Difficulties with Pets and RVing
There are quite a few messages referencing pets and traveling in RV's. However, not many that advise the problems that ensue when taking a dog on a trip. We are considering purchasing a fairly small C...
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There are a few problems with taking your dog RVing, though (assuming they are among the 95% who LOVE to travel with their owners)
You start referring to your RV in oblique terms: my dogs fully understood what the motorhome was, so we referred to it, when planning trips, as the " big white recreational vehicle"
They also recognize the packing routine. The minute you start - they are generally glued to your side; and if they manage to get inside the RV - they aren't coming out. My dogs even recognize the set of keys to the RV. For final packing, it was easier to simply put the dogs in the RV, rather than listen to them pace and whine softly. My Aussie was the worst - he knew the whole routine, including the phone call to make reservations for the evening's stay. If we were still driving, say, an hour after the magic phone call, he'd sit next to the driver and bump their arm with his head, as if to say "Are we there yet?"
And upon arrival at your site - the first chore is walk the dogs so they can have a good sniff of everything and check the place out. After that, then you can finish setting up the RV.....LOL!
You start referring to your RV in oblique terms: my dogs fully understood what the motorhome was, so we referred to it, when planning trips, as the " big white recreational vehicle"
They also recognize the packing routine. The minute you start - they are generally glued to your side; and if they manage to get inside the RV - they aren't coming out. My dogs even recognize the set of keys to the RV. For final packing, it was easier to simply put the dogs in the RV, rather than listen to them pace and whine softly. My Aussie was the worst - he knew the whole routine, including the phone call to make reservations for the evening's stay. If we were still driving, say, an hour after the magic phone call, he'd sit next to the driver and bump their arm with his head, as if to say "Are we there yet?"
And upon arrival at your site - the first chore is walk the dogs so they can have a good sniff of everything and check the place out. After that, then you can finish setting up the RV.....LOL!
