Tips on Traveling Solo with Your Dog on a Cross-Country Road Trip 

Personally I’d like to see dogs restrained using safety harness/seatbelt restraints,there’s other drivers who may cause and accident and the dogs would be thrown forward hitting the seats or ver the seats and through the windscreen.

Kuma gives the best side eye

Just did a coast to coast and back again. Would fill up and use facilities at a Love’s Travel Stops (clean clean clean and they have an app so you can easily find them everywhere). Stayed at LaQuinta, Courtyard by Marriott, Fairfield Suites, or Moxey (they are amazing) depending upon what was available. Hope the info is useful to someone who is thinking about such a trip.

Kuma can speak volumes without a sound. 🤣🤣

Thank you so much for posting this! I am driving with my dog from California to Arizona and it helps so much to see how you navigate human and doggy potty breaks! Great video and it really helped me with my anxiety for this trip. Thanks Travel Pockets!

My GSD and I are doing the loop of Australia soon

Good job! Thanks for making the video. I've traveled from Florida to San Diego 5 times with 5 to 3 dogs (depending on the year.) The first 3 years was with my mom and the last two alone because she passed away. I pulled a 5x8 utility trailer that carried everything so my dogs could have the entire back end of my 4Runner. They were great travelers! We stop a lot of it takes me 5 days. Straight shot on I-10. In 2019 I bought a van and boy did that change things. Everything I need is there. Except gas. :) I now travel with 3 dogs to N.M. mostly to visit my brother. Hotels are now charging higher rates for pets which stinks. Especially for each dog. :( The biggest concern for me was safety. I had a Rottie before and when she passed away all that was left were 2 little 10lb goof balls. Last year I rescued a pitty and now feel a little more safe. Heading back out in the fall if anyone wants to make a convoy. LOL!

So helpful thank you

About to do a road trip from California to Maryland with my fiancé and our cat + dog. We’ll see how it goes!! Also love Kuma sleeping at 21:45 lol

My corgi also loves road trips. Nice to see how you handle the logistics of it. We are moving from North Dakota to Las Vegas next month, so it will be an extra-long trip for us.

What a beautiful springer!❤️

21:44 Kuma belly in da sunshine 🥰 Planning a trip from Cali to southern Illinois this summer and wondering how "safe" it was to travel alone. Seems fine, if you're prepared.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! for this video. My 16 lbs Coco is a 5 year old Coton de Tuléar, which means I haven't been anywhere in five years because I'm anxious to travel a great distance alone with him. I have the opportunity for a two-day trip to visit my brother this summer, and I had turned it down, but after watching your video, I'm rethinking the whole thing! The one missing piece of information is how you deal with your meals. The weather seems cool on your trip, but what if it's 90 degrees out and you need to stop for food? I also worry about leaving Coco in a strange hotel room while I go grab dinner, especially since it would be a first for him. I've never been on a longer than a 4-hour road trip with him. I also noticed that you don't strap-in your dog. I do mine, which means having an uncomfortable (I'm sure) harness on him all the time, while doubting the effectiveness of these flimsy belts in an accident. I'd like to hear your views on that. And I laughed at hearing your baby bark when you stopped at a gas station. PARK=BARK for my dog and he'll bark very loudly until I let him out! I've given up trying to correct this behaviour.

Love this! Kuma is such a sweet dog ❤️🐾 My car recently died and I decided to replace it with a Tesla, mostly because of the Dog Cam feature and now I can take him out with me so much more ❤️🐾

I have been known to use toilets with a long lead and greyhound on the other side of the cubicle door lol Considering in the UK a lot of owners take their dogs on holiday with them and there are hundreds of 'dog-friendly' holiday rentals there need to be a lot more green areas/dog areas/stops within service stations and along route and helpful stops for single dog owners.

Only problem I have is that you unhooked her before you put her in the car and you even turned away, she could've taken off. No matter how well trained you think they are, they could still take off.

You’re really beautiful! I love solo travel to be safe gorgeous 😊☺️🤩

Do you think you'll ever get a crash tested harness for her? It's kind of like a dog car seat. I'm deciding between a sleepypod or kurgo! But I'm not sure which one. I do want to take my pup on a road trip so this vid was awesome!

Im traveling end of month. Im nervous where to stop thats safe and clean for myself and elderly dog.

So your dog is not leashed or seat bealt??? :) Great trip... a very long drive...where do you sleep on way

Where was the safety harness the dogs should be tied on in the car while driving ?

hi! So good videos. I'm planning on going on a road trip by myself too in october but im worried about the gas prizes. Can i ask how much you end up spending in total on the trip?

You are absolutely gorgeous 😍 💖

To get a better hotel rate, is it better to pre-book days ahead or just walk-in?

How were you able to go shopping? Did you just happen to find Pet friendly stores?

Never hide dogs. My father is deathly allergic and this can cause them not to clean enough which could put my father in the hospital. Please tell them!

Most people in their comments are totally missing the point of what she is doing Wrong and that the dog is not in a harness and does not have a dog seat/safety belt attached to their harness and clipped into the cars seat belt/buckle. People have left comments about their road trips and the price of gas, but for God sake the poor dog if in an accident would turn into a flying brick. She hasn't at all taken into account the dogs welfare. This is a very misleading video.