Dog In Camper

Happytraveler wrote:

richclover wrote:
We got one of these for the house and will get another for next year in the camper.

Works great!

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RV “deal”, lower left. Looks like $20 off promo.

We have Sensoredlife, too. When we're not RVing we use it in our house. We have the plan $99.00 a year. The unit is really dependable.

We’ll leave one in the house, along with the alarm system, for time away and get another unit to watch the camper and pups while we’re away.

You shoulda seen the graphs after I “tested” the sensor by unplugging it and putting it in the kitchen freezer for 10 minutes!

Works great... email alerts within 5 minutes.

richclover wrote:
We got one of these for the house and will get another for next year in the camper.

Works great!

https://www.sensoredlife.com/#/promotions?pid=RV

www.sensoredlife.com

RV “deal”, lower left. Looks like $20 off promo.

We have Sensoredlife, too. When we're not RVing we use it in our house. We have the plan $99.00 a year. The unit is really dependable.

Hey Dutch,
Dogs were probably barking at that cat! LOL

We take our chow / lab mix with us all the time. In fact, he loves to come along and we love to have him along. He's 108 pounds so not a small pup.

Couple things. We leave him alone at him all the time when we go say shopping but he has his 'special place' to stay when we are gone, in this case the bedroom on his dog bed. We take his bedroom dog bed along in the camper so he has a familiar place that he knows is his.

AC on, we don't have ac in our unit and we leave the windows open (with screens of course.

We have a truck camper so space is at a premium anyway. Our pup sleeps on the floor in front of the dining table...

We use collapsable dog bowls for water and food.

We use a retractable dog leash and tie him out when he's outside with it (attached to the camper). We never leave him outside alone.

When travelling, he rides in the backseat (we have a 4 door truck with a full sized backseat), window slightly open so he can get his snout out but thats it. You should never allow a dog to have his head out, they get gunk in their eyes and ears when riding with their heads out....

When we stop at a rest area we let him relieve himelf and we always carry Walmart plastic shopping bags with us to pick up the poop. real simple, no touch and easily disposable in the trash at any rest area. We do the same when camping but we always camp disbursed (never in a campground, we don't like crowded camping).

He's a great companion and with a little common sense, having a pup along is not any inconvenience, in fact, it's a plus.

I travel with my Keeshond and have always left him with the A/C on with no problem. I usually have some one I trust to walk him if I should be gone an extended period of time.

Should I be gone over nite or several days, I kennel him.

BB_TX wrote:
...But they have always been very quiet and calm Goldens. We would take them for a walk first and they retire to a dark corner for a nice nap. And still asleep when we return. ....

Well, you may THINK this, but you really don't know.

We had 2 dogs, but smaller, in the 20 pound range. At the camper they appeared to always be calm and quite comfortable. We'd even leave them in the camper and go outside for walk and see what they'd do. They never barked. You'd never know they were there.

Then one day, I suggested to the wife we leave one of our cell phones in the camper dialed into our other cell phone and go to a restaurant. Total time away from the camper would have been probably an hour. We could listen to what was actually happening inside the camper when we were TRULY away.

We said our good-byes to the doggies and out the door we went. We started up the truck and gone.

It wasn't more than 30 seconds after we pulled away they both started barking. We thought they'd stop. They barked the entire time we were gone. We returned about an hour later, still barking, we could hear on the phone.

As soon as we pulled up to the camper, they stopped. We went inside and there they were, both laying there just sweet as pie.

We figure they heard the sound of the truck and knew it was us coming. As soon as they recognized the truck engine, they quieted down again.

We NEVER left any of our dogs alone in the camper again after that. We've been through a couple more dogs since then, and they always go with us. We alter our activities so someone is always with the dogs.

At home, they are very, very, very seldom ever alone either.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Has the dog been on camping trips before?

So taking the dog along really depends on how well the dog responds.


And when you get back to camper have the courtesy to check with neighbors on HOW the dog reacted.......and ask them to be truthful.
Many folks think their dog is well behaved when they are gone....but they are gone so they don't REALLY know.

This is the best answer so far - we never leave ours because they sometimes bark when they hear outside noises. We have had many experiences with other dog owners that leave the dogs, and the dogs carry on the whole time they are gone ...... I usually mention it, and then I am considered "the grumpy old guy over there"

We got one of these for the house and will get another for next year in the camper.

Works great!

https://www.sensoredlife.com/#/promotions?pid=RV

www.sensoredlife.com

RV “deal”, lower left. Looks like $20 off promo.

You could always find a petsitter, or board the dog when there is an occasional activity that it can't participate in. We leave ours in our rv with appropriate ac or heat, but try not be be away more than 2-3 hrs at a time.

We leave our dog in our coach with AC on when we sightsee. Our only concern is a power failure. I use a free app called Presence. You need an extra cell phone connected to wifi or activated to use carrier data. Presence will allow you to monitor video and audio remotely. We leave one phone in the coach pointed towards a thermometer so we can monitor temp changes. We can also hear the AC running and hear if our dog is barking. Leave the phone in the coach plugged into a charger as the video feature uses a lot of battery power.Try it.