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[HI]I've just bought an electric towel rail :Smile[/HI]:
Got some electric sockets you might want to try for sizeSo Dawn; do you have many electric towels?
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Hi daisy mae
Will our long haired German Shepard fit the towel and would we still be able to close it with the zipper ?
Paul and Ineke
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Travelling locations:
Romy, 11 year old cross Staffie/Greyhound: in the bed under the half dinette table, on the dinette seat, or between the cab seats on a nice big comfy dog duvet.
Lily, 6 year old Patterdale: in a small squishy dog bed placed at the very front centre of the cab floor (in front of Romy's duvet), or in the one under the table, or on my knee on a nice big cushion.
Tazzy, 2 year old cross Chihuahua/Jack Russell (aka a Chisell due to how much she likes to chew stuff!): is usually on my knee on the big cushion, in the under table bed, but her favourite place is on the rear bed snuggled into the corner as she likes the peace and quiet!
At night ... ideally:
Romy: on her duvet between the cab seats, or in the under table bed.
Lily: on the dinette seat
Tazzy: in the squishy dog bed placed on the table itself
In reality ....:
Romy: as before
Tazzy & Lily: on our bed at the foot end, one in each corner ... until they 'creep' up whilst we're asleep and wriggle under the top duvet (we use 2) to have a nice warm snuggle! Then they spend the night going in and out as they cook and cool off again! oh: Nothing like waking up in a morning with a dog's nose straight in front of you.
At home they have their own bedroom with a single bed in it and a baby-gate across the doorway - we used to have 5 dogs and found this was the best way to avoid having loads of dog beds everywhere! We can't close the door to their room with them in it though, or our bedroom door which is opposite, as Romy gets very, very upset at being 'separated' from us like this (she was badly abused by a previous owner and obviously associates it with that time). We do have some doggy blankets which we cover them up with as being short haired they do tend to feel the cold so kept shuffling around at night to get warm which the blankets stopped, however when we got Tazzy we found that the blankets weren't sufficient as she does wriggle around a lot at night so used to squeak to be wrapped up again. To solve this I cut down an old duvet we had and made some mini-duvets for them (with removable covers) so that even if she wriggles around she can easily snuffle back underneath to keep warm ... so now she lets us sleeps until a more sensible hour! :thumb:
As for drying them, we have a few different types of towels:
- a couple of large microfibre ones which dry quickly
- a couple of kiddie 'square' ones with little hoods which dry quickly (Lily loves hers - see picture below!)
- a kiddy poncho which is ideal for Romy when she been splashing about in the sea - she wriggles about a lot when being dried so I can pop it over her head to keep her in one place as I try to dry her off!
- a couple of small hand-towels (much easier to rinse out and dry) which we just use for paw wiping after a walk or for wiping off the muck before using the larger towel to just dry them (thus keeping it cleaner)
- a couple of microfibre car wash mitts which are good at removing a lot of the moisture when the dogs are really, really, really wet before a last 'buffing' up with a normal towel!
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When wet and muddy a dri towel bought from the NEC last year worth every penny, open towel out, it has a zip along two sides, lay flat put dog in the middle and zip up, half an hour later a clean dry dog, and the towel dries quickly being microfibre.
Only one dog in Mh three if in caravan , no problem then.
It will be funny to watchI have looked at these towels before but thought - what happens when the dog try's to walk about, do they just fall over?
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It will be funny to watch
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So collectively the dogs are in charge ??
I thought we were soft.............
I have looked at these towels before but thought - what happens when the [HI]dog try's to walk about[/HI], do they just fall over? Cannot imagine mine sitting still for half an hour while she drys?
[HI]It will be funny to watch [/HI]
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This isn`t the towel that I bought from the NEC, mine is the original DRI DOG TOWEL, from Muddy Paws.com. it`s like Silver Screens and Taylor Maids.
Cannot say about the quality of the link, maybe ok, whatever the make it `s a great idea which works and no mud and wet in the MH.
:thumb:
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I've seen those 'doggy dry bags' and can't say that I'm a fan really, I much prefer to dry my dogs off as much as possible with a towel and let them then 'air dry' for the last bit, I can't help thinking that having them 'encased' in a wet towel for 20 mins will do them much good.
However, I'm also sure that if people put their minds to it they could easily make something themselves at a fraction of the cost.
Its a bit like the 'turbi-towels' that came out a few years ago, th
towels that look a bit like a turban once you've wrapped them rounyour head, I saw them originally at the extortionate price they were then and soon worked out how to make my own which is still going strong and has lasted much longer than the 'proper' ones.:thumb:
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Exactly how it should be. Good for youAs an aside to this, we used to have a poorly dog called Midge who had cushings disease and couldn't walk very far so we had a buggy for him and also a kiddie papoose which he loved being carried around in, though you might like to see ... just to confirm we are really, really, really daft about our dogs!
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We only have the one dog but he is [HI][HI][HI]belted [/HI][/HI][/HI]in the rear passenger seat.
Dave
As an aside to this, we used to have a poorly dog called Midge who had cushings disease and couldn't walk very far so we had a buggy for him and also a kiddie papoose which he loved being carried around in, though you might like to see ... just to confirm we are really, really, really daft about our dogs!
As an aside to this, we used to have a poorly dog called Midge who had cushings disease and couldn't walk very far so we had a buggy for him and also a kiddie papoose which he loved being carried around in, though you might like to see ... just to confirm we are really, really, really daft about our dogs!
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I had a buggy when I first had Pollyanna at eight weeks, as I couldn`t walk her until she was vaccinated, to get her socialised I walked her round the village and by fields where cattle and sheep were , she got used to tracters etc, and animals, she was far too heavy to carry for long, after a week or two she used to climb in it herself when the buggy was in the hall, it was a dog buggy. when she was able to be walked she wasn`t freaked out by the noise and traffic, very good for elderly dogs too. I did have a pink one, no one else would push it or even go out with me when I had it, spoilt sports. did raise smiles in the village.
I've got to ask. I've noticed a lot of you have more than one dog, how do you manage in your MH. Travelling, sleeping etc.
Any photos????
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