Newbie q's re: leashing, etc
Hello! My family is very new to RV'ing and we are soon-to-be new dog parents as well. We'll be bringing home a bernese mountain dog pup in a few weeks! We're also considering full timing for a y...
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colliehauler wrote:
I disagre I have yet to have a single item damaged in my house or RV by my Collies and they are left alone up to 12 hours while I'm at work. They have a dog door at home and I take them out in the RV. Since my rescue dogs are adults puppies might be a different story. Kids and dogs are are great together.
I should have said "during the puppy years" - especially during teething!!! My dogs have never done damage to our house or RV either, but they're crated until they're around 1 yr old or so, just to keep them from temptation when we're gone. With any amount of luck - a puppy would only chew up the children's toys and not the couch.
Kids and adult dogs are awesome together!! But I can see where a baby human and a baby dog can create conflicts, because when one of them needs something, they generally need it NOW. Let's say Hubby takes the older kids to a museum. Mom and the youngest are in the RV with the pup. Baby is taking a nap and pup is bouncing off the walls: there's 2 choices: wake the baby and walk the dog; or walk the dog and have a neighbor call Social Services.....
Regarding BMDs being high-energy: ALL pups are high energy. A 50 lb puppy with a case of the Zoomies in an RV is probably not near as funny as it is in a house.....
