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Overcome pet anxiety with pet-friendly travel
Traveling with your pets can be stressful as they cannot speak for themselves and hence convey discomfort by either shutting down completely or creating a racket. This can happen whenever you go to a new place with new people as it breaks the safe and trusted routine that your beloved creature is used to at home. They’re going to get uncomfortable, nervous, tired, and it’s not always easy to tell. You need to understand your pet’s mental health for successful pet-friendly travel. Check out this article to know what to watch out for when you travel with your pets and some suggestions on how to prepare for the journey: 1. What is pet anxiety? Animals get anxious when they’re put into a new environment, and oftentimes, they get accidentally conditioned to associate car rides to trips to the vet. If they are not used to traveling frequently by cars, whenever they sit in them, they’ll think that’s where you’re headed. Signs of mental stress include yawning, panting, whining, urinating, and trembling. Even motion sickness affects animals, so you need to prepare to deal with that situation if it occurs. 2. Fussy pets and damaged property Of course, it is to be expected that you may run into people while traveling who are not fond of pets.
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