Thanks to Albert Maruggi for shooting and sharing the below video and post with us. Disclaimer: Albert is an independent consultant for Verizon. He was supplied devices to use during his trip, but the opinions and methods for using these devices are his own and were not edited by Verizon. 

Our family of five children has also included dogs for more than 20 years. When the time is right, we introduce a new puppy as the top dog in the house. This creates a good transition for our family and has oddly given a bit of a spark to our older dog.

Part of this ritual is a family road trip with a learning expedition about different dog breeds. We used a ton of technology on our recent journey of more than 500 miles around the upper Midwest – from Minnesota to South Dakota, Iowa and back.

We used a Samsung Galaxy 7.7 tablet on the Verizon network, which has extensive coverage in the rural areas of the states we drove through. We also had a Motorola Droid RAZR on hand. Several mobile apps provided great reading along the way, including Petsie Dog Breeds, Puppy Training and PetSocial. (more…)