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Travel / Outdoor

Pets on the Go! (2002)
By Dawn & Robert Habgood. Essential details on over 18,000 pet-friendly B & B's, inns, hotels, and resorts. Helpful vacation preparation information, checklists, and safety travel tips for pets. The inside scoop on pet-friendly airlines, rental car agencies and pet-shipping companies. Recreational diversions at state and national parks, recreation areas, dog parks, beaches, and through sightseeing companies. Contact information for veterinarians, pet sitters and emergency organizations.

The Pet-Moving Handbook (2005)
By Carrie Straub. Maximize your pet's safety and maintain your sanity! Provides practical answers for all your pet-moving questions. Also directs you to additional resources that can help smooth the move for both you and your pets. Includes dogs, cats, reptiles, birds, fish, exotics, and small animals; advice from a veterinarian; considerations in selecting a new neighborhood; preventing and reducing move-related stress; pet nutrition during a move; distance and budget considerations; international moves; finding a new veterinarian; preventing the loss of your pet; precautions to take after your move; and handy-to-use checklists for pet movers.

Guide to Backpacking with your Dog 2nd Edition (2004)
By Charlene LaBelle. Discover the companionship and pleasure of backpacking with your dog! Training your dog to carry a pack, conditioning, nutrition, safety, first aid, manners, and packing techniques.

The Canine Hiker's Bible (2004)
By Doug Gelbert. Detailed descriptions of more than 225 parks and trails across the US and Canada - all written with your best friend in mind; rules for dogs in 100 of the most-visited national lands in the US; rules for state and provincial parks; rules for dogs at over 1300 beaches and 500+ beach towns on the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean and all five Great Lakes; outfitting your dog for a hike, a canine hiker's watch list, canine hiking in the desert, canine hiking at altitude, low impact hiking with your dog, and much more.

First Aid for the Active Dog (2003)
By Sid Gustafson. Learn invaluable life-saving skills for the types of emergencies your dog could encounter on a hiking or hunting expedition, or when involved in any outdoor activity. You'll want to carry this book everywhere!

Hiking with Dogs (1999)
By Linda Mullally. Becoming a wilderness-wise dog owner. Author shares her experience hiking and backpacking with her own two dogs. Includes detailed recommendations on raising a hiking dog, bonding, training, trail etiquette, and preventing wildlife conflicts, with a special section on dog-friendly public lands.

Unbelievably Good Deals and Great Adventures That You Absolutely Can't Get Unless You're a Dog (2004)
By Darlene Arden. Owners who want to pamper their pooches without breaking the bank will find up-to-date cost-cutters on air travel, aromatherapy, art, bedding, books, clothing, clubs, day care, pharmaceuticals, psychology, soaps, spas, training, treats, veterinarians, and much more. Comprehensive and formatted for quick reference, highlights the businesses, including hotels, airlines, grocery stores, and websites that cater to canines at a reasonable rate.

Travelers' Tales - A Dog's World
This book was written by Christine Hunsicker (Editor) and Maria Goodavage, and published by Travelers' Tales in 1998. This book is an anthology of several writers' experiences. Some packed up the dog toys and water dishes and took their pets along. Others were solo travelers who made some cool new canine friends along the road of life. Some of the notable authors include John Steinbeck and James Herriot. The majority of the tales are positive in spirit, illustrating that the dog-human traveling partnership can be enjoyable and fulfilling.  

Frommer's On the Road Again with Man's Best Friend: A Selective Guide to New England's Bed and Breakfasts, Inns, Hotels and Resorts that Welcome You and Your Dog
This book was written by Fawn & Robert Habgood. This travel guide is for dogs who don't want to rough it! The authors have visited every place here and they give an insider's view on doggie policies, room decor, staff attitudes and doggie activities.


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