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Saturday, September 1, 2012

How to travel with your dog

by Karla Cripps

dog passportDon't deprive your dog of the opportunity to dress up in tacky tourist outfits. Take him on holiday with you. At the five-star Fairmont Whistler Hotel in British Columbia, cocker spaniels, golden retrievers and even German shepherds can be seen strutting through the hallways with their owners. 

Out the hotel's back entrance, stainless steel dog bowls filled with fresh water are set out to rehydrate tired pets returning from brisk walks in the mountain air. 

Long gone are the days when pet owners were banished to grim roadside motels with their contraband canines.

Thanks to a surge in the number of pet-friendly hotels, airlines with pet-friendly policies and pet immigration guidelines to facilitate international travel, more people than ever are taking their dogs overseas with them. 

?I travel with my dog everywhere," says TV's ?Dog Whisperer,? Cesar Millan. "It?s the right thing to do. In Mexico, we went to the market -- dogs follow. Went to school -- dogs follow."

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