This year my daughter and I drove to Nashville from Northern Illinois to spend Thanksgiving with my sister. We were there for 4 days. She moved their last year. She said I was welcome to bring my 3 girls with. They had never been on a car ride longer than 45 minutes and never stayed at someone else's house. So I was very nervous. My sister and her husband have 2 cocker spaniels and one can be a little dog agrressive. The girls were the best behaved little guests. My brother, his GF and her 8 year old demon child were also there. My girls interacted with the cockers and they got a lot of attention from the adults too. On the 9.5 hour drive each way, Pixie and Roxie never made a peep in the crate and went potty when we stopped at rest areas. Cali would whine a little and my daughter would take her out of the crate and she would sleep on her lap for hours. My sister has a multi level house with lots of stairs. I live in a ranch house with no stairs so they never really learned to go up more than 2 stairs. Cali and Roxie learned to walk up the deck stairs. They were always locked in the play yard when we were gone so no access to stairs or the cockers unless we were present. They were little angels. |