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Camping With Dogs: Is Tearing Down Camp To Find A Vet Necessary? #VetOnDemand App Review

5/8/2015

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Camping With Dogs: Is Tearing Down Camp To Find A Vet Necessary? #VetOnDemand App Review
The pets are not sure Vet on Demand facetime with veterinarian is something we need to do while camping.
Typist: Bethany
Nebraska was beautiful. Camp was set up. The sun had set. During twilight playtime with the dogs, I found an engorged tick on Huxley's chest. Without panic, I got the tick removing tool from my canine first aid kit and cleanly removed the entire tick from it's collie victim. Then I saw the gaping wound the tick removal process had left on my dog. I panicked. Now for dog lovers in areas where ticks are prevalent, go ahead and laugh "of course!" I am an outdoorsy dog person from Cascadia where ticks are very rare. I had no idea so much skin and fur were going to come off with the blood sucking insect. I nervously paced the campsite searching the internet for any article or advice about what to do. By the time I found a trusted answer, twilight was gone and I was sick to my stomach from stress.

When I used the Vet On Demand
™ app for this review, I told the veterinarian, Dr. Baxter, about that evening camping in Nebraska. He explained that it is indeed normal for a large amount of skin and fur to come off when an engorged tick is fully removed. Dr. Baxter recommended washing a wound like this out with soap and water, keeping it clean and watching for signs of infection. This is the exact advice I finally found in an article on my mobile device search engine as the twilight dwindled in the cornhusker state. It took me well over a half an hour of searching to discover the truth about Huxley's tick wound. Dr. Baxter gave his wound advice in less than two minutes. He continued to warn that the real risks in finding a tick sucking on a dog are tick borne diseases like Lyme and Rock Mountain Fever. Testing for tick diseases is essential so that anything a dog may have contracted from a tick can be treated with antibiotics as soon as possible, Dr. Baxter advised. Getting Huxley tested for tick diseases is exactly what I did once we returned to Seattle. For the duration of our call, the Vet On Demand veterinarian gave me advice about searching for ticks on my ridiculously long furred rough collie. Upon seeing Huxley during our app video call, Dr. Baxter exclaimed "look at all that fur!" Dr. Baxter also relayed to me some of his favorite tick prevention methods.
Vet on Demand App Home screen
Setting up a Vet on Demand app is intuitive, quick and easy
Vet on Demand call screenshot
Vet on Demand app wait screenshot
Vet on Demand facetime screenshot
After less than a minute wait time for the convenient Vet On Demand app to text me to let me know that Dr. Baxter was available, I am very pleased with how much I learned in an eleven minute call. The support from the app developers has also impressed me. Yesterday, I updated the app and it continuously crashed. Literally minutes after I had uninstalled and reinstalled the app to fix the problem, I got an e-mail from the developers suggesting exactly that action. Such commitment to app quality reassures me that the Vet On Demand developers are truly committed to providing on-call, real-time service and reliable health advice from experienced, registered veterinarians who are dedicated to providing top-notch care for pets. The Vet On Demand Interactive Care Platform™ is an affordable option to have a licensed veterinarian look and listen, provide general advice and help decide if an emergency vet visit is necessary.
Camping With Dogs: Is Tearing Down Camp To Find A Vet Necessary? #VetOnDemand App Review
I think having an affordable, Vet on Demand app veterinarian means pet-friendly camping is safer and more fun.
This exactly the type of help I needed while desperately searching for dog wound answers, struggling with a decision to uproot camp and seek an emergency vet in the middle of Nebraska. After I cleaned Huxley's removed tick wound at our campsite, I decided to go ahead and light a campfire even though it was quite late. I hoped doing something routine would calm my frazzled nerves. As I reminisce on that evening, I can't help but wonder how different it would have been if I could have just opened the Vet On Demand app. Still, at least I didn't have to tear down camp and rush to an emergency vet for something I learned is rather trivial. There is not yet an app invented that will keep me from fretting if one of my pets is ill or injured but having the Vet On Demand app is one step closer to making me feel at ease while on pet friendly adventures.
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Vet On Demand is currently only available for Apple devices but an Android version is is coming soon. Vet On Demand also hopes to expand their services to be available for exotic pets, like birds!
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Solo Travel With Pets: What To Do When Nature Calls

