travel with dog in trailer?
Anyone travel with your pets in the trailer while underway? (This assumes the trailer temp will be at a comfortable level). I'm thinking I might give it a try.
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Tal/IL wrote:
I believe the OP referenced his 5th wheel. We have a Class A. But, I have hauled bird dogs and retrievers all over several states in truck bed dog boxes and dog trailers with no issues. I'm sure a crate inside a 5th wheel would be fine.
You are talking about "trained dogs that you hunt with".
Your hunting dogs are born, raised, trained and exposed to traveling as such from the day they hit the ground running! :W
The poor pampered "house pet" that only knows the comforts of a couch inside the house and perhaps a trip or two in the lap of its owner in a car........will absolutely freak out being thrown in an empty new to them strange trailer. Furniture in the TT or not it will be a very stressful situation for them.
Training and exposing dogs to a way of travel is one thing. Just taking a house pet and throwing them alone for hours in what 'to them' is a big scary box on wheels bouncing down the road certainly is just not something that should be done.
If one is bound and determined to do so at least do it the more humane way and put the dog IN a crate in the TT and drive around the block. Bring it back and assure the dog evertthing is ok. Then do this for a week or so and then increase the distance a little bit each day.
At least the dog will know that you WILL come back for them. Just throwing the dog in and going on a long trip the dog has no idea what is happening to him and or that you will ever return for him.
They are not humans their thought process is way different than ours.
