Traveling with your Dog

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Traveling with your dog can be a wonderful experience or a giant headache. It all depends on your organizational abilities, planning, flexibility and sense of humor. Many people have romantic notions about bringing their dog on vacation, but in reality it can be complicated. Your mobility and spontaneity are limited when you travel with your dog, but at the same time you are open to experiences that you would never know if it were not for your dog.

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Here are some general dog travel rules:

* Be respectful to others. Not everyone is the dog lover you are. Do not impose.
* Bring only well-trained, well-socialized dogs when traveling. A vacation is no place for remedial dog training.
* Use a harness leash; it provides more security.
* Update your dogs ID tags, license, and vaccinations.
* Clean up after your dog: bring plenty of plastic bags for this purpose.
* Bring your dogs own food from home. You may not be able to find it in another city or country and a quick change to new food can bring on digestive upset.
* Keep your dogs safety first. Do not take him off leash or push him into uncomfortable or frightening situations.

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