2/9/2015

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Solo Travel With Pets: What To Do When Nature Calls, photo of a portable travel toilet and it'e accessories in a tote near happy traveling dogsThe portable toilet and it's accessories in a tote takes up less space in the car than the pets and their food and their toys and their blankets and their...
Typist: Bethany
There were plenty of rest stops when the dogs and I drove west through Iowa and Nebraska on our road trip back to Seattle from Buffalo. However, not one of those rest stops had enough shade for me to safely leave the dogs alone in the car to go to the bathroom on a ninety degree day. There were absolutely no rest stops as I slogged through an over one hundred degree day of driving towards Phoenix with three dogs and a cockatoo.
Even though it seemed I was in the middle of nowhere, I learned from many road trips with my dad and grandfather that even men shouldn't just randomly unzip when being a polite, law abiding visitor. Pet friendly Mather Campground at the Grand Canyon National Park had clean, convenient restrooms but pets are not allowed in National Park buildings nor could they be left unattended at the campsite. What does a solo traveler with pets do when nature calls? I don't mean the pets. I always have bags and supplies to clean up after them. I mean, what happens when a lone human has gotta go but there are pets in tow? The pets can't be left alone if it is too hot, cold, unsafe or illegal. A human can't hold it for an entire pet friendly road trip or camping excursion. There is one easy and convenient item to bring on pet friendly solo travel that keeps humans comfortable and pets safe. I always carry my own travel toilet.

The idea for pet friendly road trips and camping with a portable toilet might have come from living in a van during summers as a child, traveling the country with my parents, brother and two dogs. My mom and dad always had a camp toilet stowed away for road side "emergencies." The toilet I have takes up even less space and has saved me from the horrors of having to leave my pets alone in any unsafe conditions when I have to go. I can conveniently use my toilet at my campsite to avoid breaking no pets unattended campground rules, worrying about the pets being stolen or risking the pets annoying neighbors while I am out. Of course, whipping out a travel toilet in a campground, rest area or on the side of the road may not be for everyone, but neither is solo travel with pets. The safety of my pets matters more to me than modesty. Wait. I am making it sound like I just sit down and go out in the open. Getting in trouble for indecent exposure or public urination wouldn't be very safe for my pets either.  No. I set the toilet up in the van or outside of the car with a quick do-it-yourself hide attached to the car door. This still might not be a solo pet travel bathroom solution for everyone but it is a safe for the pets and good for the human solution to bathroom breaks to consider when traveling alone with pets.
Solo Travel With Pets: What To Do When Nature Calls, the beginning of creating a privacy screen for a portable toilet near three traveling dogs
All it takes is a sheet to quickly create a DIY privacy screen to use the toilet without putting the pets in weather, theft or lawbreaking danger.
Solo Travel With Pets: What To Do When Nature Calls, how to make a portable toilet privacy screen outside of a car pictured with two traveling dogs
The clamps I use to create toilet privacy are the same as the ones that are always in my road trip tool kit. A larger sheet or a spare towel or two can be used for more privacy which may be necessary if the vehicle doesn't not have tinted glass. This toilet hide took about two minutes to set up in a downpour. I always park in the most remote location legally possible.
My travel toilet, plenty of waste bags and all other necessary accessories are kept together in a large tote which I always pack near a door for quick and easy accessibility. Even if I don't have to use the toilet or make a toilet privacy screen, having clamps, a spare sheet, rags, trash bags, toilet paper, disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer near a door can be helpful for a lot of pet friendly travel situations. Just like with cleaning up after my pets, I clean up after myself with the same care. I am always aware of human waste disposal laws and I never, ever leave waste of any kind behind. I keep thick trash bags with my toilet because, just like with pet waste, I double bag my toilet waste if I must pack it out. Leave-no-trace travel ethics are yet another reason why all solo travelers with pets, male or female, should consider the merits of packing a travel toilet.
Solo Travel With Pets: What To Do When Nature Calls, a portable toilet can be easily set up inside the vestibule of a large tent pictured with three camping dogs
The glamping tent has a huge vestibule, a perfect spot for a camp toilet.
Solo Travel With Pets: What To Do When Nature Calls, a portable toilet can be set up inside of a vehicle pictured with three camping dogs
When car camping with the smaller tent, the portable toilet is easily set up inside the van.
Rushing through using a rest stop or campground bathroom due to fearing for the safety of the pets is no way to travel. I know. I've lived it. Every moment of solo travel with dogs, cats, cockatoos or any pets, should be safe and enjoyable for all creatures on the trip. The incredible bonding I have done with the pets when it is just them, me and the road can't be described in words. Bringing my own toilet on pet friendly road and camping trips has taken so much of the stress away from my solo travels. Plus, the travel toilet and it's refill packets are much less expensive than an RV. So I forgo a little bit of modesty, pack my travel toilet bag and head out on pet friendly adventures, keeping my pets safe even when nature calls.
Solo Travel With Pets: What To Do When Nature Calls, Solo Road Trips & Tent Camping With Pets, What To Pack To Keep Pets Safe When Nature Calls
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Have you ever traveled alone with just a pet or two or more? What did you do to keep your pets safe when you needed to use the toilet?
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How The Southwest Was Won Or What To Pack To Survive A 3 Week, 4 Pet Camping Road Trip

