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There is nothing quite like that feeling of shame you get as you watch your dog pee on the carpet at the feet of the hotel staff member who has just helped you with your bags. This, just after we had to take the sorry remains of the complimentary dog bed down to reception after the first night – our six-month-old puppy had shredded the entire three-foot-wide cushion, leaving the cover empty and the foam inner in tiny pieces all over the bathroom floor. It wasn’t the relaxing weekend in Brighton we were hoping for. In his short but adventurous life, my first dog Milo peed on hotel carpets in the Isles of Scilly, he barked incessantly at the vacuum cleaner at a spa hotel on the Polperro Heritage Coast, and he even threw up on cross-country trains from London to various countryside destinations. He was, without doubt, a terrible traveller. But as a travel companion, he was the best. He was a great road trip buddy – he never wanted to change the radio station. He made a joyful distraction and, most importantly, he was a conversation starter. With him by my side, wherever I went, people wanted to know how old he was, what breed and could they stroke him? He was an ice-breaker on tours around Lincoln Cathedral (he even got a blessing from a clergyman) and a source of great entertainment on the beach as he zoomed around eating crab shells and seaweed. I met and talked to so many more locals when I travelled with him, and have even made friends I keep in touch with now thanks to his wily charms. If you’re one of the tens of thousands of households who welcomed a new puppy into your home in the last year, it’s likely you’re also considering a summer holiday with the dog. Had I known then what I know now, my trips with Milo might not have been so fraught. If you got yourself a lockdown puppy, here’s what you need to know before you hit the road. Master the most important commands Before I took my current dog – Arty, another cheeky Manchester Terrier – away on our first work trip for a dog-friendly guidebook, my trusty trainer insisted we master the two most important commands: ‘wait’ and ‘come back’. “The former is absolutely essential in new places – if you don’t know what’s up ahead and the dog is roaming off lead, you need to be able to tell them to stop and wait wherever they are,” Kate O’Rourke from Brightwell Barkers says. “The latter is really important in all situations, but especially when there are kids or picnics around that might attract attention from curious dogs.”
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