Traveling with Nola is always more of an adventure. Flying: We try and get the bulk head seats on the plane so that we all have more space. This is great but can take a few calls to the airlines (we normally fly Delta and Alaska. Both those airlines have been wonderful). They sometimes have to move people around so try to do this as soon as you know your travel dates. When Wes's grandpa passed away we had to fly with such short notice that we didn't have time to do make special seat arrangements. Although an airline is required by law to accommodate anyone with a service animal, we chose not to take the chance that we'd be hassled or delayed so we had a couple of friends look after her. Sometimes it just isn't practical to travel with a big service dog so keep that in mind when you fly. One thing we do to prep Nola for the flight is fasting her 24 hours before the flight (no pooping on the plane!) We've never traveled far enough that she couldn't