chris66
Recycles dryer sheets
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Your GSD is beautiful, Jack.
Tiny dogs are easier, but we've traveled with bigs dogs, and finding hotels usually isn't a problem. Also, many B&B's accept them, or you can sometimes convince an owner if your dog is well trained. The biggest issue we run into with traveling with dogs is what to do with them when we're doing something where they can't accompany us, since we don't leave our dogs unattended in a hotel or B&B except while we grab breakfast. We've sent them to day care or groomers, but if the trip is full of non-dog activities, we board them with the cats. We also have never taken our dogs on a plane, since they are too big for carry-on, and I'm afraid to have them in with cargo. So, we often drive so we can bring them.
For your questions:
1. Our pets factored in on where we retired. We have a detached home with a yard with no pet restrictions.
2. Our house has a good yard for the dogs. We've been remodeling, and have removed all carpeting, for easy cleaning.
3. We have 2 big dogs (a 15yr Belgian Sheepdog, and an approx 2yr Yellow Lab) and 3 cats (11, 12, and 16). We will not be getting more cats after these guys pass (unless we inherit my parents cat). I'm in a minority that sees cats as harder work than dogs, and that's why we've decided to just have dogs at some point in the future. Our BSD has Degenerative Myelopathy (a dog disease related to Lou Gehrig's Disease), so we don't know how much longer we'll have with her. We have decided to not get another dog right after she passes, and just have the lab. He's a handful and a half - real potential, but very hyper. He was probably dumped because of his high energy -- we got him when he ran out in front of our car. We may get a second dog when Mack is older and calmer. I've always had dogs, and can't imagine not having at least one dog in my home. We've talked about maybe getting smaller dogs in the future, but right now, we still favor the big ones. I'm only 49, so maybe my opinion will change when I'm in my mid-60's and DH is in his 80's. We'll see.
4. We have family members who will take in our pets if something happens to us (not all to the same ones). We'll do the same for them, if needed. We're all just animal people, and view pets as family, so they won't be left in the cold.
Tiny dogs are easier, but we've traveled with bigs dogs, and finding hotels usually isn't a problem. Also, many B&B's accept them, or you can sometimes convince an owner if your dog is well trained. The biggest issue we run into with traveling with dogs is what to do with them when we're doing something where they can't accompany us, since we don't leave our dogs unattended in a hotel or B&B except while we grab breakfast. We've sent them to day care or groomers, but if the trip is full of non-dog activities, we board them with the cats. We also have never taken our dogs on a plane, since they are too big for carry-on, and I'm afraid to have them in with cargo. So, we often drive so we can bring them.
For your questions:
1. Our pets factored in on where we retired. We have a detached home with a yard with no pet restrictions.
2. Our house has a good yard for the dogs. We've been remodeling, and have removed all carpeting, for easy cleaning.
3. We have 2 big dogs (a 15yr Belgian Sheepdog, and an approx 2yr Yellow Lab) and 3 cats (11, 12, and 16). We will not be getting more cats after these guys pass (unless we inherit my parents cat). I'm in a minority that sees cats as harder work than dogs, and that's why we've decided to just have dogs at some point in the future. Our BSD has Degenerative Myelopathy (a dog disease related to Lou Gehrig's Disease), so we don't know how much longer we'll have with her. We have decided to not get another dog right after she passes, and just have the lab. He's a handful and a half - real potential, but very hyper. He was probably dumped because of his high energy -- we got him when he ran out in front of our car. We may get a second dog when Mack is older and calmer. I've always had dogs, and can't imagine not having at least one dog in my home. We've talked about maybe getting smaller dogs in the future, but right now, we still favor the big ones. I'm only 49, so maybe my opinion will change when I'm in my mid-60's and DH is in his 80's. We'll see.
4. We have family members who will take in our pets if something happens to us (not all to the same ones). We'll do the same for them, if needed. We're all just animal people, and view pets as family, so they won't be left in the cold.
