How to protect your animals left in RV...

goufgators wrote:
My wife and I travel with three small dogs. We often have to leave them in the MH when we are away going to dinner or making other runs where taking the dogs is not possible. Been concerned about what would happen to them (the dogs) should my wife and I be involved in an automobile accident or some other event in which we might be unable to inform anyone about the dogs back in the MH. Do any of you animal owners have concerns like this about your 'kids' and, if so, do you have a means devised to protect them in the event of your inability to make it back to the RV? Would appreciate your thoughts about this. Thanks! / Larry

We are leaving on our first voyage in our new rv in 2 weeks so this was good question for us as well. We have one dog that is our family now that the 2 legged ones are grown.

After reading this I will make it a point to email each of my 2 kids every day with the location, lot number and main phone number of the campground we are staying at. We already have laminated emergency contact info cards we carry 24/7 with our kids cell numbers on them.

Thank you for asking this question. We hadn't thought about this possible situation before and now we can address it before we travel.

Barbara

This would probably help to inform people at the RV Park, in the case of fire or other event that happens when you are not present:
Just hang the sign outside your door when you are going to be away.
We have also let the RV park owner know that we have a dog in the coach and that we will be gone for a period of time during the day so that they are aware of our daily travel plans.

good idea about the "current" location/pet info in the wallet. we also keep a collar on our old english sheep dog when we travel (the collar has identifying info/phone numbers) - i figure in the event of an issue where our dog runs (accident) or becomes separated from us, someone will know how to get a hold of us.

as for the sticks and bricks...ive got neighbors that know us well enough to know we have a dog.

regarding the dog in the coach -

I have a sign that i put in the window (red construction paper with YELLOW letters on it) "IN CASE OF EMERGENCY CALL: xxx.xxx.xxxx"

I also recently installed a generator auto-start. The autostart will start the generator if shore power is lost and the temperature in the coach gets "too hot" or "too cold" (user programable). The auto-start will also start the generator if the batteries get "too low"

The same thing can happen in your S&B (wheel-less house). What are your arrangements in that case?

We carry a small piece of paper with our wallet ID that shows where we are currently staying including site # with the dog info as well and keep our regular family contact info close by. Has just become part of our to dos upon arrival to change the info out.

I worry about a fire in my RV when my dogs and kenneled and I am away. I have started turning off all gas appliances when I am gone. If I am boondocking -I'll even turn the fridge off (gas kicks in when not plugged in" and leave it for a few hours until I get back. Sometimes we take the dogs in the car (kenneled) and look for restaurants with big windows and parking up close so we can watch them. Don't have an easy answer to your question though. Good post.