Let me start out by saying that Boo Boo is the smartest, most well behaved dog we have ever had. He’s not a barker, he’s not a chewer, he’s had one accident in the house (when we first got him). He’s good. He’s good company and he’s a good traveler.

Shortly after we got Boo, we moved to Oklahoma. In his earliest days, he was staying at hotels like a champ. We stayed in La Quintas from Florida to Oklahoma, staying at the one in Tulsa for a week while we got our new house ready to live in.

On a trip to Washington to see my mom in 2008, I decided to book the Motel 6 on the way there since we would just be stopping to sleep. Well…the Motel 6 is a noisy place. We got no sleep because Boo was on alert. At the end of three long days of driving with virtually no sleep at night, we arrived like zombies in Forks, WA. Appropriate, I’m sure. 😉

On the way back from that trip, I booked us, once again, into the La Quintas. On that trip, we stopped one night at the hotel in Caldwell, ID. I was so touched to receive a dog biscuit for Boo along with a little poem saying how welcome he was.

Boo has stayed in the La Quinta in Nashville, TN and, most recently, Lincoln, NE. All good experiences.

When we got back to Little Rock last week, we chose to stay in the Studio Plus because we were going to be there for several days and, because traveling with a dog makes restaurant eating a little difficult, we were happy to have the availability of a kitchen.

The hotel was disgusting. I tried not to complain. As long as Boo and I were inside and didn’t touch too much in the kitchen, it was okay. But I was never so happy to leave a hotel!

When David checked out, the lady at the desk gave him grief about having a dog in the room. What? The hotel website said it was pet friendly.

It made me mad. To my way of thinking, that non-smoking hotel should be more concerned about the woman on the first floor who had taken her screen out of the window and was sitting in it smoking. Or emptying the many overflowing garbage cans (click the word disgusting above for photos) throughout the property.  Or maybe even about the other dogs that were barking endlessly. But Boo Boo? Boo was the least of her concerns.

In the future, we’ll be staying at the La Quinta hotels when we travel with Boo. We know he’s accepted and we like staying at this hotel brand. La Quinta truly is pet friendly. 🙂