lunarembrace
Earning My Ears
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- Aug 20, 2018
I hope I'm putting this post in the right spot. My first post! Plus my first visit to this forum. I look forward to exploring! I did try to search a little to see if there could be relevant posts to my concerns, but didn't dig too far just yet.
This will be a long post! And I apologize for that. I am a super planner, first of all. Right now, I'm planning on a 16-day trip to Disney World with my husband (no kids) for November 2019. And I want to bring our two dogs. This will be our very first trip to Disney World, and I'm hoping 16 days is enough to relax, take our time, enjoy ourselves, and do most of what I'd like to experience. Most of all, this will be our first vacation with our dogs.
I know this will be a daunting task, and I'm hoping to reduce stress on myself and my dogs. They love adventures, but we've only been on day-trips and nothing major.
A little background:
Both of our dogs will be 4 years old November 2019, and both are rescues. Our biggest is 90 pounds, and the small guy is 50 pounds. Their behavior at this time is 'super excite-able'. We haven't had much time to do training, we know we need help, and trust me when I say that training is going to be starting within the month to prepare. It's been a long time coming, anyway. Our dogs are okay with meeting new people, but meeting dogs is a whole different story. They absolutely love meeting new dogs, and they become hard to handle (and they make very loud, uncomfortable sounds) when they are with my husband and I. We do board them for small trips and they do go to doggie daycare, and they are perfectly fine as long as they are not playing in the same play yard together (since our small guy is a bully when his brother is around). I've tried training myself, and tried exposing them to as much as possible, but I just don't have the know-how.
Of course, even after training, if they aren't able to contain their excitement, we know that taking them on vacation will not be the best idea. I hate to leave them for such a long period of time in a kennel, and may cut the vacation short because of this, but I'd like to at least put some effort into opening up a whole new world to vacationing with our dogs.
Anyway! I'm looking for those who have been to Disney World for more than seven days total with their dog. What are things you wish you would have done, or things you wish you didn't do? Does Best Friends close when the park closes normally, or does it stay open when there are special events after hours?
I've looked on Disney's website, and there are four resorts that allow pets, which is awesome! We will most likely be staying at Art of Animation if we do stay for 16 days, just to save my wallet. How did you enjoy this resort with your dog?
My current plan is that they will be in doggie daycare with Best Friends, but be able to spend the morning and evenings with us at the resort, and if there are times we're able to take them out for a couple of hours in the middle of the day. They will not be staying in the room by themselves hardly ever, just because that's super boring. There are a couple of after hour events that I'd like to attend, and our dogs may have to stay in the room for a couple of hours by themselves during the evening if Best Friends is closed during those events.
I'm sure I'll think of more questions and concerns later, but I've only been thinking about this for two days (I strongly obsess). Just looking for others who have been with their doggies (preferably big dogs) and how they've enjoyed it, or didn't enjoy it. I just don't want my dogs to think we've abandoned them while I'm on my dream vacation.
This will be a long post! And I apologize for that. I am a super planner, first of all. Right now, I'm planning on a 16-day trip to Disney World with my husband (no kids) for November 2019. And I want to bring our two dogs. This will be our very first trip to Disney World, and I'm hoping 16 days is enough to relax, take our time, enjoy ourselves, and do most of what I'd like to experience. Most of all, this will be our first vacation with our dogs.
I know this will be a daunting task, and I'm hoping to reduce stress on myself and my dogs. They love adventures, but we've only been on day-trips and nothing major.
A little background:
Both of our dogs will be 4 years old November 2019, and both are rescues. Our biggest is 90 pounds, and the small guy is 50 pounds. Their behavior at this time is 'super excite-able'. We haven't had much time to do training, we know we need help, and trust me when I say that training is going to be starting within the month to prepare. It's been a long time coming, anyway. Our dogs are okay with meeting new people, but meeting dogs is a whole different story. They absolutely love meeting new dogs, and they become hard to handle (and they make very loud, uncomfortable sounds) when they are with my husband and I. We do board them for small trips and they do go to doggie daycare, and they are perfectly fine as long as they are not playing in the same play yard together (since our small guy is a bully when his brother is around). I've tried training myself, and tried exposing them to as much as possible, but I just don't have the know-how.
Of course, even after training, if they aren't able to contain their excitement, we know that taking them on vacation will not be the best idea. I hate to leave them for such a long period of time in a kennel, and may cut the vacation short because of this, but I'd like to at least put some effort into opening up a whole new world to vacationing with our dogs.
Anyway! I'm looking for those who have been to Disney World for more than seven days total with their dog. What are things you wish you would have done, or things you wish you didn't do? Does Best Friends close when the park closes normally, or does it stay open when there are special events after hours?
I've looked on Disney's website, and there are four resorts that allow pets, which is awesome! We will most likely be staying at Art of Animation if we do stay for 16 days, just to save my wallet. How did you enjoy this resort with your dog?
My current plan is that they will be in doggie daycare with Best Friends, but be able to spend the morning and evenings with us at the resort, and if there are times we're able to take them out for a couple of hours in the middle of the day. They will not be staying in the room by themselves hardly ever, just because that's super boring. There are a couple of after hour events that I'd like to attend, and our dogs may have to stay in the room for a couple of hours by themselves during the evening if Best Friends is closed during those events.
I'm sure I'll think of more questions and concerns later, but I've only been thinking about this for two days (I strongly obsess). Just looking for others who have been with their doggies (preferably big dogs) and how they've enjoyed it, or didn't enjoy it. I just don't want my dogs to think we've abandoned them while I'm on my dream vacation.