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zelah · 07-22-2011, 08:31 AM

We are headed to Destin FL with Sophie and Izzie for the first time!! We found a pet friendly condo and couldn't pass up the deal. Any suggestions as they have never seen sand or water but I just can NOT leave them at home so its our first official family vacation! Soo excited but wondering what to bring for them and what to expect. Any suggextions would be helpful.

chachi · 07-22-2011, 09:14 AM

Make sure to bring them fresh water and maybe a little food. Treats are good to. Make sure to bring poop bags to pick up poop

MollysMum54 · 07-22-2011, 09:40 AM

plenty of towels as your girls will need baths/showers if they go in the sea and on the sand.
Make sure you take more than one harness, so you can change it after they have been in the sea.
I always take my girls beds with us to make them feel at home at night time.

Bentleys Momma · 07-22-2011, 09:58 AM

My add to the other suggestions is to take a canopy or something that you can set up to provide them with plenty of shade. The sun at the beach can be brutal. Also the dry sand can get hot on their feet so be careful of their paws.

Have fun!

BLADE · 07-22-2011, 09:27 PM

I live on the Gulf Coast, and over here, we're careful about jelly fish stings. They don't have to be alive to hurt, touch a dead one and your skin will be burning! Benadryl and distilled white vinegar are musts on any trip we take.

Have fun!!!!!

kjcmsw · 07-22-2011, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by zelah

We are headed to Destin FL with Sophie and Izzie for the first time!! We found a pet friendly condo and couldn't pass up the deal. Any suggestions as they have never seen sand or water but I just can NOT leave them at home so its our first official family vacation! Soo excited but wondering what to bring for them and what to expect. Any suggextions would be helpful.

Shampoo and conditioner --- mine went crazy first trip to the beach...digging and playing in the sand. Was great fun - so I couldn't stop them from enjoying themselves --- but oh the sand embedded in their hair ;-( --- so baths as soon as we got back to where we were staying.
Maybe a retractable leash...so they have some digging room but not so long that you can't snatch them back quickly...one of mine almost attacked a big dog on the beach - could have turned out badly.
video of them digging --- they will nearly bury themselves!!!

McheleM · 07-22-2011, 11:51 PM

We had to get a life jacket- silky girl jumped off a boat into the ocean!!!

07-22-2011, 08:31 AM	#1
zelah Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: southern ill Posts: 168	we are going to the beach for the first time We are headed to Destin FL with Sophie and Izzie for the first time!! We found a pet friendly condo and couldn't pass up the deal. Any suggestions as they have never seen sand or water but I just can NOT leave them at home so its our first official family vacation! Soo excited but wondering what to bring for them and what to expect. Any suggextions would be helpful.

07-22-2011, 09:14 AM	#2
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	Make sure to bring them fresh water and maybe a little food. Treats are good to. Make sure to bring poop bags to pick up poop __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

07-22-2011, 09:40 AM	#3
MollysMum54 YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: England,UK Posts: 1,176	plenty of towels as your girls will need baths/showers if they go in the sea and on the sand. Make sure you take more than one harness, so you can change it after they have been in the sea. I always take my girls beds with us to make them feel at home at night time. __________________ Saving one dog doesn't change the world, but it changes the world for that dog.

07-22-2011, 09:58 AM	#4
Bentleys Momma YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 793	My add to the other suggestions is to take a canopy or something that you can set up to provide them with plenty of shade. The sun at the beach can be brutal. Also the dry sand can get hot on their feet so be careful of their paws. Have fun! __________________ "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." — Will Rogers

07-22-2011, 09:27 PM	#5
BLADE YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 251	I live on the Gulf Coast, and over here, we're careful about jelly fish stings. They don't have to be alive to hurt, touch a dead one and your skin will be burning! Benadryl and distilled white vinegar are musts on any trip we take. Have fun!!!!! __________________ Team Kimbo

07-22-2011, 11:51 PM	#7
McheleM Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Mesquite, TX Posts: 2,659	We had to get a life jacket- silky girl jumped off a boat into the ocean!!! __________________ "You've never learned to live until you've done something for someone for which they can never repay you."~Ralph Hall.