Pet's travel with you in a Truck camper

[Roamer28]

Now I know that many of you travel with pets in the camper so what are the best ways do you use to keep them safe while you are away say if it is a hot climate . I am just getting going with this. In the store and places you cannot take them things like that. What do most of you do?

[covered_wagon]

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[Camper_Jeff___K]

We've had good results parking the truck oriented so the sun doesn't hit the cab. Usually sort of a northeast direction. This way, the TC and cabover shade the cab all day. We pop open the rear door windows to get cross flow air then make sure he has water and food. The cab is always the coolest area. We do leave the tunnel open for Charlie and the fantastic vent on blowing out. Other roof vents closed so as not to draw in any heat off the roof. We will also open the cabover window that's on the shaded side. It's never been a problem to leave him there. Funny thing is he will still get up on the bed and slip under the covers. He does go up and down as he likes. we don't worry about him.

[rockhillmanor]

portscanner wrote:

bobndot wrote:
My dog does not have a credit card so I bring my dog with me and leave my DW in the camper with the fantastic fan on. So far, everyone has been understanding.

We Have A Winner!

X2!

[portscanner]

bobndot wrote:
My dog does not have a credit card so I bring my dog with me and leave my DW in the camper with the fantastic fan on. So far, everyone has been understanding.

We Have A Winner!

[trailgranny50]

We never leave our three, yes three small guys, alone in the camper unless it's cool enough for fantastic fan or plugged in for AC. Ever, never. If it's shopping they are in the truck cab when cool and or in the shade and only for a short time. Otherwise one of us stays with them with AC in truck on. We keep any time away from the camper short, very short and only make stops otherwise for them to get out, do their business and stretch their little legs. In camp we have a double portable exercise pen and attach a wire kennel crate and wire a lid on the whole thing as one is a real climbing escape artist. They always have water food, toys and shade. Yup, our style of travel is quite determined by their comfort. But then I don't do hot worth a darn either and am a worry wart about them. Would be simpler to leave them home with a caretaker but then half our family would be missing. To them the camper and pen is their alternate home. Wherever we throw the doggie beds is home for them.

[bobndot]

😉 :B

[dadwolf2]

bobndot wrote:
My dog does not have a credit card so I bring my dog with me and leave my DW in the camper with the fantastic fan on. So far, everyone has been understanding.

That is brilliant.

Depends on what you call hot. Las Vegas heat in the summer; unless you can run the air conditioner in the truck or truck camper, I wouldn't leave my dog without AC running in either the truck or camper. Either the DW or I would shop solo.

That's what Bobndot meant...right? 😉

[Photomike]

bobndot wrote:
My dog does not have a credit card so I bring my dog with me and leave my DW in the camper with the fantastic fan on. So far, everyone has been understanding.

I see not problem with this 🙂

For me it depends on the heat, around here 30C is hot and if I close the drapes and open the top vents the TCer stays around 22 - 24C. The dog has her water, food, toys and lots of places to lay. She will stay in the TCer all day if she could as she loves it. If I am some place like a zoo where we will be for a while I will come out a couple times to let he out and to check on the temps. Never have been worried about her as it is always cool inside, probably cooler than many homes are.

[bobndot]

My dog does not have a credit card so I bring my dog with me and leave my DW in the camper with the fantastic fan on. So far, everyone has been understanding.

[twodownzero]

I just run the generator and the A/C for them. I wouldn't want my bulldog to get too hot.

[kerry4951]

Its another plus for the on board propane generators. If its too hot we run the Onan genny and the dog stays cooler than us. Doing this is much harder if you are using a portable genny outside the TC. If its not too hot we run the Fantastic fan like others suggested. Always plenty of water on board. We are never gone that long and we never plan to be away from the RV for lengthy periods, especially if its real hot. Traveling with a pet or pets can effect how you travel and what you do while traveling.

[rockhillmanor]

Roamer28 wrote:
Now I know that many of you travel with pets in the camper so what are the best ways do you use to keep them safe while you are away say if it is a hot climate . I am just getting going with this. In the store and places you cannot take them things like that. What do most of you do?

First of all do you mean they are IN the trailer when you are driving down the road? There are PLENTY of threads about just how many Rv'ers do NOT do this.

Second, just an FYI if you are talking about when you are parked in a CG. Call around you will find out 'many' CG's have a rule that no pets are allowed left in the RV unattended.

[Dog_Folks]

portscanner wrote:
During the "hot" season, we minimized our time when the furballs were left alone in the camper, unless we were camping with some other people who could take action if needed (i.e. power loss so the a/c would stop, etc). When in doubt, one of us would go to the store, the other stay w/ the furcampers.

I had been looking around for a product that could alert me in the event that temperatures got to high in the camper. I had not found any....yet.

A quick Goggle Search will reveal at least six brands on the market.
Try "car temperature alarm" Happy reading.

[exhaustipated]

In the summer when it's unbearably hot outside we'll run the air conditioner for our little Shih Tzu and put her up on the bed of the cab-over surrounded by her toys and a dish of water. Usually we'll leave the TV on for her so that she wont feel like she's left alone. If it's not so terribly hot outside opening up the windows for cross ventilation and running the fantastic fan is sufficient enough. We usually take her along with us when we're hiking the trails and sight-seeing but there are some places like restaurants and stores that don't allow pets so we need to keep her in the camper.