Rv'ing with large dog. Leave alone in RV?
We've made a few trips so far that only required to leave the RV for about an hour (with A/C on). What about sightseeing at locations 15-30 minutes from your campground though? I don't like the idea...
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I have left my dogs in the RV with the A/C on for many hours. As long as 6 hours while taking the Durango - Silverton train there, and the quick bus back so that I was home as soon as possible to get the dogs out before they had to 'wait' to long! They did not make a mess.
It was a 120# Akita and 65 pound German Shorthair.
I did attach some cables to the outside of my motorhome, to make getting them outside very quick and easy. So the 3/8" eyebolts I could attach a 15' long steel plastic coated cable, with hooks on both ends. Then park, level, and get outside, hook up two cables, and they came outside right away! Ready to start smelling what new place they had arrived at!
If we where dry camping, far away from anyone, I would put a screw in stake out in the middle of a field, and tie on a 50' cable for the Akita. The German Shorthair never wandered far, at least not far enough to get lost on her way back home.
I have left the dogs in the RV with both Fantastic fans running. I had a 400 watt solar system that kept the battery full, and fans could run all night if required. The RV stays pretty cool, even on a 85F day, and the dogs 'should' be sleeping on the cold floor, not the couch or bed.. . . However there where days when dog hair was found on the couch or bed.
Have fun camping and sightseeing!
Fred.
It was a 120# Akita and 65 pound German Shorthair.
I did attach some cables to the outside of my motorhome, to make getting them outside very quick and easy. So the 3/8" eyebolts I could attach a 15' long steel plastic coated cable, with hooks on both ends. Then park, level, and get outside, hook up two cables, and they came outside right away! Ready to start smelling what new place they had arrived at!
If we where dry camping, far away from anyone, I would put a screw in stake out in the middle of a field, and tie on a 50' cable for the Akita. The German Shorthair never wandered far, at least not far enough to get lost on her way back home.
I have left the dogs in the RV with both Fantastic fans running. I had a 400 watt solar system that kept the battery full, and fans could run all night if required. The RV stays pretty cool, even on a 85F day, and the dogs 'should' be sleeping on the cold floor, not the couch or bed.. . . However there where days when dog hair was found on the couch or bed.
Have fun camping and sightseeing!
Fred.
