Valeria Caceres-Gil, senior manager of admissions and matchmaking at the ASPCA Adoption Center, gives some tips on how to prepare your pet for a road trip. 

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Cheddar Paws: Preparing for a Road Trip With Your Dog 

Welcome to Cheddar News. I'm Anna Do from Cheddar Studios in New York City. Thanks. Happy Friday. Friends are Baker and Memorial Day Weekend is kicking off which means more people are traveling and bringing their pets. Like along today on Cheddar pause. We have Laria from the E S PC A who's here with Libby to tell us how to have fun with our four legged friends. Welcome. And I want to introduce you as well. This is the handler for Libby because Libby is very excited to she's looking for a home. Tell us more about Libby. Yeah. So is three years old and she says she is very excited to be here. Uh She has a little bit of puppy energy, although she's three years old, we think that she would be a fit for most families, but she will need a home that will help her to exercise, to get some of that energy out and she clearly just loves people, loves attention, loves giving kisses. A lot of people traveling this long weekend with their pets. What should dog owners keep in mind when vacationing with their dogs this weekend? So I think one of the, the, the best things to keep in mind is to plan ahead. Right. Always plan ahead if you're traveling by car, if you're doing a road trip, um, make sure that you bring your bed break with you, make sure that you bring, uh, your pet bed. Um, make sure you bring your food, uh, water balls, toys, everything that will make, uh, your dog feel comfortable, whatever it is that you're going, if you're traveling by plane, uh, check, uh, with your airlines to see if your pet can travel with you if you need a health certificate or if the pet needs to travel in the cargo area, uh, waiting times, all that kind of stuff. It's, it's good to keep in mind if you're traveling and in case there is a medical emergency, just in case, um, what should people do, who do they contact when they're traveling? So it's a good idea to always have save on your phone. Uh, if you're, if you know where you're going to plan ahead and just look at the veterinary emergency centers in the, close to the area where you're traveling and save those numbers on your phone. Uh, the same thing, a good number to keep on your phone if you're like hiking or if you're going camping. Um, the A S PC A, uh, poison, uh, number, uh, poison control number is also a good, uh, good team to keep on your, um, as where I wanna give Libby a lot of little treat over here. Here you go, sweetheart. She is getting so much attention and food today, which is so good and by the way, her, her coat is so incredibly soft and she is like so much energy. She's so sweet. Uh Valeria, how can people sort of prepare for the locations they're going to this weekend that they're traveling to are safe and suitable for dogs. Uh Plan ahead check uh check websites if you're like, for example, going camping, just check the website of the camp that where you're going make phone calls. If you're staying at a hotel, call, the hotel ahead, make sure that if you have to have any restrictions of size or weight, um just plan ahead, make sure that you have everything prepared. So when you get there, you don't, you don't find any surprises. What do you do if your dog or cat is a nervous traveler? Not, she doesn't seem very nervous at all. They will be happy to jump in the car and go for a, for a road trip. Um But uh talk to your vet, right, talk to your vet. Uh make a, just call your vet before you make any plan, any travel arrangements and see if your pet will need some sort of medication to travel or anything. Anything very, very, very quickly. If somebody is interested in Libby, where do they go to find out more information about her at A S PC A dot org slash adopt and they can see a list of all the animals that we have for adoption there. Thank you so much there, Gail and Neil with AD A S PC A and of course, Libby. Yes, indeed. And coming up guys, a graduating class got a big surprise at their commencement ceremony yesterday. We got the details coming up next.