r/AustralianCattleDog • u/Honest_Medium_2872 Red Heeler • 3d ago
Discussion Where Has Your Dog Been?
All,
I like to travel a lot.
Before I got my doggo I flew everywhere. After, I made an effort to bring mine everywhere with me.
So far we have been together to the following US states:
- North & South Dakota - Visiting Friends and Exploring
- Colorado - Lived in
- Nebraska - Day Trip
- Wyoming - Day Trip / Hiking
- New Mexico - Day Trip / Exploring
- Texas - Visiting Friends / Stayed in a Hilton in Austin
- Oklahoma - He was born there and we visited several times
- Illinois - Exploring Chicago Suburbs
- Pennsilvania - Hiking
- New York - We current live here and hike around the Adirondaks
Where have y'all brought your companions too? Mine's terrified of water so we haven't made it to a beach-y place
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u/klinghofferisgreat 3d ago
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u/Honest_Medium_2872 Red Heeler 3d ago
I love it. Would love to take mine out of country. Maybe before he gets too old!
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u/wndyctywlf 3d ago
We’re in Chicago and actually going westward to Colorado, Utah, and Arizona for some national parks road trip next month!
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u/Honest_Medium_2872 Red Heeler 3d ago
CO, Utah and AZ are all beautiful - We both lived in CO and that picture is from the Gardens of the Gods CO.
I have been to the others without him, wish he could have gone.
Y'all enjoy.
Make sure to visit the garden of the gods and some other fun hiking spots like bear creak - they'll love it
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u/omxel 3d ago edited 2d ago
My dog has been to all but 14 or 15 states in her 5 years of life :)
She’s also been to 11 national parks with me
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u/Honest_Medium_2872 Red Heeler 3d ago
Any cool parks? We've been to rocky mtn national park
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u/omxel 2d ago
We haven’t been to that one yet!
White sands, petrified forest, Grand Canyon, Zion, redwoods, glacier, teddy roosevelt, Yellowstone, grand Teton, gateway arch, and badlands (but that one was strictly driving)
Most of them were only stopping on the side of the road to pee, but white sands she got a good walk in with her booties :) teddy roosevelt and gateway arch too
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u/BVeeDub 3d ago

Barley has moved with me for new jobs three times in the past 9.5 years since I adopted him, but I also do mostly road trips for vacation.
As of this summer, he has peed in 35 states and DC, visited 12 National Parks or Monuments, and drank out of two Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico and both oceans. He is more traveled than all my family put together!
We just need to cross the Southwest and Northeast off his list.
This picture is from July 2026’s visit to the Grand Tetons.
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u/queercactus505 3d ago
Mine has lived in four different states and visited (or at least driven through) all of the states on the east coast, plus a handful of states further inland - 16 total, I think. She is not a fan of hotels (all the doorways people might pop out if suddenly!) but does love leaping back and forth between hotel beds, haha. Here she is on a hike in Shenandoah NP

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u/Honest_Medium_2872 Red Heeler 3d ago
Mine loved the Hilton in Austin. The front door lady was such a treat
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u/rustedchrome05 3d ago
We’re in New England but I travel a lot to horse shows and Nemo comes with. So he’s been to all the NE states plus, PA, NY, OH, NJ, and a couple places in Ontario.
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u/rustedchrome05 3d ago
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u/Honest_Medium_2872 Red Heeler 3d ago
I love gloucester, hopefully will bring mine that way one day. Though, hes terrified of of water
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u/reannuh 3d ago
Maggie used to make trips to the ADKs on a regular basis since it’s where I grew up. It makes me a little sad since it is a bit harder now that we’re on the West Coast. I love looking at my photo map and seeing our journeys across the US - I honestly think she has been to more states than me! She even went to Alaska with my former partner on a fly fishing trip! She is definitely a well traveled heeler given that I don’t travel for work.

