Disaster Strikes

One of our dogs had a bad habit of jumping onto the driver's seat and putting her front paws on top of all of the switches that were just below the side window-including the brake release knob. Stuck a clothes pin just underneath the brake release pin which prevented it from being depressed; also found a long, rectangular odds & ends type of bowl that, when placed upside down, fit nicely over all of the switches and prevented the dog from being able to depress any of them. Of course, it didn't stop the dog from jumping up and hitting one of our propane stove dials in the middle of the night one night, turning on the propane and just about gassing us... but, alas I digress.

I use a simply spring clamp. Used the Dremel to whittle down the clamps so it would fit. Works for me....glad no one was injured....how are the dogs?....Dennis

If you already have them on Photobucket, you can copy the URL and post it, someone will take time to make it into a readable image.

You can also use the "Advanced Post" and look for the little postcard looking thingy, and then click on that. This will open a subroutine.

On the subroutine, it asks for the URL of the photo, and height and width. Do not exceed 600 wide. Normally I do 500 high and 600 wide.

The URL is on Photobucket.

Click on a photo on Photobucket (it really helps to have two screens open at this point). Go to the point where it says URL. Copy to your clipboard CTRL C

Then go back to the subroutine, click on the URL line, click on CRTL V to paste the photobucket URL. hit tab, enter height 500 (tab) width 600 and tab to finish or click on finish.

Then hit enter a couple of times, enter any text that you might want. If you want another picture, click on the photobucket link, copy another URL link. (you want the URL Link that ends in .jpg You do NOT want the URL Link that starts in IMG and ends in .jpg IMG )

Then click on Rv.net page, and click on the postcard thingy, enter the URL on the top line (CTRL V) and tab, 500 tab 600 tab tab (to finish) and click enter.

More text or at least hit enter a couple of times, so that the pictures are stacked, not side by side.

I can only wonder how the dogs could have gotten the emergency brake loose? I can understand them double teaming up on the brake pedal and shift knob, but not the parking brake lever?

BTW Most cars do not require the brake pedal to be depressed while shifting out of park when the engine is off. However they do require the key in the ignition to shift out of park. This 'safety' feature is so that if the brake light fuse is out, you will be able to set the parking brake, shut off the engine, shift from park to N and then restart the engine. At that point you could shift to R or D and drive someplace, but after shifting to P, then without working brake lights, you would not be able to shift back out of park.

I guess if you have air brakes, then the paws can push down on the yellow lever, and release the air brakes. There is no park position in most air brake transmissions. Perhaps a collar around the air brake push button will keep it from being pushed? That could be a new RV accessory for dog owners. . .

You probably could take a milk cap, and fabricate something in a couple of minutes with a utility knife. Cut a hole in the center, then slice one side, so that is is open on one side. Then slip it under the yellow parking brake lever. This should prevent it from being pushed in by paws.

Good luck!

Fred.