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mollie jade · 05-03-2009, 12:53 PM

They always come with me .

TOY · 05-03-2009, 12:54 PM

We had a rather lengthy trip planned before we got our Yorkie. It's one of those "leaf" trips through New England and we've wanted to do this for years but had to wait until retirement.

We have made plans to drive the 6+ hours back to our breeder's kennel for her to stay with them while we are gone. We are also having her spayed during the time she is there since our breeder has so much more experience tending Yorkies than us.

When we return from the trip and rest enough to make the drive again, we'll go get her. We have boarding facilities in our area but this option made sense to us and Taffy will have a couple of weeks to spend with her doggie mother and sister as well as visit with her first humans.

It works for us because we are retired and don't have the time crunch of returning to work. Who knows? Since we'll be going to the mountains, we might just have to rent a pet friendly cabin and extend the vacation with our Yorkie! There really are some nice perks to being retired. (Of course, if the cost of gas skyrockets again, we won't be thinking "perks" at all.)

Bravo916 · 05-03-2009, 01:15 PM

Whenever we go on vacation the "kids" go to stay with their breeders and I think our breeders look forward to it as much as the dogs do! I dont trust them with anyone else.

If you cant leave them with your breeders are there any pet hotels in the area? Out here we have a facility called Wag Hotels which looks like doggy-topia and is nothing like a boarding kennel. If I didnt have my breeders to turn to I would most likely use a facility like this.

Best of luck! I know you will find something that you all will be happy with!

yorkie mad · 05-03-2009, 01:24 PM

Tia will be going into kennels in August for a week. Did that sound convincing? No really she is (maybe). Well I promised DH that if he got me a yorkie It wouldn't change our lifes.What a big mistake that was as most of you already know.Well I got our 2 week vacation down to one and now waying up wether she would be safer in a kennel or with our 2 teenage boys. So you can see my dilemma.I think kennel. My other dog stayed there before and things were fine but yorkies arnt really dogs they are our babies lol.
Anyway she had the dreaded kennel cough vaccine yesterday so that was the first step towards keeping my promise.

elleandca · 05-03-2009, 01:38 PM

we either book somewhere we can take our 3 babies or beg my mom to take our boy and our neighbor takes the 2 girls ..

the thought of kenneling them just scares me, our dogs are very independent have full run of the whole house the thought of them being in a small concrete kennel scares me..they like beds and sofas to much

JasmineNoelle · 05-03-2009, 02:05 PM

When we go on vacation we usually just take them with us just like we took our children with us when they were young and at home. There has been an occasion that it was not possible to take them, however we have had the same groomer since Prissy was a puppy, she is seven now, and she takes them home with her. She is fantastic! We like everyone here are very picky with who we will leave our babies with.

luvjasper · 05-03-2009, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by linda44

Were getting ready to go campin and all 7 will be going with us.

I would like to see the pics when you return from camping. I just bought my 2 yorkies their own camping chairs. Last summer they laid in the dirt. uggh. So this year they have their own child size chairs. Jasper is a frog and Matsis is a monkey chair.

gramsof1 · 05-03-2009, 02:16 PM

Tiki goes or we don't go, simple as that, if both of us are going. She stays with my gal friend who has her brother if it is only for a while. We trade babysitting. I have hers right now.
When I went to Hawaii in the fall, her Dad stayed home. This was a girls trip and he didn't want to go anyway.

When we go together, we stay in pet friendly places. La Quinta Inn and Suites is excellent! Plus they give you and absolutely wonderful continental breakfast!

No vets or boarding places for Tiki.

