Are there any travel groups that organize vacations for families and their dogs?
Jeffrey Kaneff Gaithersburg Blue Sky Dogs (212-531-3647, www.blueskydogsny.com) arranges weekend trips for you and your pets. A weekend in the Catskills on July 23-25, for example, starts at $385 per person double including one dog. Camp Dogwood (312-458-9549, www.campdogwood.com) operates weeklong camps for dogs and their owners in Michigan and Illinois. Resources to help you plan a trip with your pet include DogGone, a 16-page bimonthly newsletter of “pure dog travel information.” A $25 subscription also allows access to its database of 33,500 dog-friendly places to stay. Info: 970-586-9166, www.doggonefun.com. A Web-based firm is TravelDog (www.traveldog.com), which charges $4.95 for a trial one-month membership. Animal Fair, a “lifestyle magazine for animal lovers,” includes articles about traveling with pets; an eight-issue subscription costs $19.95. Books that may be helpful include “Pets on the Go: A Definitive Pet Accommodation and Vacation Guide” by Dawn and Robert Habgood (Da
