By Author Sheron Long We love our trips to Provence because we go with a traveling dog, our 11-year-old Sheltie, Chula, whose name means “pretty” in Spanish. Last fall, we made our third trip together and savored the treasures produced in the fields of Provence. Vineyard Treasures The Rhone River, one of the major rivers…
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A Traveling Dog Noses Around Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
Chula Wula D’Augue, Sheltie by birth and Frenchie by choice, is one of those happy traveling dogs. On three occasions, she has trotted the globe with us from California to Paris, an 11-hour trip followed by a 3-hour train ride. Still, she arrives at our home in Saint-Rémy-de Provence with a smile on her face…
A Traveling Dog Tours the Villages of Provence
On each trip to France, our family devotes the first few days to getting over jet lag, and that includes Chula, our 11-year-old Sheltie. Though scientists say that dogs are not as subject to jet lag as humans, we wonder why Chula, an experienced traveling dog, sleeps so much the first couple of days and…
A Traveling Dog Vacations in France
Guest Post Sheron Long has generously provided Animal Cafe readers with a four-part series on her gypsy-at-heart traveling dog Chula’s escapades and explorations during trips through France. Over the next few cold, wintry weeks we’ll get to enjoy a little of the sunny climes of the South of France, imagining the scent of lavender in…
Pet Travel – Easier When You Plan Ahead
Pet behavior expert Steve Dale offers some great pet travel advice as we head now into the holiday travel season, it’s a good time to refresh our memories on the basics when it comes to being prepared for all of the ins and outs of safe travel for pets. In this video Steve goes over…
Fall Travel with Pets!
Fall travel with pets is so much more fun that going it alone, sun shining on colorful leaves, crunching and flying as your dog goes for that long toss of the ball. There’s something about warm sun and cool temperatures that just beg for an outing, maybe a last picnic of the year with your…
