Couldn't agree more. I have lil cutie pie (5lb Pomeranian). My wife works from home so she watches and feeds him. But if the both us travel we pay for premium lodging for him. ($100+ per night so he has his own room and personal and backyard to exercise). On an FO salary it'll be tough at the regional level. I was able to use open time and work my schedule to make about $70k/yr at my regional while having 13 days off. If I had to recommend a few it would be:

Skywest, Endeavor, PSA (screw their management, total PoS), Envoy, Republic. All other regionals are a no go for pet owners... or just any human as you can't live on a Mesa or Gojet salary. What a joke they are.

Another suggestion that doesn't really work for the live at home alone pet owner.

But it does work for the pet owner that travels some.

Look into house sitters. If you have 3 pets or more that would need boarding, chances are that house sitters will be cheaper. And even if they're not cheaper or you have less pets, letting your pets stay at home with someone taking care of them is way less stressful on them that putting them in a kennel.

My wife has a couple young people she keeps ready to take care of the house when we travel. They watch the house and take care of our animals. We pay them less than what boarding would cost and they get to hang out by the pool in a quiet yard away from town.

Is the dog single or the owner?

I think the owner is single but the dog is a polygamist.

Single dog owners
 

Leave them with parents until you find a roommate who likes dogs or a significant other who will watch them. I had two dogs and went through a divorce and she couldn’t take them with her. Had to get friends to stay over and watch them or sometimes board them if they couldn’t. Ended up getting roommates and then eventually remarried. It’s not easy but you don’t want to re-home old dogs. You can also ask your dog loving friends to watch them when you go on trips if you’re close enough to them and your dogs won’t destroy their house. If you don’t have a dog yet wait until you’re more settled and have a plan. If you do have to use a service pay the extra money to have a pet sitter stay at your house.

This is essentially what we do now when we travel. We pay a house sitter, which is usually just some young person my wife works with and trusts, to stay out our house in our absence. Cheaper than boarding the three dogs and WAY less stressful on them.

We did the house sitting thing once. The girl used our vacuum to clean up dog puke.

We’ve had a couple instances of “not gonna use her again!” but most have been OK, some great. When we find one we like, we tend to stick with them until they move off or something.

Sorry, not sorry that’s retarded.
13% of the US population live below the poverty line and you spend $100/night on a toy dog then complain about industry wages.
SMH.

My folks had CNAs taking care of them at home, last years. As I got ready to pull a burial suit from the closet for my dad, I realized one of them had run all of his good wool suits through the washer and drier. I was not a happy camper.