[nagdu] Leaving our dogs in hotel rooms?

Fri Mar 20 17:10:38 UTC 2009

Hi Chasity.
You know this concert routine well, and you know your dog.  So ask
yourself these things:
How long do you usually spend at the concert?  Do you go out with other
people afterwards, say, to have a drink and talk about your favorite star?
 Are you apt to stay out half the night, or the whole night?
How does your dog do alone?  Does she get upset?  Does she bark, or chew,
or do other undesirable things?

You might do well to try leaving her alone a bit beforehand, and see what
happens.  Sneak off down the hall, or ask someone reliable who'll be
around to tell you if she barked when you were gone.
Also, she will be in an unfamiliar place in the hotel, with unfamiliar
noises around.  She might get nervous, or she might not care.  I think
that's why people say not to leave the dog for a real long time.  It's not
just that she might need to go out.  It's also that the longer you're
gone, the more likely it may be that she'll get anxious or bored, and
start doing things you wish she wouldn't.

I've left my dog alone in the hotel while I went to a nearby beach for a
couple hours, but I knew I wouldn't be there all that long, and I know my
dog just curls up and goes to sleep, any time, anywhere.
Remember, if your dog tears up the hotel room, you pay for it.  (You too
could trash a hotel, just like a rock star.  But without his budget for
it.)
HTH.
Tracy

> I agree with what was said about not leaving them with a family member if
> the family member won't treat the dog appropriately, giving it table
> scraps,
> etc. That's why I choose not to leave her with my parents. It was a good
> idea to mention about the Do Not Disturb sign. You have both emphasized
> for
> a short period of time, one of you mentioned 4 hours at the most in your
> opinion, and I was just curious as to why? At school, our dogs sometimes
> went 5 to 6 hours between park times. So I was just wondering, if I took
> her
> out right before leaving, why you would recommend still 4 hours? How do
> you
> recommend it be handled for someone like myself who makes this Kid Rock
> concert going experience a frequent, big significant part of my life? I
> mean, I'm not saying I usually follow him weekly or anything, but
> definitely
> often enough. I meet up with others who do the same, and some of them have
> been to 29 shows in 3 years, and I'm working my way up to a large number
> myself.
> Thanks,
> Chasity
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Leaving our dogs in hotel rooms?
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>> Depends on the family member.
>> If said family member can't or won't treat the dog appropriately in
>> terms of maintaining basic house manners, this won't work, and it's
>> probably better in everybody's best interess to find someone who will,
>> or leave the dog alone, though only for a short period of time.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Marsha
>> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 3:32 AM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Leaving our dogs in hotel rooms?
>>
>> This is my own opinion, but if I were to leave my pup in a hotel room it
>> would be on tie down, or in a crate. I would also use the do not disturb
>> sign on the door, andin fact have left an additional sign, saying
>> service animal resting in room, or something to that fact. I would
>> personally only do it for a few hours at a time, maybe 4 hours at the
>> most, espically if it is a new guide. I would also leave a bone or a toy
>> for the pup to keep its time. But of course leaving the puppy with a
>> family member would not be that bad either. Just my two cents on the
>> matter.
>> Marsha
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Chasity Jackson
>> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:10 PM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: juno-l at screenreview.org
>> Subject: [nagdu] Leaving our dogs in hotel rooms?
>>
>> Hi. I was wondering what people's experiences have been leaving your
>> guide dog in a hotel room and going totally off the premises for a
>> while? I am planning to attend at least three Kid Rock concerts. One is
>> here in St.
>> Louis, so I plan to leave Hadley at home for that one. The other two are
>> in Indiana and in Chicago, Illinois. The two in Indiana and Illinois are
>> back to back nights, so I plan to get a hotel on both nights. I am going
>> to the concerts by myself for sure, but not sure if my boyfriend Chris
>> is coming with me to the hotels or not. I was just wondering, in the
>> event that I travel completely alone and he doesn't accompany me, do you
>> think it is okay to leave Hadley in a hotel room for the three or four
>> hours that I'm gone for the concert? The only reason I would be worried
>> is if hotel staff came in, or something, but the concerts are later in
>> the evening, and I doubt I have anything to worry about, because they're
>> around 7 or so. If I do leave her in the hotel room, should I leave her
>> on tie down or should I allow her to be free in the room? As you all
>> know, I have been following Kid Rock from state to state as much as I
>> can for about eight years now. But most of the time I go, Chris normally
>> stays in the hotel room, or I left Vanda with my parents when she was my
>> guide. I did take Vanda frequently, but Chris usually stayed with her,
>> so I only really left her completely alone in the room once or twice. I
>> don't want to leave Hadley with my parents since she's a new dog, and I
>> think giving her the travel experience on whichever mode of
>> transportation I choose to travel will be a good travel experience for
>> the both of us. Taking her to the shows is completely out of the
>> question, because I have front row seats for all of the shows and I feel
>> that if I buy $80 tickets for all the shows, I'm there to enjoy the
>> show, not to watch everyone's every move and move her every second. The
>> music would be way too loud and I don't want her to get trampled by
>> drunks either. So I was just wondering what your experiences are.
>> Thanks.
>> Chasity who is ready to rock with her man Kid Rock!!!
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