actually buy individual bark collars to see if we can stop this behavior.

Comment by Nancy - Opal, Meadow & Tariki on April 11, 2012 at 10:15am

I have 3 doodles (just got the 3rd) so travelling will be a new adventure for us.  To date we have done 4 or 5, month long road trips with our doodles in our truck camper!  It's large with a slide but still alittle small for 4 of us.  RV parks have been great, plug in with air conditioning leave the flat screen running and the dogs just sleep.  While we travel the back seat of the truck is converted to a giant dog bed.  They just sleep... they are amazing travellers.  It has become a bit of a thing to have their picture taken in front of monuments or special places. 

 

We have also stayed in hotels with them.  Once they get over the initial noises they settle down.  I always find hotels with the big fan unit better only because it provides good white noise.

 

Our next move is to start renting houses for a month or two in our favourite destinations.  Our dogs are crate trained and non shedding, so hoping it won't be too much of an issue.

 

As you can see by my profile picture we drove them down to Mexico.  We crossed 4 borders and only got asked once about the dogs... and then the border guy asked me if they were DALMATIONS?!?!  Seriously?

 

I'd like to take the dogs to Europe but may start with Hawaii.  Big dreams.

Comment by Patrick Dennis Conti on April 11, 2012 at 5:52am

we travel by motorhome  Gracie is 11 months old still get nervous in a suv not so much in motorhome hope she out grows it .Found it best not to feed her before traveling drools really bad 

Comment by Susan, Coby & Chloe on October 3, 2011 at 6:07pm

We stayed at the Westin Bonaventure in LA which was very accommodating to Bosco - didn't even charge an additional up front fee, only if there was any "damage" to the room. Could not leave him unattended, of course. Only little problem was - we were upgraded to a high floor, very nice room - no complaints there, but I was concerned about coming from a house where it's an easy open of the door to the backyard and now it wasn't just waiting for the elevator but the dog walking area is located on the 4th floor, pool deck.  For some strange reason, the elevator doesn't GO to the 4th floor - you have to switch elevators or go to the 5th and walk down or the 3rd and walk up. I chose the first option and carried Bosco down the escalator (one tourist was shocked when we got off and saw I put Bosco down to walk - he exclaimed he'd thought he was a stuffed animal!). So it made for a VERY LONG walk to get to the relief area -- fortunately, no accidents along the way!

Comment by Helen & Kirby on July 8, 2011 at 3:53pm

 I have a 1 1/2 year old labradoodle.  We just drove from California to Texas.  Things went GREAT!  but we did have two drivers.  Stayed at La Quinta Inns and Days Inn.  La Quinta is the best by far.  The only problem we had was the super hot pavement and no grass at the rest stops in Phoenix  and Tuscon. 

Comment by Kooper Doodle on July 7, 2011 at 9:12pm

A little too ambitious for a 1 year old labradoodle to drive from California to New Jersey, up the east coast into Montreal. One driver, one doodle. We might attempt to do this again this year... is a 2 year old better? Or worse? Hmmm. Two drivers are better than one.

Comment by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on March 17, 2011 at 1:01pm

Yep, La Quinta is great for people who travel with dogs. The one near me has big clean rooms, very reasonable rates, free breakfast, and allows up to two dogs per room with no size limit or extra charge.

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