Taking dog with us on a cross country tour
We are about to undertake a 9 week cross country trip. We may or may not be taking our border collie with us. . Are you able to leave your dog in crate in an ac trailer for a few hours as you explor...
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BB_TX wrote:
It depends on the dog. A high energy, high strung dog who barks at the slightest outside noise would be a problem. A number of times we have been near an RV with a dog or dogs that would start barking as soon as the owners left and not stop until they returned.
Our dog (and previous dog) is an older Golden. And a slug. When we leave, she goes into the darkest corner of the bedroom, tucks her face under the bedspread, and sleeps. And that is where we find her when we return. Even in a noisy park.
This^ When I was a kid, we had a family dog that went everywhere with us, cross country. When sightseeing he would curl up and sleep, or look out a window until we returned. Our current family dog is a spastic mess. The time we took her camping she started barking the second we left the trailer. White noise, radio, fan, didn't matter. She would not stop. Fortunately this was just a weekend relaxing trip so we took her with us in the car for the short errand we were going on. I was hoping for a family dog to go with us like when I was a kid, what we got was a hyper dog who throws up in the car and barks non stop the second we close the door. This is not fair to her or the neighbors. So, from then on, we have a friend house sit when we are gone and she stays home.
