Morning Cuddle – TravellerDog Wakes up in a New Country

Are you a morning- or an evening person? My mama is a morning person and I’m definitely an evening dog!

In the mornings I’m very tired and mama usually wakes me up with a gentle caress. We have made it a habit to cuddle a bit each morning before getting out of bed. As mama pets me, I lick her hand and give her fingers some light chewing. I like to chew her fingers, because her body temperature and the energy in her hand tells me a lot about how she is doing. As a dog it’s my duty to keep track of how she is doing, right?

So by being caressed and by drearily chewing and licking mamas hands, I slowly wake up. It’s not a bad way to start the day and prepare for all the adventures of the new day, and mama seems to like it too.

Note from mama: Anyone wondering how Pompe is with all the traveling and waking up in new places? He loves it! Every time we come to a new place, he curiously walks around, back and forth sniffing everything. He loves meeting new people and new animals.

He is fast to notice when I’m packing a travel bag and follows my every move when I’m packing. I have traveled a few times without him, and he hates being left behind, so the moment I take out his flight travel-box, he happily waves his little tail in relief and gets in a much better mood. He understands that he is going somewhere and will sniff new smells and make new friends.

Here’s how I prepared him for traveling when I first started traveling with him.