Ways to Keep Your Pet Dog Protected While Going on a Vacation

By Albert Doll


There are times that we need to bring our pet dogs to veterinary clinic, to the park or bring them together with us in our out of town trips and in all these we have to make sure that the pet dogs feel at ease. Traveling by means of cars and also plane can be terrifying for some dogs and not to mention surely their safety. Here are various tips to keep the pet dogs safe and comfortable while you are traveling:

1. Buy comfortable pet carrier - the first thing that you have to do is to buy comfortable pet carrier for your dog. You should be sure that the pet carrier is made out of good materials to avoid any irritations to the dog's skin. You should also double check if your dog is perfectly suited in the carrier. It is advisable that the dog can still move around a bit so it won't get suffocated. Speaking of suffocated, the pet carrier must also have good air passage for the supply of air of the dog. The dog will surely feel scared and tensed if there is no air to breathe.

2. Be sure that your pet carrier has easy but secure lock - another critical component that you need to examine with regards to the pet carrier is the lock system. It can be better for the dog if the carrier has simple yet safe lock. Easy lock so that you can instantly put out the lock if required however it shall be safe so it could pass the standards of airport securities. Several airports and airlines right now allow pet to take a trip on a pet carrier certain the pet carrier has double way lock to keep the dog as well as other people safe during the travel.

3. Carry enough amount of food and water for the dogs - you also need to make certain you will bring sufficient amount of dog foods and water during long travel period. It might be more hassle to get the dog food on supermarkets the moment you run out of supply in your travel thus be sure you take enough or more amount. This is for you to keep the dogs well-fed in the outing.

4. Bring some dogs' toys - it is uncomfortable for some dogs to stay in the carrier for long period of time so it would be great to have something that will get their attention like dogs' toys. They will feel more at ease when they have balls that they can play with inside the pet carrier.

5. Always check on your dogs every once in a while - lastly, you should always check on your dogs if they are okay inside the carrier. This will also make the dogs more relaxed most especially seeing you and hearing you say that everything is fine.

These are the tips to help you make your pet dogs comfortable and safe while traveling. It is definitely fun to bring the dearest dogs whether it's a Mastiff or poodle when we are traveling but we also have to make sure that they are feeling protected within the journey. With this, they'll be able to have a lot of fun also.




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