Trips and Travels

I like to travel. Not as much as I like to stay home, but a trip now and then is fun. Especially if my 4legged friends get to go.

Traveling is a lot of work though. Especially if my 4legged friends get to go.

We are going on a short trip this weekend. I have family coming into town and we all become snow birds and get out the city to a warmer clime.

I guess it’s the home body coming out in me, but today the staying home option seemed like a lot less work and a lot more fun.

I’m sure it’s not, and I will be thrilled with the projected 60 degree temps, the sunshine, long, leash free walks in the desert, good food and good company. . . hmm. . . this is looking better after all!

It’s not the first trip I have taken with the two fluffy pups together, but I’m wondering how it will go. Crowded house, four dogs, lots of family coming and going. . . hmm. . . maybe staying home is a good idea after all.

So how ’bout all of you? Do you travel with your 4legged friends? If so, what do you do to make it a fun time for all? Bring on the travel tips! I’m sure I need them if I’m going to make a success of traveling with an adolescent boy puppy, and a Princessface Maizey.

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Wordless Wednesday: Happy Tongues

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Wordless Wednesday: Meeka

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Tricky Maizey: Load Up the Suitcase

I am finally getting around to posting some Training Levels business after my recent jaunt into puppy socialization land.

For the Steps To Success, L2 Trick I thought I would post a trick maizey learned a while ago. We are huge copy cats, since we first saw Ricky and then Dare do this. But it is just too cute to resist.

This was trained with a combination of luring and shaping. It took two lures to get her in to suitcase. Then we shaped the details using the clicker.

The only thing I can’t get perfect is her tail and her ears. I suppose they are both so long that when the hair hangs out she probable doesn’t even know!

Since we shot this video she now gets released and hops out to get her reward, but I am just too lazy to refilm it all. Plus these were shot before we lost Meeka and it just makes me happy to be able to see my Big Girl looking so happy.

Everyone look out, she may just load up and show up on your doorstep!

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