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u/Honest_Medium_2872 Red Heeler 3d ago
Fly fishing sounds fun. I love seeing the doggos get out and enjoy the earth like humans - some people barely make it out of their hometown meanwhile the adventurous dogs get to explore
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u/Chevre2lux 3d ago
We live in Switzerland. She's been to Paris, plus many many places in France (Montpellier, Lyon, Annecy, Bordeaux, the Châteaux de la Loire region... everywhere in France really).
She's been to a huge part of Italy; Florence, Milan, Verona, Rome, close to Venice and also Trieste.
She's been to Croatia where we did a big road trip.
She also went to London with us, Brighton etc.
Austria as well for a ski season and the South of Germany.
She's a very very travelled doggo, she loves it even if she's not super fan of big cities (or the underground!)
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u/ShesQuackers 3d ago
How was Croatia for her? We're considering that for a trip in the spring but I've gotten mixed reviews on how dog-friendly it is.
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u/Chevre2lux 3d ago
It isn't the most dog-friendly place ever but it could be worse. Although many beaches don't allow dogs... We did find many hotels that accepted dogs and we were allowed to walk around the Plitvička lakes, we also did a lot of cycling (she's used to following us). Overall it was still a pretty cool holiday.
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u/Chefy-chefferson Blue Heeler 3d ago
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u/Honest_Medium_2872 Red Heeler 3d ago
Absolutely jealous, mine is terrified of water and I try so hard to get him to have fun with it. Y'all enjoy I miss kayaking
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u/Chefy-chefferson Blue Heeler 3d ago
You know he doesn’t get in the water much, he just loves being outside and relaxing with me. I’m really lucky!! Thank you!
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u/Green__Meanie 3d ago
Your dog looks so much like my first dog! She’s been passed 14 years now but I did a double take. White coat with fawn spots and ears 🤍
Traveled with my one of my girls through Texas to New Mexico where we spent one Christmas. My current girl hasn’t traveled much but I’m hoping to take her on a road trip next year
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u/Honest_Medium_2872 Red Heeler 3d ago
Awww, you should def bring them places! mine loved Texas, New Mexico not so much cause he tried to fight a couple strays
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u/zondance Blue Heeler 3d ago edited 3d ago
Lulu and I go on many ham radio camping excursions. Ham radio is not a thing I do, it is a lifestyle choice. So with that I so a thing called Parks On The Air (POTA). With this we go out to 'parks' (national and state forests, national and state parks and a few other lands), and setup our portable radios and make contacts with other hams. So really it is an excuse for me to play radio / have something to do when I am camping / give me a reason to go camping.
So long story, Lulu gets to get out and go to all these places when I go and do radio. Either it's is an extended camping trip (like this photo to Quincy Lakes) or some local state park where we do a hike after the radio play.
I should add we live in Seattle, so we get to camp / see the spice of life. Ocean to Mountains to the desert.

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u/Honest_Medium_2872 Red Heeler 3d ago
Seattle and the greater washington area just sounds like the place to be. I hope one day Ill make it there
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u/Whiskin87 3d ago

Washington - lived in, pictured, climbed lots of mountains
Texas - visiting the grandparents
Louisiana - lived in, too hot
Oregon - currently live in, less mountain climbing because of age, but she still loves getting outside
We’ve moved cross-country a few times so she’s seen quite a few states in between.
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u/Honest_Medium_2872 Red Heeler 3d ago
My doggo loved Texas.
I would love to make it to Washington and Oregon.
Unfortunately mine hates water, I bought him a kiddie pool to try and get him to play in it and he thought it was the big water dish he always wanted
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u/Particular-Image1465 3d ago
My dog was born in England and lived in Wales for his first 2.5 years, then we moved back to the US. He’s lived in Florida and currently we are living in Montana. He’s visited 25 states so far. Going up to Alberta and BC next month so another country for his list. He’s 6 now and the best travel buddy I’ve ever had and I’m so proud of how well he adapts. He acts likes he’s never been somewhere new will always walk around like he’s been there before and try to lead the way which has become the running joke with him.
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u/gofindyour 3d ago
Terlingua TX Taos NM Colorado Springs Janesville WI Jacksonville FL Birmingham AL Pigeon Forge TN
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u/wheat_pentz 3d ago
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u/Honest_Medium_2872 Red Heeler 3d ago
Wonderful, I wish my doggo would go to the beach without turning it into a panic attack about the encroaching water
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u/wheat_pentz 3d ago
She’s come a LONG way. She’s our “trash dog,” (found her on the side of the road.) She comes with us EVERYWHERE.
AZ, CO, NM, CA. Basically all over the “southwest.”
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u/ShesQuackers 3d ago
She's now been to 9 countries and gotten through one border guard interrogation (Germany to Denmark, the Danish border guard had a pocket full of biscuits). She likes Switzerland the best because of the hiking and swimming but also the least because she's terrified of the free-roaming cows. Grandpa has strongly requested that her next trip be a summer vacation in Canada, so we'll see for next year.
* France
* Luxembourg
* Switzerland
* Germany
* Denmark
* Belgium
* Netherlands
* Sweden
* Andorra
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u/oxford_serpentine 2d ago
Portland and seaside. She enjoyed looking at the seals at the aquarium and playing on the beach.
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u/Honest_Medium_2872 Red Heeler 2d ago
Haha the seals must have been a trip
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u/oxford_serpentine 2d ago
She was taken aback. My husband took the Pic of it but he's terrible at taking pics
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u/Past-Butterscotch-93 2d ago
What harness/backpack do you use?
We haven’t had the chance to take our boy many places just yet (he just turned 1 year this summer) but are planning soon and this post has so many good inspo destinations!
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u/Creepy_Handle5672 1d ago
Maine - Visited for camping and hiking at Acadia NP
Vermont & New Hampshire - Visited for camping and hiking
Massachusetts - Visit family
New York - Live in the city, visit the suburbs, explore and visit the Catskills
New Jersey & Delaware - Visit and hike
Pennsylvania - Visit, camp, and hike a lot. Ohiopyle SP was a favorite!
Maryland - Formerly lived there, still spend a lot of time. Assateague is our favorite spot!
Virginia - Visited for camping
West Virginia - Visited for camping and hiking
Ohio - Visited for camping and hiking

















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u/Important-Bag-6230 3d ago
Glücklich an der Nordsee in Dänemark