Many dogs love to go riding in the car with their pet parents (most cats are another story!) But whether you are traveling for pleasure or by necessity (like taking a pet to the vet’s office) there are a few things to consider before you hit the road. Below, in “The Caring Vet Column,” Dr. …
Over on our DogTipper Facebook page, we’ve been having a big discussion about dogs and cars, sparked by this Dave Barry famous quote: Post by DogTipper.com. If you click on the comments link, you’ll see that many people had concerns that their dog didn’t like the car. The main reasons seemed to be: car sickness …
Do you have a dog who either is a “bully breed” or one who resembles a pit bull-type dog? Do you plan to travel with your dog? If so, you MUST check on Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) before you and your dog hit the road. These laws — on a city, county or larger level …
Last week we attended BlogPaws, an annual conference of pet bloggers and brands that, this year, was held just outside Washington, DC. We flew to the conference so naturally we didn’t take our 60+ pound dogs Irie and Tiki. We’d never recommend flying a dog in the belly of the plane unless you’re moving overseas …
As we’ve written about before, before we started DogTipper we were full-time travel writers. We specialized in guidebook writing so that meant being on the move a lot, often living out of our suitcases since we didn’t have time to unpack at each one-night research stop. When we weren’t living out of the luggage, we …