Tommy, the Traveling Beagle, is ready to go, too!

"Never leave home without it." Can't remember where that saying came from....but it sure applies to Tommy, the soon-to-be, international traveler. We have been taking all the necessary

steps to make sure she is ready for D-Day (departure day). We got her a new fleece bed for the back seat of the truck, so that she is nice and comfy. You see her perched on it in the pic. We got her some new smaller food bowls....not like we use in the house, which could hold enough food for a mastif! There's also the screw-in-the-ground short tie-up for her when we are camped. They had a huge one for "up to 50# dog"...I can't see her enjoying that at all; she's never on a tie-up. So we got one that was for a 10# dog (she's about 23#) because we won't be walking away and stressing her anyway. She'll be walking with us or in the camper or truck. So, that problem solved. Not pictured is a hunting collar, that has up to a 1 mi. radius. We'll be using that, when appropriate, to let her get some running in. (and thanks to our new little Honda generator) we'll be able to recharge it as needed. We'll only be using the hunting collar when we're also watching. She would be good bear-bait....and that would be aweful! Truth-be-told, she doesn't even wear that hunting/training collar when she is bunny hunting any more because she listens to Chris so well. He can even call her off of a hot rabbit trail. That's one good dog! But way up in Alaska & Canada....don't want to take any chances. That collar also has our name, address and phone number on it. We have to get another name tag for her pink dress-up collar. (That was her Christmas present)

In May we have to stop in at the vet to get her annual check-up and be up to date on her rabies shots. We have to take all that documentation along, too.