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Pet Travel Apps: How Your Phone Becomes Your Best Friend on the Road


Whether you’re journeying the world or only a remote and quaint city, exploring new sights with your beloved furry companion can be equally exciting as it can be stressful. It’s one thing when you’re traveling solo or accompanied by someone who won’t get easily lost or need all sorts of docs to cross borders and another mission when you must ensure your pet is eligible to travel unhindered.

Suppose you’ve gone through the tiresome red tape that your destination applies to pet travel; then you’re likely breathing relieved thinking that everything will be perfect. Well, we’re not here to tell you otherwise, but only to ensure that you actually boost your chances of everything going perfectly in your chosen foreign land together with your pet.

No more beating around the bush – these are the most useful and popular apps you shouldn’t leave without installing on your mobile device if you plan to travel with your pet(s).


Tractive

Want to track down your cat’s or dog’s whereabouts, spared of distance limits and such unfortunate restrictions, but any app promising this is only failing you if you're in the most need? This is anything but an isolated case for travelers with pets, for such a service requires a better infrastructure and capital investment than meets the eye. Think that your pet cannot carry and activate their location when they’re roaming around with you, and it’s probably enough of a hint on how much is going on behind those tracking apps to meet the highest expectations.

Tractive GPS for Cats and Dogs, on the other hand, is designed with the purpose of raising all the bars and helping owners monitor their furry pals without distance limitations. Besides finding their location, they can be tracked live. Furthermore, you can watch their fitness activity and levels with a few clicks. All of this data is readily and intuitively accessible, which is why there are millions of users swearing by this app.

PetDesk

An intuitive, easy-to-use app downloadable on iPod touch, iPad, iPhone, and Android, assisting you in monitoring and managing your four-legged pal’s health is more helpful than you may think. For one, an app like PetDesk (preferably, this one) helps them store all the essential data related to their pet’s health in one place, whether it’s vaccine dates, grooming times, veterinary clinics, and more.

PetDesk is a user-friendly app, which can be surprising for many platform users after they learn how little space it takes on a mobile device. You can kiss unsolicited ads and messages goodbye because you’re spared of all these, pretty much in the same way you can bid chargeable SIMs and hefty roaming fees goodbye after you discover more about the technology behind the prevalent eSIM cards.

FitBark

As far-fetched as it may seem, FitBark can be compared with the multi-purpose cutting board in your kitchen. You never use it only to chop onions; instead, you rely on it when you’re spreading cheese crème on your vegetables, cutting bread, preparing chicken parmesan rolls, and even letting your just-made prep rest.

We’re not comparing the practicalities of the app’s features with the cruciality of your favorite cutting board, but instead want to let you know that if you want a one-size-fits-all app for your doggo, the one to come closest to this title could be FitBark. This app enables you to monitor distances traveled, live activity, calories burned, sleep quality, and overall behavior and health. You can establish fitness goals for your dog depending on their weight, age, and breed, among others. Or you may simply monitor their everyday locations and activities.

Guarantee that each end of the leash is safe and satisfied with this easily installable app employed for more than just data management.

Puppr

Suppose you’ve always wanted to train your dog, or at least have them patiently respond to some of the most basic obedience commands such as “stay” or “sit,” then Puppr might do. It is imperative to teach your enthusiastic canine companion how to behave when you’re exploring unfamiliar lands and are surrounded by foreigners, distinct pet laws, safety risks and threats, and other factors that could bring about unpredictably bad outcomes.

This widely used app provides step-by-step visual instructions on how to have your barking pal do the basics, gradually scaling in the tricks’ difficulty as they tick off different tasks and challenges. On-the-go training has never been easier if you haven’t had the time or other resources to have a specialist train your doggie. This easily navigable platform with a clean layout will make searching for specific tricks as easy as ABC.

BringFido

Now installable on Android besides the already-supported iOS, BringFido combines travel and pet accommodation in one user-friendly and intuitive platform. You can explore boundless bookable places where you’re welcomed with your doggo, helping you level up your pet-accompanied travel as you may have never dreamt before.

Enough with pet animosity and all of the restrictions that you may have come across in locations that aren’t tolerant of dogs. With BringFido, you can browse dog trip directories and pet-friendly accommodations regardless of your destination and discover thousands of places where you can eat, play, sleep, and relax with your canine pal.

Pet First Aid

Unpreventable mishaps occur, and despite any preparation you may have, some accidents may leave you perplexed. The American Red Cross launched an app for the unfortunate situations that take you by surprise, like pet emergencies, and how you can respond to the most common of them.

With images, videos, texts, and sound, the app provides step-by-step guidelines for more than a dozen usual scenarios, such as pet allergic reactions, threatening dogs, or dog fights. If you need extensive pet safety advice, the app will recommend the closest pet hospital or vet through the locator, additionally offering assistance on how medications should be administered and more.

Your pet is a member of your family, so you should treat them with the same consideration as you would your loved ones when traveling to make the most out of your trip. These apps will help you meet your pet’s needs when visiting foreign lands.