Tiki's Mom

Cinq1964 · 05-03-2009, 02:33 PM

The first time we went of vacation Nolee was a puppy and he came with us! We stayed in a pet friendly house. The next year he stayed with my daughter. This year, we are probably taking him with us again. We already have the pet friendly house rented. I do however board him if we are only gone for 1 or 2 nites. I found a great place and someone I can trust that does boarding. She has an outdoor house, one big room. The room is divided by chain link fences into individual cages about 6'X6'. Nolee loves her and I feel he is safe there. I also have a friend that does house sitting and will come stay with him at my house. Maybe go and visit some boarding places. I still feel best taking Nolee with us!! I miss him when he is not around!

FlDebra · 05-03-2009, 03:09 PM

Usually my mom watches mine and vice versa when we travel. Once I did use a very nice boarding facility near me called Wee Tuck'em Inn. This is not a typical boardng place -- you can really have your pups spoiled there. I had two of mine stay together in a "toddler room with a view" -- It had a toddler bed, a big window to see outside, and still lots of room to play and have their food and water bowls. They get 6 outside walks a day and because they are cute -- even more attention than normal.

They even had TV rooms if desired. I was impressed at how clean they were and the way they required proof of shots and a recent vet visit. Larger dogs were kept in a separate area and the little rooms were secure anyway so I did not worry about other dogs getting to mine. They would provide a premium food or you could leave your own, which I did. Everything was logged so I could see at what time they ate and went outside. They groomed mine while they were there too so it sort of saved a trip. This place got high praise from my vet and a couple of other pet owners I know. So, you can find some nice places that will take good care of your little ones. Just make sure to make an unannouced visit to check them out thoroughly. I read about some that even have live webcams so you can check in on your pets whenever you want. I would have really appreciated that cause I called them every day checking in.

Honeypaute · 05-03-2009, 03:14 PM

Mine stay with Grandpa (my dad). Tater loves it. He gets everything he doesn't get at home...loads of treats for no reason, people food, and sleeps in their bed. In fact, I am surprised he wants to come home with me when I return!! I am still nervous the whole time and call every day if not multiple times a day, but everything is always good!

briana smith · 05-03-2009, 03:25 PM

Gigi comes with us, even on our 13 hour long road trips. She's a great traveler, air planes or cars. We always stay in Marriot hotels(most of them are pet friendly.) I wouldn't dare leave my baby with someone, she doesn't even go to the groomers, I've learned how to groom her myself. She's my baby.

MissSophie · 05-03-2009, 03:51 PM

Typically we take her with us, but we have left her at a local vet clinic that has boarding. However, our problem has been that we have had about an hour window of opportunity to pick her up if we come home on the weekend. Otherwise we have to leave her another night and pick her up the next day. I think we will try Petsmart next time, if we really need to leave her. We took her to a place in Minneapolis last year when we went to my daughter's wedding there, but I really don't think it was a place that Sophie liked.

Britster · 05-03-2009, 03:53 PM

I've left Jackson twice now for a span of 4 days each time and I left him with my family.

I feel more comfortable doing so. If it ever came to where my family couldn't watch him... I would definitely hire someone to come over the house and spend as much time with him as he could where he's comfortable. I would definitely have to trust the person. He's my baby and I want nothing but the best for him!

sammie87uk · 05-05-2009, 03:37 AM

Mine stay with a variety of "family" members depending on my trip normally Ebony normally stays with her nanny, but last time i had to go away she stayed with my cousins mother in law, his brother in law is only 14 and is disabled so having Ebony there was a boost he walked her 4 times a day and did everything for her, now he has problems with his legs and hates walking so it worked out well. I have got a 10 wk trip pending and the situation at the moment is she either stays with nanny or she is is going to stay with a friend of mine, but its not very often i actually have to leave her

05-03-2009, 01:24 PM	#19
yorkie mad ♥Tiny Tia my Furbaby♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: portsmouth england Posts: 1,824 Blog Entries: 7	Tia will be going into kennels in August for a week. Did that sound convincing? No really she is (maybe). Well I promised DH that if he got me a yorkie It wouldn't change our lifes.What a big mistake that was as most of you already know.Well I got our 2 week vacation down to one and now waying up wether she would be safer in a kennel or with our 2 teenage boys. So you can see my dilemma.I think kennel. My other dog stayed there before and things were fine but yorkies arnt really dogs they are our babies lol. Anyway she had the dreaded kennel cough vaccine yesterday so that was the first step towards keeping my promise. __________________ Lots of love from Julie , Olly &Tia's mummy. Yorkies leave paw prints on our hearts

