Traveling w/dog & your hospitalization
When my DH had a stroke on a trip in 2007 on Thanksgiving weekend, we did not have the RV with us but did have our two labs with us. He ended up in hospital and I had to find someone to care for the d...
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In an RV it wouldn't be nearly such a problem. As others have said, probably someone (or many someones) in the campground would be willing to help. Or you could find a pet sitter to come a few times a day.
Without an RV, and on a holiday weekend (as in your original scenario) I'm sure it would be much harder. Without knowing the exact circumstances I can't say what we would have done, but some possibilities --
Since you said it was on Thanksgiving, I assume the weather was reasonably cool. I might have left the dogs in the car to begin with, alerting any hospital security patrol about what was going on.
Finding a hotel that allows dogs isn't usually much of a problem nowadays, except I believe some of them don't want the dogs to be left in the room alone. Depending on how well behaved the dogs were, and how close you could find a hotel, that would probably have been my first choice (assuming I could find a hotel that would allow the dogs to be alone).
Next I'd have worked the phone to find a boarding kennel or vet with boarding facilities to keep them for a few days. I doubt you'd have much luck getting into contact with a rescue group on short notice on a holiday weekend, so I would have probably tried to get some info from the police, an emergency vet or the local municipal animal shelter.
Some Petsmarts have boarding facilities so that would be something I would have checked on, too.
Without an RV, and on a holiday weekend (as in your original scenario) I'm sure it would be much harder. Without knowing the exact circumstances I can't say what we would have done, but some possibilities --
Since you said it was on Thanksgiving, I assume the weather was reasonably cool. I might have left the dogs in the car to begin with, alerting any hospital security patrol about what was going on.
Finding a hotel that allows dogs isn't usually much of a problem nowadays, except I believe some of them don't want the dogs to be left in the room alone. Depending on how well behaved the dogs were, and how close you could find a hotel, that would probably have been my first choice (assuming I could find a hotel that would allow the dogs to be alone).
Next I'd have worked the phone to find a boarding kennel or vet with boarding facilities to keep them for a few days. I doubt you'd have much luck getting into contact with a rescue group on short notice on a holiday weekend, so I would have probably tried to get some info from the police, an emergency vet or the local municipal animal shelter.
Some Petsmarts have boarding facilities so that would be something I would have checked on, too.