6/10/2014

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Typist: Bethany
When I was setting up camp (for the second time) at  Lake Mead, Nevada, a woman walked by and joked "wow, can I camp with you? That's quite a tent." In Moab, a neighboring camper, watched me set up camp and queried "are you expecting ten more people?" As I unloaded the van in Mt. Shasta, California, a woman walked by and said "who are you with all this stuff?" My answer to all of them was that I am traveling with three dogs and a parrot. We need a lot of space, hence my "ten more people" tent and, yes, a lot of "stuff."
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Traveling cockatoo Leo (in tent) and three happy camper dogs, Huxley, Brychwyn & Wilhelm: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
Whenever we return from any of our pet friendly road trips or camping adventures, I always get a ton of e-mails asking what I bring for the pets and how I do it. In answer to how I do it, I am very organized. Very. Obsessively so, to be honest. There is a place for everything and everything in it's place. Why? If I am running behind schedule or something doesn't go as planned on a road trip, I have to care for the pets. Immediately. I cannot wonder where a dish is or dig for the food scoop. (Packing in as many clear bins as possible helps.) I want our perfect first aid kit faultlessly packed and ready to use! Long road trips and camping with pets is more like a vacation and less stressful when the pets can be easily made happy. I can make them (and myself and everyone for miles around) contented faster if I can quickly find the stuff they need. And that brings me back to all the stuff. What do I bring?
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I proudly admit that I am a glamper (glamour camper.) I have pillows and an air mattress. I have never used the tent heater but it is nice to have it along just in case. I always bring a small folding table for use at camp but also to ease van unloading or rest stop pet feedings. The rechargeable battery powered fans have come in handy more times than I can count. We wouldn't have slept a wink in our small tent in Iowa or Nebraska last spring if I hadn't hung a fan from the ceiling.
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I don't as proudly admit that I constantly over pack for the dogs. I barely opened the dogs spare stuff bin on our cross country or southwest road trips. However, I would rather have too many extra leashes than none. And when traveling with pets, there is no way to bring too many paper towels, rags and blankets. If there is room in a bin or under a seat, stuff another rag in!
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Leo, Wilhelm, Brychwyn and Huxley enjoying a break the BlogPaws conference in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada. (Leo is hard to see in his cage but he's there.)
The dogs rode in their soft crates on last years cross country trip but with a bird along on our road trip to the Southwest, I couldn't also fit three dog crates into the van. So I buckled the dogs in with their harnesses and Leo cruised in his seat belted Popemobile. The last of the important stuff, like my purse, Umbilical Belt, PoopPac and the dogs bug repellent, fit up front. Jason insisted that I leave the kitchen sink at home with him and cat Amelia. And without that, I just don't think I had all that much stuff. Do you?
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Leo watches a train from his shotgun road trip seat.
So besides not bringing the kitchen sink, how did I do on packing? Did I remember everything? What do you bring on camping trips with pets? What essentials do you take on long road trips?
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Get The Gear For Summer Activities With Pets, Enter The Gigantic #PetBloggerGiveaway

6/9/2014

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PictureLeo's first time in a tent, Moab, Utah.
Typist: Bethany
We are so lucky to have already gotten to do a bit of our favorite pet friendly summer activity this year- camping!  I have been camping with dogs my entire life and I can't imagine going without them. Last month, I upped the pet camping ante and took nomad cockatoo Leo along. I thought there would be an adjustment period for this first time parrot camper but he very cheerily took to tent living. Leo didn't mind the tent being shaken by the breeze at Grand Canyon National Park. In fact, he thoroughly enjoyed watching the local wild birds from the safety of his nylon and mesh home away from home. During our stays at Moab and Lake Mead,  the tent got too warm to spend much time in but having a safe place for meals and some cage free time was just enough to make Leo fall in love with camping and me adore having him with us.

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Leo having lunch in the tent at Grand Canyon National Park.
Now that I know Leo can handle a fabulous camping vacation, it's time for a new challenge: Amelia. I think that Cascadian cat Amelia will like traveling and I want to start by taking her camping a few times this summer. The first thing I have to do is get the gear! Traveling with a cat will be new to me so I want to be prepared for anything. I found a pet tent on sale that she has already made herself comfortable in both inside and out.
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Wilhelm wonders what Amelia is up to... and if he can join her!
What about you? What are your summer plans with your pets? What kind of gear do you need? Cascadian Nomads has teamed up with 18 other pet blogs to help! Below you can enter to win a grand prize $400 gift card from PetSmart so you can be ready for whatever pet friendly fun summer throws your way. If your not sure what gear you need, check out what I packed to survive our recent three week camping and hiking road trip.
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Road Trip Camping with Pets: Brychwyn, Wilhelm and Huxley at Boulder Beach Campground, Lake Mead, Nevada.
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