Yes, we had leftovers last night, mainly mashed potatoes and heated up meatloaf with a brown gravy. Husband liked it, dog will like the last two slices of meatloaf.
I just took a survey from a travel site to which I contribute about traveling with pets. They asked the wrong questions.
When our dog was about four years old we were sent across the country for several months and had to take her with us. She flew in a crate with crazy stickers all over (LIVE ANIMAL) it and rain-proof velcro pouch for her vaccinations and health certificate and plane ticket, plus my husband added a battery-powered fan outside the crate to blow in and keep her cool.
No, she’s not spoiled. When we were sent overseas for a few months the next year a friend took her and she gained 13 lbs (she’s now 31.1 lbs and at a good weight).
Now she’s nearly ten years old and we drove her 1500 miles last Thanksgiving to see family. We didn’t have our flights two months in advance so our pet-sitting service bailed on us for another client. She’s a great car dog and loves coming with us. She’s in the back on her orthopedic bed and we stop every two hours for potty and water breaks.
The problem is that city hotels do not have the facilities needed, as one has to sign a contract that states no dog is allowed in the room alone. Restaurants sometimes don’t allow a dog on a patio and one must think of weather. In one city I called the restaurant next door and ordered food and my husband went to get it so I could be with the dog in our room.
At other times, hotels give you the worst room in the place, next to the ice maker and soda machine and parking lot access. That’s nasty so we try to stay in nicer places.
Aside from the “dog-cation” last winter I’d prefer someone to stay here with her and keep her routine. When we got to Thanksgiving HQ we dropped her off in her element with all her family around and went out for pizza without her!
We’d planned to see all kinds of historic places on our trip but could do nothing because of the dog, and because we were dog-tired from driving 500 miles a day and stopping every two hours. Our dog is so cute, drive 65 mph and she sleeps like a baby. Slow on an exit ramp and her head pops up in the mirror, and she always knows the smells of home, whether it be here or the ranch.
If you’ve any ideas or tricks for traveling with pets please let me know. Thanks. Dee
Cooking with Dee 
Don’t have easy solution(s)… Best option I’ve found for traveling w/pets is to “RV” it! Campgrounds are all pet- friendly & it’s YOUR living space – travel trailer w/detachable tow vehicle is the best. (Loved our old motor home but once you got to camp, you were basically anchored unless you could hitch a ride into town w/a friend)
Z was gravely disappointed that we didn’t take lil’ dogs w/us last w/e to Amarillo (Best Western proudly advertised its pet-friendly status) but it would have been too disruptive w/my friends’ dogs & cats – same rules apply to THIS w/e! Fortunately Bud & Clarice can go to Camp Grandma…
Camp Grandma is always a good place. Wish I had one around here or wherever we live. btw it’s more than we pay for a hotel to have someone stay overnight with her from 9-6 in our lovely home, and our nail trims are now $9.50 but that beats $23 from our vet. Dee