05-03-2009, 02:05 PM	#21
JasmineNoelle YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA Posts: 2,774 Blog Entries: 1	When we go on vacation we usually just take them with us just like we took our children with us when they were young and at home. There has been an occasion that it was not possible to take them, however we have had the same groomer since Prissy was a puppy, she is seven now, and she takes them home with her. She is fantastic! We like everyone here are very picky with who we will leave our babies with. __________________ Jasmine's, Prissy's and Maggie Mae's Mommy

05-03-2009, 02:33 PM	#24
Cinq1964 Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 2,255 Blog Entries: 2	The first time we went of vacation Nolee was a puppy and he came with us! We stayed in a pet friendly house. The next year he stayed with my daughter. This year, we are probably taking him with us again. We already have the pet friendly house rented. I do however board him if we are only gone for 1 or 2 nites. I found a great place and someone I can trust that does boarding. She has an outdoor house, one big room. The room is divided by chain link fences into individual cages about 6'X6'. Nolee loves her and I feel he is safe there. I also have a friend that does house sitting and will come stay with him at my house. Maybe go and visit some boarding places. I still feel best taking Nolee with us!! I miss him when he is not around! __________________ Doggie Blankets $10 with shipping! cinq1964.webs.com

05-03-2009, 03:09 PM	#25
FlDebra Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: FL Posts: 7,651	Usually my mom watches mine and vice versa when we travel. Once I did use a very nice boarding facility near me called Wee Tuck'em Inn. This is not a typical boardng place -- you can really have your pups spoiled there. I had two of mine stay together in a "toddler room with a view" -- It had a toddler bed, a big window to see outside, and still lots of room to play and have their food and water bowls. They get 6 outside walks a day and because they are cute -- even more attention than normal. They even had TV rooms if desired. I was impressed at how clean they were and the way they required proof of shots and a recent vet visit. Larger dogs were kept in a separate area and the little rooms were secure anyway so I did not worry about other dogs getting to mine. They would provide a premium food or you could leave your own, which I did. Everything was logged so I could see at what time they ate and went outside. They groomed mine while they were there too so it sort of saved a trip. This place got high praise from my vet and a couple of other pet owners I know. So, you can find some nice places that will take good care of your little ones. Just make sure to make an unannouced visit to check them out thoroughly. I read about some that even have live webcams so you can check in on your pets whenever you want. I would have really appreciated that cause I called them every day checking in. __________________ FlDebra and her ABCs Annie, Ben, Candy Promoting Healthy Breeding to the AKC Yorkshire Terrier Standard

05-03-2009, 03:25 PM	#27
briana smith Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: virginia Posts: 65	Gigi comes with us, even on our 13 hour long road trips. She's a great traveler, air planes or cars. We always stay in Marriot hotels(most of them are pet friendly.) I wouldn't dare leave my baby with someone, she doesn't even go to the groomers, I've learned how to groom her myself. She's my baby. Last edited by briana smith; 05-03-2009 at 03:27 PM.

05-03-2009, 12:53 PM	#16
mollie jade YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 712	They always come with me .

