Having dog is realy troublesome as you mentioned. We have had dogs for almost all our life. There is a long interesting story about dogs and our life. I will tell you about it, but being dog indeed restrict our life. So,it is a matter of selection among our life.

This is the story about dogs in our life. I will tell you about it " little by little".

Now, we have an old small dog. She is 16 years old female Maltese dog.
You know, 16 years old is just like 80 years old of mankind.

We used to have another dog, besides this small one.
That was a male and much lager than one which we have now . He was a mixed white smart dog. But unfortunately he died 4 years ago. He took care of small one very well.

We traveled around in Japan, of course I meant “traveled with dogs”.
We traveled by car even to Hokkaido and Kyushu. ( yes indeed it was long time ago).
When we went to Kyushu, small one was just one year old. We went to Kyushu by ferry from Kobe. And go to Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, and southern part of Miyazaki. And from Shibushi to Kobe we used ferry again on the way back home.
During staid in Kyushu, we lodging in tent sometimes, and when my wife and I lodged in an inn or hotel they staid in the car. In such occasions, he took car of her. So, we could go around anywhere as long as we could go by car.