Local vacation with pup

[Anonymous]

We have a 10-month old puppy and want to take a vacation but don't want to board her just yet. Looking for suggestions for a good dog friendly place to go, hotels, rental homes (what works best?). Someplace in MD or VA to get away for a few days. First dog for us, so we are new to traveling with a pooch.

[Anonymous]

Have heard good things about Deep Creek from people with dogs.

[Anonymous]

I've heard Annapolis is fun, too, but we haven't tried it with our dog. I'll be following this for suggestions.

[Anonymous]

Salamander resort is very dog friendly and so is Middleburg the surrounding town

[Anonymous]

rent a house somewhere

[Anonymous]

You can filter Airbnb by pet-friendly. Take a crate though so the dog doesn't get anxious while you're away and destroy things. New places can do that sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Hyatt Chesapeake in Cambridge MD.

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I love going to KOA campgrounds with my dog and staying in a cabin.

[Anonymous]

For dog friendly hotels, hiking trails, beaches, and restaurants with patios, the website bringfido.com has been great for planning vacations.

[Anonymous]

VA b&b wineries are usually dog friendly!

[Anonymous]

Stay at Westin in Annap all restaurants with outdoor seating and most stores downtown are dog friendly. Decent art festival on West St first Sunday of the month also.

[Anonymous]

BTW, if a hotel says it is "dog friendly" you may want to double-check and see if there's a size limitation.

I remember once, years ago, we needed to go to NYC and the Trump hotel was close to where we needed to go. I was excited to see that it prominently advertised itself as dog friendly....until I saw a VERY VERY small print footnote that said that it would only accept dogs of less than either 20 or 15 pounds (can't remember which, but my dog was easily 5 times the limit).
So there's dog friendly, and there's dog friendly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a 10-month old puppy and want to take a vacation but don't want to board her just yet. Looking for suggestions for a good dog friendly place to go, hotels, rental homes (what works best?). Someplace in MD or VA to get away for a few days. First dog for us, so we are new to traveling with a pooch.

Is your dog housebroken? Either way, it's probably easier to find a house sitter than travel with a dog.

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http://www.thefunnyfarminn.com/index.html

[Anonymous]

We did some light hiking in Western Maryland, staying near the canal route, I think, with our pup. lots of hotels were dog friendly.

And we have found good petfriendly airbnbs lots of places. If you head to a beach, make sure you know what the rules are for dogs on the beach.

FWIW, though, we slowly came to the realization that the dog was happier at home. We have a couple of dog/housesitters that we have happily used for the most part. dog gets anxious on trips.