Some holidays are better with a dog and some dogs are happier at home. Two simple tests, one for the trip and one for the dog, and how to leave a dog well when the answer is no.
What the official safety figures say about dogs in the hold, which dogs should never fly that way, which airlines still take them, and how to prepare a dog and its crate.
Ten questions that tell you what a hotel really means by dog friendly, why each one matters, and the answers that should make you look elsewhere.
Crossing into Canada with a dog needs one piece of paper. Coming home needs a form most Americans have never heard of. Here is the whole trip, in both directions.
Sandflies in Spain, ticks in France, heartworm in Florida, screwworm in Mexico. What your dog can catch where, and what to ask your vet before you go.
Southwest takes small dogs in the cabin on domestic flights for $125 each way and carries no animals in the hold. What qualifies, what the carrier rules are, and how to book.
Why the same beach welcomes dogs in May and bans them in July, how to check before you set off, and the seaside hazards every owner should know.
One good appointment, at the right time, sorts out the vaccinations, the parasite protection, the paperwork and the medicines for your trip. Here is how to get the most from it.
Britain requires every dog arriving by air to travel as cargo, bans five types of dog and insists on a tapeworm treatment. What an American dog needs, and how people get there with the dog beside them.
Which railways welcome dogs, what a ticket costs, where a muzzle is required, and why the coach is almost never an option.
Which countries ban which breeds, which only ask for a muzzle, and what to check before you travel with a bull breed, a mastiff or a guarding dog.
American takes small dogs in the cabin for $150 if dog and carrier weigh 20 lb or less, on flights within the Americas only. The limits, the carrier sizes, the heat rules and how to book.
What happens at the desk, what you will be asked to sign, how to settle a dog in a strange room, and the manners that get you welcomed back.
The certificate a British dog needs for Spain, whether to drive through France or sail to Santander, Spain's rules on restricted breeds, and what to do about heat and parasites when you get there.
How to secure a dog in a car, what to do about travel sickness, how often to stop, what the law says, and why a parked car is the one place a dog should never be left.
Which places still quarantine dogs, for how long, what it costs, how far ahead you have to start, and how Hawaii and Japan can be done with no quarantine at all.
Alaska is the cheapest big airline for a cabin pet at $100 and one of the few that still carries larger dogs in the hold, at $200. The rules, the breeds it will not carry below deck, and the summer bulldog embargo.
Where dogs can and cannot walk, when a lead is the law, what to do around cattle, and how to keep a dog safe from heat, snakes and bad water on the trail.
Hawaii is rabies free and will quarantine a dog that arrives unprepared for up to 120 days. With the right blood test and paperwork your dog walks out of the airport with you the same day. Here is how.
The five skills that make a dog a good traveller, how to teach each one in the weeks before you go, and which rule each one prepares your dog for.
JetBlue takes small dogs in the main cabin for $150 each way, allows two pets if you buy a second seat, and limits each flight to six. The carrier size and the rules.
Where your dog spends the crossing, what each operator charges, which routes take foot passengers, and how to make a long sailing easy on your dog.
A dog crossing the Irish Sea is crossing an EU border in one direction and not in the other. What you need to go from Britain to Ireland, from Ireland to Britain, and to Northern Ireland.
Frontier takes one pet per passenger in the cabin on domestic flights for $149 each way. It no longer accepts pets on international flights and has no hold option. The rules and the carrier sizes.
