We RV'd because of the dog
We started RV-ing a few years ago as a way to be able to travel. Our dog was a poor boarder. So we made several trips with her, including a few long trips southwest in the winters. This summer sh...
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3oaks wrote:
Owning and caring for a dog or any pet requires responsibility. If anyone has to ponder whether they want to be tied down or restricted by that responsibility, do not even think about obtaining a pet.
We never felt "free" to come and go as we please after loosing any of our dogs. Rather, we were deeply saddened as if we lost a member of our family. The last dog we had that crossed the "Rainbow Bridge" was Cody, our Golden, one week short of what would have been his 15th birthday. Heart breaking! Then Rusty, another Golden became part of our family.
After 40 years of owning dogs, and having to find some one to care for them while we were gone. (We loved them way to much to coup them up in a camper) We find that after we had to put the last one down, We are just a little more free. Don't have to be home at a certain time, and if we decide to stay over night, no problem, and we don't have to beg someone to come care for it while we are gone. I don't miss cleaning up the yard, or growing an inch when I cut grass. (Rudy's rear was like a cow) So no more dogs for us.
However. Our Muffin was 17 when we had to put her down. When we did, it was a nightmare, and Rudy the camper guard dog in my sig, Was 12 when we had to put him down. I will NOT go thru that again. Y'all can live that night mare as many times as you want. But I am done.
Do I miss them? Yes. I do miss playing ball with Muffin, and I miss have that big clumsy Bassett under my feet. And I think often about getting another one. But there is no replacing either of them, and I'd just soon do with out. And As I say. I'm not carrying another dog to the vet to kill it.
