Comments on: What to Pack For a Dog Agility Trial http://www.dfs-pet-blog.com/2010/09/dog-agility-packing/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:06:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rosemary http://www.dfs-pet-blog.com/2010/09/dog-agility-packing/comment-page-1/#comment-5125 Rosemary Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:42:42 +0000 http://www.dfs-pet-blog.com/?p=8183#comment-5125 Ilka's nowhere near ready for an obedience trial, so I don't have a list of things to bring with to a trial or other competition. What I do have is a hurricane evacuation list. I list everything we will need to take with us, right down to socks for us and extra collars for the cats. That way, I can check it off as it is packed into the cars, and I will be reasonably certain we have everything we need to stay in Colorado for a few weeks, until it is safe to come home. We take clothes, toiletries, etc. for us, making sure that we have plenty of our son's prescriptions. As for the critters, the usual food, water (I prefer the 20 oz size bottles, as the can be stuffed almost anywhere), a funnel to fill the carrier water dishes with (so I don't have to open the door if I don't need to), Rabies Certificates (we cross several state lines on the trip), food and water bowls, leashes, pickup bags, toys, treats, and so forth. Make sure you take a can opener if the canned food doesn't have pull off lids, and that kibble and seed are in water/spill-proof containers. One tip I can give is use puppy pads in the cat carriers, They are more absorbant that newspaper, and you don't have to wash them like you would a towel. Lucky wears a harness, and is hooked up to a seatbelt. I need to start training Ilka to wear a harness also, as I have been using a crate for her in the car thus far. We will probably be starting this week with that, because the crate takes up too much room in the back seat, and I will need to be able to get 5 cat carriers and a bird carrier in the car beside the two dogs and myself. My husband has the kids and their stuff with him in his car, and I have all the pet supplies (with a few essentials of my own). That way, if we get seperated somehow, we have what we need to take care of who we have with us. Ilka’s nowhere near ready for an obedience trial, so I don’t have a list of things to bring with to a trial or other competition. What I do have is a hurricane evacuation list. I list everything we will need to take with us, right down to socks for us and extra collars for the cats. That way, I can check it off as it is packed into the cars, and I will be reasonably certain we have everything we need to stay in Colorado for a few weeks, until it is safe to come home.

We take clothes, toiletries, etc. for us, making sure that we have plenty of our son’s prescriptions. As for the critters, the usual food, water (I prefer the 20 oz size bottles, as the can be stuffed almost anywhere), a funnel to fill the carrier water dishes with (so I don’t have to open the door if I don’t need to), Rabies Certificates (we cross several state lines on the trip), food and water bowls, leashes, pickup bags, toys, treats, and so forth. Make sure you take a can opener if the canned food doesn’t have pull off lids, and that kibble and seed are in water/spill-proof containers.

One tip I can give is use puppy pads in the cat carriers, They are more absorbant that newspaper, and you don’t have to wash them like you would a towel. Lucky wears a harness, and is hooked up to a seatbelt. I need to start training Ilka to wear a harness also, as I have been using a crate for her in the car thus far. We will probably be starting this week with that, because the crate takes up too much room in the back seat, and I will need to be able to get 5 cat carriers and a bird carrier in the car beside the two dogs and myself. My husband has the kids and their stuff with him in his car, and I have all the pet supplies (with a few essentials of my own). That way, if we get seperated somehow, we have what we need to take care of who we have with us.

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