Question for those with dogs

[maison]

We simply use rock pegs hammered into the ground and fix the long lead to that.

Although she is a large dog, GSD/Border Collie Cross, she is now 13 yrs and just likes to lie quietly watching the world go by.

 

[Korgrocker]

Hi all,

Have just got our first motorhome and we have 2 dogs who we will be taking away with us in the MH. Can I ask anyone who travels/holidays with their dogs the best thing/s to use with their dogs........I know dogs have to remain on leads in sites, so do you use a tether post with a line clipped to it, or any other handy must haves that make like easier and safer for your dogs

Thanks for any advice

We have a Westy (large one - 17Kg) and he travels in a cage located between the two parallel seats in the front lounge area. On site, we tried tying him up to one of those corkscrew-type things but he can pull it out of the ground. So I usually use the tow bar instead. Pound stores have fairly short plastic coated steel wires - two of them gives enough length.

 

[Neil Bedwin]

We use three ground anchors screwed in in the shape of a triangle with one dog attached to each. They can reach each other and the water bowl at the centre but don't have enough length to get tangled up. If we put our chairs in the middle they can reach us as well, just have to stop them getting tangled around the chairs. Three Labs take up a lot of room.

 

[Northernraider]

A wind breaker around the van gives dogs plenty of freedom.I notice lots of people use an harness,we have allways carry ours in a cage no exceptions.Just a note my brother used to travel with his dog fastened to seat with a harness .The dog was killed (Broken back) when a car crashed into him head on whilst parked .

I wouldnt fancy a cage flying through the window containing the dog though

 

[treetops1]

All cages should be fastened in at floor level or up behind fixed seating to avoid movement if god forbid there was an accident ,to give the animals a chance .A dog laid on a bench could take your head of as it goes through a windscreen .We all love our pets and Don,t always realise the risk. would you lay a 2 to 5 year old child laid on a forward facing seat asleep ,I know a funster who used to do so until I suggested it was a bit risky when driving in case of accidents .I think most of us are sensible and it’s usually the unexpected that causes the disasters ,keep safe lol.

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[PeteH]

Our Dog is never allowed on furniture, Either in the van or at home, She travels in her soft bed wedged behind the front passenger seat. Worst case, she will finish up a bit squashed up against the Mounting Plinth. No lead, no harness, she is trained to stay in place until told to move. Outside we have a Long cable leash, for when the site dictates she HAS to be fastened.

 

[Spriddler]

My son uses very cheap green plastic stakes and fencing from Wilco which makes a corral the width of the 'van. It's the first thing they do on arrival which takes 15 minutes to set up and you can hardly see it! All the while the dog can see what's going on he's totally relaxed and never grizzles or makes any attempt to get out.

 

[Paul & Elaine]

Our three Pyr,s travel with harnesses and short elasticated leads. These are attached to anchor points in the floor that go around the chassis rails. They travel on the floor , one with her head between the front seats, she’s a nervous traveller so needs extra reassurance, one between the front benches and one in the galley area. They have enough room to turn around to get comfortable, but no more. At between 50 and 60 kg each we don’t want them moving.

When on site we use either a Jormax windbreak or anchor extending leads with straps to any decent sized tree we can find. Ground anchors don’t work, when the girls get excited they just pull them out and run off with them.

 

[Spriddler]

Ground anchors don’t work, when the girls get excited they just pull them out and run off with them.

Blimey, 50/60kg each! Hope you've enough payload to spare. Maybe use up their energy and cut touring cost by harnessing them to pull the m/home.

 

[skylinersi]

dont know what the problem is, while our dog saul is driving he wears a normal seat belt........

actually on site hes is attatched to a VERY ( he weighs upside of 50 kg) secure, bolted on to the chassis, ring type affair, so far so good.........

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[R32Paul]

Climbing slings through the wheels.

 

[TPMM]

We have two dogs. We tether them on extended and locked flexi leads, extended to the appropriate length, that we attach to our step or a convenient tree. If its hot the dogs often choose to go under the motorhome in the shade. We use a travel water bowl that is less likely to get upturned. We do spend quite a time unravelling the leads and replenishing the water bowl! Have fun!

 

[skylinersi]

We have two dogs. We tether them on extended and locked flexi leads, extended to the appropriate length, that we attach to our step or a convenient tree. If its hot the dogs often choose to go under the motorhome in the shade. We use a travel water bowl that is less likely to get upturned. We do spend quite a time unravelling the leads and replenishing the water bowl! Have fun!

if we tied saul to the step, we'd become 'stepless' pdq..............

 

[smiffy64]

For travelling, we have to tether our two Springers to a very strong plastic encased steel rope that has a loop at each end which we then put a climbers grade carabiner onto. It is a permanent fixture at the headboard on our fixed bed which has it's other uses. ....Only joking Then we hook our dogs to these who are wearing top quality Ruffwear harnesses. The mattress is covered in four car back seat dog covers which we have to rotate from a supply of six that we always have to take with us. One of our dogs has terrible travel sickness where he will almost always throw up in the first five miles (although he has on occasion managed to last 200 or so miles to then puke as I park into the drive at home). We need to keep a 'puke kit' handy every time we travel for the inevitable. But we bought our motor home so we could take our dogs. We have not had any issues with mess on the floor or on the bed up to now, but we do prepare by not feeding him on the day of travel, and we also have to clean the seat covers every time, but our routine works.
As far as we are concerned, our dogs make our holiday special and we would not be without them.

