This cracks me up! I guess if you’re tired it’s one way to exercise the dogs!

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If you are planning on bringing your dog along with you on your road trip this holiday season, here are some helpful tips that might make your trip more enjoyable for the whole family.

First, Make sure that the hotel, motel or campsite allows dogs on the premises and ask for any rules they may have.

Second, restrain your dog in the car at all times either by using a chest harness or a secured crate.

• Seatbelts save lives!
• Reduces driver distraction
• Unsecured pets become projectiles

Another thing to consider is what to bring on your trip:

• First aid kit, poop and scoop bags
• Dog food and water (don’t forget the bowls)
• Chew toys
• Collar with ID tags
• Leash
• Crate and bedding
• Vaccination records.
• You might also need cleaning supplies in case of any accidents.

Be aware that there are other people staying in the hotel, ensure that your dog is not left barking in your room.
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Canadians spend millions of dollars on food, toys and entertainment for their pets each year, surprisingly we have a blind spot when it comes to pet safety in the car. To ensure the safety of both you and your pets in the car it is essential to make sure your animals are restrained properly. This means using a chest harness in conjunction with the car seat belt.

There are several reasons why we must use proper restraint systems for our animals.

Seatbelts save lives: We know this is true for humans. The force of a collision, even at speeds as low as 30km an hour can fatally injure any unsecured pet that hits the dashboard or windshield.

Driver distraction: It is dangerous to have your pet unrestrained in the car. They can cause a distraction by jumping onto your lap or even interfering with the pedals.

Unsecured pets become projectiles in an accident: At speeds of approximately 60km/hour an unrestrained pet can become a projectile flying through your car with the force of 20 times its weight. Obviously this is not good for your pet, but it is also extremely unsafe for all the human occupants of the car.

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I didn’t realize how much these little buggers actually do smell until last night. I let the dogs out into our fenced in heart-of-the-city backyard at 10pm, not even thinking to check if there was another creature already out there. The dogs ran out and it took me a few minutes to realize what was going on. I saw a white stripe and realized to my horror that a HUGE skunk was out there, and the dogs were on him.

It was bad, not as bad as it could have been, but it was bad. BOTH Paddington and Corduroy got sprayed in the face. We rushed them into the tub to wipe the spray out of their eyes and noses, poor girls.

If you’ve never experienced a skunking, you may not know that skunk spray is a limey yellowey green colour – so that’s good for telling exactly where the dogs have been hit.

We first wiped off their faces with a washcloth then shampooed them with their regular dog shampoo. After we washed them with a solution of baking soda and dish soap and it worked quite well. All of the yellow gone. We thought we were home free until they started drying and we realized that they STILL smelled. Next we will venture out to buy and try a professionally formulated de-skunkifier. There are all sorts of other home remedies that we could try, tomato juice, coke, mouthwash etc, but at this point I want to use something I know will work.

You also may not know, as I did not know, that skunk smell permeates almost immediately into every corner and crevice of your home. Our house reeks, our clothes smell, the carpet, the couch, even my purse smells like skunk now. It’s pretty disgusting.

Skunk spray is a viscous oil. It adheres and penetrates well. It will stick to and penetrate
anything that it touches. It also evaporates and re‐adheres to other surfaces.

So now the spray in the face from the skunk has morphed into a full frontal attack on every good smelling part of our lives – a little dramatic, yes, but now I have to figure out how to not only deskunk my dog, but my house as well!

Skunks may be cute, but I really don’t like them at the moment…
–more to come after we try out the de-skunking products–

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