Our rv is packed to the gills. Shower is not used for showering,but for dog food storage. Unless you were similar size to a midget, our shower is useless. There is no room anywhere in the rv. No offense, but our animals NEVER get tied outside,nor would I ever consider tieing them anywhere. They are family memebers, all of them. We got an Rv with 2 bunks and each bunk acts as a kennel for each of the cats, unless we are in for the evening watching tv, then they have free roam on the rv til bedtime.The cats never leave the rv exept in crates to go into the suv when we are on the road. The dogs are 50 lbs each, so no where to lock them away, and I'd no sooner do that than any one would lock away a human child. They are family members, and domestic animals, not wild dogs. You give my rv way to much credit. The storage area under the seats in the dinette wouldnt even fit a dog. It's way to small an area. I'm trying to leave the rv vented and see if that cures the moisture problem. If it doesnt I'll just have to go further south.