Road Trip - Success!

Thanks to all of your encouragement we just finished a 5,024 mile road trip with our 6.5 month old puppy. We couldn't bear the idea of boarding over the holidays, so we drove from CA to MN to WI and back (in winter! yikes!).

Oliver did really well in the car, alternating between looking out the window and sleeping. While he didn't get carsick at all, his appetite wasn't it's usual level. We did have one rough night in a hotel where he was being spooked by screaming kids in the hall but overall it was much easier than we expected. Oliver also got to romp in snow for the first time and LOVED it. He also loved the inlaws dog and it took all of two minutes for them to become best friends. Seeing how much fun they had together (and how much they tired each other out) I'm so tempted to get another pup.

We might be crazy to have done it, but it gave us great opportunities to train outside of the usual spots and have Oliver adapt to new situations. Plus there were a lot of good smells along the way.

Thanks for the encouragement & tips that helped to make this trip a success! After reading about what happened to that poor family & their doodle in the fire I might have to do this every year.

Are we there yet?