Don’t fill your pet’s crate with toys

Giving your pet lots of toys to play with at home is a good thing—but on long car trips it’s a different story. Packing every toy your pet loves into their crate takes up what little room they have to themselves.

If the crate is too full, it can be impossible for them to move around and adjust their position. “Yes, you want them to be comfortable, but also you don’t want to fill that crate up,” Bernal says. “So almost less is more.”