Best Pet for travel?

[MagillaGorilla]

I thought it might be fun to share some good and bad pet traveling stories.

We travel with a chocolate Lab. She could not be easier to travel with. She never barks never has "accidents" in the MH and she is happy inside or outside. In short she is simply a joy to have along with us. Her only travel flaw is that she gets up on the couch when we are away from the camper. We end up removing the cushions and that fixes the problem. At home she never gets on the furniture.

We had a bulldog that passed past year at 13 years old (that's super old for a bulldog.) We did not travel with her because she would have been a terrible travel companion. She would have forced her way under the drivers feet for sure. There was no keeping her from where she wanted to be. Also she loved to pee in new places. Not good.

While in my travels I have seen people travel with 6 full sized Dalmatians, Parrots, cats and lizards. I bet there are some stories there.

[fivejackie]

We travel with a Henry, our full size dachshund. When he sees the MH out front of the house, he can't wait to get it. He gets into his doggy bed on the passenger side and is ready to go. Our MH has a doggy window and he will stay put for hours when we are on the road. We can leave him alone the MH with no problems or barking. The only problem he has it with sharp rocks and gravel. He's just a tender foot.

[eadeal55]

We traveled for almost 10 years with two female cocker spaniels, but now one is gone and the other is too old to travel. We leave her at the Son's house when we go out for a trip. Our Daughter and her best friend had Chihauhaus, a female and a male, and from a couple litters we obtained two females, one a toy that weights 3.5 lbs, and the other a miniature that weights 6.5 lbs. Both are good travel dogs, but we kennel them driving down the road and at night. They both like the safety and security of their kennel, and most of the time when we go looking for them, that's where they both are.

[PCarnathan]

Wow. I thought this might devolve into a "Ford-Chevy" debate. We travel with a female Bengal cat and a male domestic short hair cat. I think "domestic short hair" is a polite word for feline mutt. Both are great travelers and help keep my wife warm at night. Low maintenance and litter box trained. The cats; not my wife.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Pat in Menifee, CA
www.patcarnathan.com

[mabynack]

jdavidsmi wrote:
Our two dogs are both are well train to the lease and voice.one is a 11 lb Rat Terrier, and the other is a 90lb German Shepard. the Terrier is a great traveler loves to set on the dash and watch the world go by until the sun makes it too hot.
The Shepard on the other had is a terrible traveler, so she stays home most of the time. She gets car sick, will not go anywhere but her spot here at home, wants to hide under my feet or crawl around and behind the couch,or curl up in her crate. if she is with us and we go outside the NH she hides, almost have to drag her outside. Thank God for the neighbors boys who she loves and take care of her when we are away.
We tried taking the cat once, what a nightmare that was never again.

Had a Shepherd several years ago that had similar problems. She loved to go with us, but would drool like crazy in the truck. We drugged her and it just made groggy. It didn't stop the drooling and never made her relax. Once we got to the campground she wouldn't poop for a couple of days because she wanted to go to her spot at home. She loved to take hikes with us and was a great dog, just not cutout for travel. People were intimidated by her breed and one guy refused to let me register after he noticed her in the truck.

I've got another 100 lb Shepherd now. He's so high strung and full of energy that he would drive us crazy if he couldn't get out and run.

[jdavidsmi]

Our two dogs are both are well train to the lease and voice.one is a 11 lb Rat Terrier, and the other is a 90lb German Shepard. the Terrier is a great traveler loves to set on the dash and watch the world go by until the sun makes it too hot.
The Shepard on the other had is a terrible traveler, so she stays home most of the time. She gets car sick, will not go anywhere but her spot here at home, wants to hide under my feet or crawl around and behind the couch,or curl up in her crate. if she is with us and we go outside the NH she hides, almost have to drag her outside. Thank God for the neighbors boys who she loves and take care of her when we are away.
We tried taking the cat once, what a nightmare that was never again.

[J-Rooster]

We travel with 2 dogs (Standard Poodle & Westie) and a Yellow Naped Parrot. We never have trouble with are animals because there well trained and come from excellent bloodlines. We research before we buy an animal to see if the animal fits into our lifestyle. Our Red Standard Poodle is the Granddaughter of Cooper! Cooper is a World Champion AKC retriever and is the most decorated retriever in AKC history. Cooper was featured on Duck Dynasty Season 2 and the show led you to believe that Cylus owned Cooper, but it's actual owner is from Georgia. Our Red Poodle is a AKC Good Citizen we take her into Rest Homes for visits and is in training to be my Service dog. Our Westie barks too much (Terrier Family) but were working with him, he was a rescue dog that was mistreated before we took him over and our Parrot talks to much but is very fun and loving.

[motorhomi]

We travel with our 16yr old cat. Every year we say " This will probably be Sasha's last", she made it this year again. She will ride on the dash or in her bed and loves to look out the window. She has only escaped once on our last trip and it really scared her. Litter box is an issue but better than walking a dog in the cold and rain.

[mike_brez]

[Goldencrazy]

I have too cocker/poodles. The female is 16lbs and male 25lbs. Liter mates. Non-shedding. We would not dream of leaving them home. It is why we RV so we can take the dogs. They travel well. Female a little anxious in car or moho and male would ride on the dash if we let him. We do not tie them up outside. We walk them a lot which is good for me. When we leave them in the moho we close the shades so they can not see out and then they are quiet. If not they will bark we they see another dog walking past. I have a heat alarm that I set at 78. It is hooked to cell phone connection and calls my cell so I will know I may have an AC or electric issue. That gives me plenty of time to come back to the coach so dogs are not in jeopardy. My new coach will have the auto activate of the generator if electric goes out so that is additional backup. The dogs are spoiled as are their owners.

[T-10_Parabolic]

1968mooney wrote:
Have yet to own one but, I think a pet skunk would be ideal. Does not bark and you can put it on a leash outside, and no one will come violate your site. :B

:):):)

[btilfan]

We have a 5lb maltese she is litter trained and loves to go in the Moho. Having her litter trained works out perfect as we take a small litter box with us.

[mabynack]

I've got six dogs and only one was a good traveler and he tended to get homesick after a few weeks. It's all about the individual personality. Three of my dogs are too high-strung. One gets carsick and doesn't enjoy being away from home. The pit bull is a great dog, but many parks won't allow them and he gets homesick.

I'm thinking about driving to Alaska when I retire in a couple of years and don't think I'll take any of them. I want to be able to take some side trips and hike some of the trails in the National Parks. Most don't allow dogs and I don't want to leave them alone for 12 to 14 hours. I'll miss them and they'll miss me, but I don't think they would enjoy it.

[tbred]

I think JohnG3 had the right idea over on the pet forum, a pet pen. Although I think he was referring to a pen for pets 🙂

[fredandkathy]

The best pet to travel with is someone else's pet in the site next door. No worries.

[toedtoes]

I have the 2 dogs (85lbs each) and the parrot. The doogs aren't perfect but do well for camping (won't do RVing until they're gone). The parrot has a tendency to call his flock - and his flock calls back in all their howling glory. Fortunately he doesn't do it too often in the clipper and folks who have heard it think it's more funny than annoying.