Traveling with Sonny

One of the good things about Sonny is that she travels in the car very well. If there's just the two of us, she sits up front with me and takes in the scenery. If it's a family trip, she's relegated to the back seat and usually sleeps. Unless we slow down or stop. Or take a curve too quickly. Then she's up and at the window to see what's going on.

Of course, when we travel with her, we are usually going to my husband's family homestead in western North Carolina, or down to coastal South Carolina to visit our daughter, husband and their two dogs. Both places have crates. I don't trust Sonny running free in any environment that isn't enclosed.

We don't really go on vacations. I don't like staying in places that permit pets, because they're usually dives. And I've decided that a vacation in a room with a hotel bed not as good as mine at home isn't much of a vacation. So it's rare we travel without her. Of course, it's rare that we travel period, except to the aforementioned family homestead and our daughter's house! Read my post entitled "The Money Pit".

When we're on the road, we usually stop about every two hours. We stretch our legs and Sonny stretches her's.  Big sniffing conventions, because there's all these new smells. And some old ones, because we often stop at the same places.

We offer her water each time we stop. Sometimes she drinks, sometimes she's more interested in getting back in the car in case we decide to leave without her. As if!!