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Tips for Pet Owners Who Travel for Work  

January 21, 2021 Kim Leave a Comment

Tips for Pet Owners Who Travel for Work  

Pet owners who travel for work don’t feel bad about leaving their pets at home.

Pet owners who travel for work will tell you it’s hard leaving them at home or with someone else. I get it, I have three, and sometimes I have to leave them behind.

Many careers require you to travel and leave home for long periods. It may be hard to handle pet ownership on top of your job, but not impossible. Here are several tips for pet owners who travel.

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Tips for Pet Owners Who Travel for Work
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Pet Owners Who Travel For Work

When you’ve cultivated your career out of love for travel, your time at home may be limited. If you have limited time at home, the decision to adopt a pet becomes more difficult than usual. Whether you want to adopt a pet regardless of your travel requirements for work or own the pet before getting the job, you must make adjustments for their care. These essential tips for pet owners who travel for work will help you bond with your pet even when you spend a lot of time in the sky or on the road.

Related: A Complete Guide To Traveling With Your Pet

 

Tips for Pet Owners Who Travel for Work

Tips For Pet Owners Who Travel

Take these tips wisely because leaving your pets with someone they don’t know is hard. But if you must leave your pets behind, consider these suggestions below.

1. Consider The Type Of Pet You Want

If you’re undecided on the type of pet you want to adopt, consider your career before concluding. Certain pets may not work well into your lifestyle when you don’t spend much time at home due to your traveling career or hefty commute. Some pets best for busy workers are unconventional pets, like reptiles or fish.

Cats are also excellent pets for those of us who are out of the house more often because they can handle everything on their own—no need for walks or playtime with humans; they’re content taking naps alone or batting around their toys. As long as you provide a cat with proper food and water, they’ll handle themselves fine while you’re at work. Once you come home, they’ll be happy to snuggle and play with you. Slowly, you’ll have a routine that makes your kitty happy.

Related: 10 Ways to Pamper Your Dog During National Pet Month

 

2. Daycare Or Boarding For Your Pet

When you own a dog, keeping them from making pet messes in your house may be challenging if you’re away for too long. It may be difficult to provide your dog with much care, especially if you’re out for days at a time with work. Dog daycare and boarding services will be your lifeline while focusing on your career goals. If you can’t bring your canine companion along while you work, keeping him safe and socializing with other dogs while you’re away is the next best option.

3. Hire A Person To Come To Your House

Letting someone in your home is tricky. But if you know someone and trust them, give them a key to your backdoor and let them come over two or three times a day to let your pets outside and to feed them. By hiring the same person, your pets will get to know them and feel better when you are absent. There are many services out there that do this. Or, perhaps hire a neighbor friend or their kid.

4. Bring Them With You When Possible

When travel blogging or writing is your career, consider learning how to travel with your precious pup whenever possible. You will avoid road trip loneliness and have fun and a new angle to write blogs and articles. Even if you’re traveling by air, bringing your pet is still an option! With our tips for pet owners who travel for work enhanced by your own ideas, you and your pet can co-exist happily together despite how busy your career can be.

I hope these tips for pet owners who travel for work have helped you and that you are less stressed after reading them.

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Travel writer and road trip enthusiast of My Traveling Roads, Kim Croisant, is a proud native Texan passionate about seeing the world by car, plane, train, RV -- any way she can. Her travels include many road trips in Texas and beyond. Kim is raising her grandson and takes him and her Yorkie/Shih Tzu mix doggies on as many trips as possible. When she's feeling the love, she lets her darling 83-year-old mother come along as well. But her favorite way to travel is solo. When Kim's not writing, she is hiking through nature and camping in the woods in a cabin full of amenities.

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