Hi guys!My wife and I are picking up a Starcraft Comet a-frame camper next month. We've never had a camper before so there are questions everywhere. One of the reasons we wanted a camper instead of using hotels is that we want to take our two bichon frise's with us when we travel. If you don't know the breed, they are exceptionally hard to housebreak. And though ours are now housebroken, they occasionally have an accident. We're worried that while we are gone, one of them might have an accident in the camper. So what do you do to keep the urine from soaking into the floor? Lay down some plastic over the floor? This, of course, brings up another question. Is it okay to leave the dogs in the camper when we are out at a museum or such?

henkelphoto wrote:So what do you do to keep the urine from soaking into the floor?Same thing you do at home. Very little difference between an RV floor (laminate or carpet) and a floor at home. This, of course, brings up another question. Is it okay to leave the dogs in the camper when we are out at a museum or such?Depends on the behavior of your dogs, the climate you are in and how strict the campground rules are.

Most campgrounds say don't leave the dog alone but lots of people do.You want to take your dog's with you so you can leave them alone?

the few times it has happened we blot it up and spray natures miracle on the area. same thing we do at home. every so often they have an accident.

K Charles wrote:You want to take your dog's with you so you can leave them alone?K Charles, yes, horror of horrors, there are places that don't want our dogs. Even here at home, when we go out to dinner we leave the dogs at home, when we go to a museum, we leave the dogs at home. That doesn't mean that we don't spend the majority of time with them. To the others who posted, thanks for your informative posts!

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downtheroad
Explorer
Oct 21, 2015
henkelphoto wrote:
So what do you do to keep the urine from soaking into the floor?
Same thing you do at home. Very little difference between an RV floor (laminate or carpet) and a floor at home.

This, of course, brings up another question. Is it okay to leave the dogs in the camper when we are out at a museum or such?
Depends on the behavior of your dogs, the climate you are in and how strict the campground rules are.
K_Charles
Explorer
Oct 21, 2015
Most campgrounds say don't leave the dog alone but lots of people do.
You want to take your dog's with you so you can leave them alone?
NYCgrrl
Explorer
Oct 21, 2015
Pad train them?
rav
Explorer
Oct 21, 2015
the few times it has happened we blot it up and spray natures miracle on the area. same thing we do at home. every so often they have an accident.
henkelphoto
Explorer
Oct 21, 2015
K Charles wrote:
You want to take your dog's with you so you can leave them alone?

K Charles,

yes, horror of horrors, there are places that don't want our dogs. Even here at home, when we go out to dinner we leave the dogs at home, when we go to a museum, we leave the dogs at home. That doesn't mean that we don't spend the majority of time with them.

To the others who posted, thanks for your informative posts!
darsben
Explorer II
Oct 21, 2015
henkelphoto wrote:
K Charles wrote:
You want to take your dog's with you so you can leave them alone?

K Charles,

yes, horror of horrors, there are places that don't want our dogs. Even here at home, when we go out to dinner we leave the dogs at home, when we go to a museum, we leave the dogs at home. That doesn't mean that we don't spend the majority of time with them.

To the others who posted, thanks for your informative posts!

Yes and when you leave the little darlings in the camper lone they are going to bark. Then someone will go to the office and complain ad you will be asked to leave.
At least I HOE that is what would happen.
henkelphoto
Explorer
Oct 21, 2015
Okay, well that was why I asked the question. Agreed, if the dogs bark, it's bad for everyone involved.
2gypsies1
Explorer III
Oct 21, 2015
Crate-train them. They won't go in their bed :), I don't think. Your RV will be difficult to sell if the smell is there.
OutdoorPhotogra
Explorer
Oct 21, 2015
We have a pop-up and don't leave our dog in it but I second crate training. Our dogs have always slept in their crate and love it. Boxer would go in and out of the crate when she was tired until we closed the door. Silly dog.
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Oct 21, 2015
If the pee on linoleum no big deal cause you can wipe up/disinfect

BUT if they pee on carpet.....then it soaks into padding and then into the wood sub-floor.
That is NOT going to be wiped up. It will stay soaked into the wood sub-floor. It will always be there and the sub-floor could be damaged depending on the amount/frequency of them peeing there

It doesn't sound like a good camping dog breed:

The three most common behavioral issues with the Bichon Frise are: 1) housebreaking: Bichons are usually difficult to housebreak; 2) separation anxiety: most Bichons are so sociable and dependent on human companionship that they don't do well when left for long periods of time; and 3) some Bichons are barky -- and some have a high-pitched bark that can set your teeth on edge.

Peeing, anxiety, high pitched barking........ :S

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