 

[Rosemary1]

...but has anyone solved the problem of them catching their lead under the water bowl and turning it over.

No - nor the catching the lead round the table and pulling it over spilling a full jug of iced ginger ale over my sister

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[Rosemary1]

if we tied saul to the step, we'd become 'stepless' pdq..............

Us too............

 

[Northernraider]

I'm glad I've got small dogs lol.


And what's all this not letting them kn the furniture nonsense .....they are part of the family they want to snuggle and get comfy too

 

[Boycey]

Piece of rope tied round one of the wheels,

 

[Poodlepower]

I have 2 Toy Poodles and a Sheltie. They travel in cages and I put up windbreaks to make a garden for them on site.

 

[Mrsambulancekidd]

We prefer to use our gated windbreak which allows them plenty of free roaming outside and freedom to come into the van when they want to.

Yes we like the look of these as well.

Just a note my brother used to travel with his dog fastened to seat with a harness .The dog was killed (Broken back) when a car crashed into him head on whilst parked .

What a horrible thing to happen. Can I ask if the harness was clipped to the seat belt OR directly into the female part only. I only ask because we attach ours to the seat belt, it means the pretensioners do for the dog what they do for us.

Ours must be almost 30yrs old now.

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Yes that's the type we have.

Blimey, 50/60kg each! Hope you've enough payload to spare. Maybe use up their energy and cut touring cost by harnessing them to pull the m/home.

You may jest, I have a heavy duty off-roading type of mobility scooter and Gabby (approx 25kg) can take a pull and increase the speed by just over half a mile an hour, it doesn't sound like much, but it is in the grand scheme of things.

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[Rocking Rivet]

A gate to go across the habitation door to keep your dog in/out of the van, when you want to leave the door open on a hot day. Strength and height of gate depends on size of your dogs.

 

[Shrimp]

We have a long line attached both ends to the van-one end near the front & other end near the step-so it runs down the side of the van.
Dogs lead is clipped to the line so she can move up & down length of van and a certain amount outwards, & she can come in if she wants.

 

[VanWolf]

If we can we let Fred loose or at least until he starts exploring

When we have to tether him we have load loops on the van floor beside the door and we use a large tether spike in the ground. The corkscrew ones are useless for him, if the ground is soft enough to screw them in he WILL pull them out and if it the ground is hard and stoney they won’t screw in securely enough and / or they bend. Adjacent posts and trees can be useful. Whatever we do he WILL tangle the tether around tables, chairs and awning legs.

This is the one we use but I don’t recall where we got it from in the UK

https://goo.gl/images/rXBw13

 

[Armytwowheels]

We have two dogs and stake a running line parallel to the Motorhome. We attach two carabiners to the running line and we attach our extending leads to the carabiners. This arrangement allows a large range of movement along the length of the outside of the Motorhome and still allows the dogs to enter/leave the Motorhome as they please.

It works for us (apart from the odd tangle!).


Ian

Sounds good, do you have a picture of that set up please?

 

[The Dudess]

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[Peter and Julie]

We have 2 Weimaraner's, we tried tethering them but the big one just pulls out the ground anchor so we got a Jormax windbreak and that did the trick, Ace is over 6 1/2 Stone and he hasn't managed to knock it down (yet) it also gives them freedom to go in and out of the MHome as they please (which is more than the misses lets me do)

We have 2x3m, 1x5m + gate and 1x6m skirt all Jormax black mesh. Excellent product and keeps the dogs safe (in).

 

[Chriseui]

My van is a Sevel conversion, under the rear bumper on the offside is a closed ring towing hook welded to the chassis. I attach a long lead to that and if the rear doors are open he can easily jump into the van if it's too warm outside

 

[bigtwin]

Sounds good, do you have a picture of that set up please?

This is the best picture I can find.

The running line is the red line running parallel to the edge of the hard standing and you can see the two extender leads attached to the running line via the carabiners.

Depending on the pitch space, the extender leads can be set to an appropriate length. If we are on a riverside pitch we orientate the running line to be perpendicular to, rather than parallel with, the Motorhome. This allows the dogs to wander right down to the riverside.

This arrangement does allow the dogs a lot of movement whilst still restricting their reach to adjacent pitches.

Ian

 

[aba]

No...

...but has anyone solved the problem of them catching their lead under the water bowl and turning it over.

one of those 4x4 wheel steps or something similar

 

[Casper46]

This is Caspers home when we are parked up, he doesn’t travel in the back. He is fastened in a harness attached to a seat belt. If he wants to navigate he can just reach his head between the front seats, it only roundabouts that wake him up.

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