No Pet Left Behind: The Sherpa Guide for Traveling with Your Best Friend


By Tanya Turgeon

No Pet Left Behind: The Sherpa Guide for Traveling with Your Best Friend 

by Gayle Martz with Delilah Smittie

LifeTime Media, Inc., 2008

224 pages

$16.99

Review by Tanya Turgeon

Memorial Day weekend--the traditional kickoff to summer vacation--is less than two weeks away. As you pack your bags to head out to wonderful and far-off places this year, be sure to take along "No Pet Left Behind: The Sherpa Guide for Traveling with Your Best Friend." Every dog dreams this handy dandy guide will fall into the hands of his or her owner so they too can em-"bark" on fun and relaxing adventures.

There couldn't be a better advocate for pet travel than author Gayle Martz. Not only was she employed for two decades by the travel industry as a flight attendant, she's an avid dog-lover. Her Lhasa Apso Sherpa (an appropriate name for an adventure seeker) inspired her to create an airline-approved pet carrier allowing dogs under twenty pounds to travel comfortably and safely in a plane's cabin. Since then Sherpa has become a brand unto itself of travel-oriented canine gear and available right here at Fetchdog. Today the pet travel revolution is carried on by Martz's adopted Coton du Tulear SuNae and Shih Tzu Kartu whose inspiration has led to this book.

"Going on vacation shouldn't include distressed whimpers, distraught meows, ruffled feathers, or sad, soulful eyes that send you on a guilt trip before you even walk out the door." Thanks to Martz's firsthand experience it doesn't have to be. She'll take you through everything you need to know to travel by plane, train, automobile, and even cruise ship. She can help combat motion sickness, find the most pet-friendly lodgings in the most pet-friendly places, and even help you get in touch with several foreign embassies.

While a majority of Martz's information applies to smaller dogs, she does her best to accommodate big dogs too, along with cats, rabbits, birds, and even lizards. So get a copy of "No Pet Left Behind" before you plan your next trip. It will help you be prepared, alleviating much unnecessary worry, and most importantly allow your best friend to be by your side, which is exactly where he or she belongs.

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