05-03-2009, 12:54 PM	#17
TOY Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,094 Blog Entries: 4	We had a rather lengthy trip planned before we got our Yorkie. It's one of those "leaf" trips through New England and we've wanted to do this for years but had to wait until retirement. We have made plans to drive the 6+ hours back to our breeder's kennel for her to stay with them while we are gone. We are also having her spayed during the time she is there since our breeder has so much more experience tending Yorkies than us. When we return from the trip and rest enough to make the drive again, we'll go get her. We have boarding facilities in our area but this option made sense to us and Taffy will have a couple of weeks to spend with her doggie mother and sister as well as visit with her first humans. It works for us because we are retired and don't have the time crunch of returning to work. Who knows? Since we'll be going to the mountains, we might just have to rent a pet friendly cabin and extend the vacation with our Yorkie! There really are some nice perks to being retired. (Of course, if the cost of gas skyrockets again, we won't be thinking "perks" at all.)

05-03-2009, 01:15 PM	#18
Bravo916 No Longer a Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: CA Posts: 459	Whenever we go on vacation the "kids" go to stay with their breeders and I think our breeders look forward to it as much as the dogs do! I dont trust them with anyone else. If you cant leave them with your breeders are there any pet hotels in the area? Out here we have a facility called Wag Hotels which looks like doggy-topia and is nothing like a boarding kennel. If I didnt have my breeders to turn to I would most likely use a facility like this. Best of luck! I know you will find something that you all will be happy with!

05-03-2009, 01:38 PM	#20
elleandca Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: united kingdom Posts: 218	we either book somewhere we can take our 3 babies or beg my mom to take our boy and our neighbor takes the 2 girls .. the thought of kenneling them just scares me, our dogs are very independent have full run of the whole house the thought of them being in a small concrete kennel scares me..they like beds and sofas to much

05-03-2009, 02:16 PM	#23
gramsof1 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NW Washington state Posts: 50	Tiki goes or we don't go, simple as that, if both of us are going. She stays with my gal friend who has her brother if it is only for a while. We trade babysitting. I have hers right now. When I went to Hawaii in the fall, her Dad stayed home. This was a girls trip and he didn't want to go anyway. When we go together, we stay in pet friendly places. La Quinta Inn and Suites is excellent! Plus they give you and absolutely wonderful continental breakfast! No vets or boarding places for Tiki. Tiki's Mom

05-03-2009, 03:14 PM	#26
Honeypaute No Longer a Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: cincinnati,oh, united states Posts: 176	Mine stay with Grandpa (my dad). Tater loves it. He gets everything he doesn't get at home...loads of treats for no reason, people food, and sleeps in their bed. In fact, I am surprised he wants to come home with me when I return!! I am still nervous the whole time and call every day if not multiple times a day, but everything is always good!

05-03-2009, 03:51 PM	#28
MissSophie YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 807 Blog Entries: 1	Typically we take her with us, but we have left her at a local vet clinic that has boarding. However, our problem has been that we have had about an hour window of opportunity to pick her up if we come home on the weekend. Otherwise we have to leave her another night and pick her up the next day. I think we will try Petsmart next time, if we really need to leave her. We took her to a place in Minneapolis last year when we went to my daughter's wedding there, but I really don't think it was a place that Sophie liked. __________________ Sophie's Mom :

05-03-2009, 03:53 PM	#29
Britster Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 17,815	I've left Jackson twice now for a span of 4 days each time and I left him with my family. I feel more comfortable doing so. If it ever came to where my family couldn't watch him... I would definitely hire someone to come over the house and spend as much time with him as he could where he's comfortable. I would definitely have to trust the person. He's my baby and I want nothing but the best for him! __________________ ~ Brit & Lights! Camera! Jackson! CGC ETD TKP ~ Follow Jackson on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jacksontheterrier

05-05-2009, 03:37 AM	#30
sammie87uk No Longer A Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 60	Mine stay with a variety of "family" members depending on my trip normally Ebony normally stays with her nanny, but last time i had to go away she stayed with my cousins mother in law, his brother in law is only 14 and is disabled so having Ebony there was a boost he walked her 4 times a day and did everything for her, now he has problems with his legs and hates walking so it worked out well. I have got a 10 wk trip pending and the situation at the moment is she either stays with nanny or she is is going to stay with a friend of mine, but its not very often i actually have to leave her