Dog/Pet traveling

[Electra glide]

We are going on a trip in a few weeks and we do not have room for our dog in the cab of the truck. We have 2 adults and 4 kids and the dog usually rides in the kennel inside the truck but we won't have room. I can't stand the dog hair that she sheds in my truck so she rides in the kennel to reduce spreading her fur.

I am asking to find out so please don't be too mean to me. Can she ride in the toy hauler if I strap her kennel down? The toy hauler garage has vents and I could install a battery fan.
Could she ride in the back of the truck if I strap her kennel down? Her kennel is just a wire frame type. Do I need a different type of kennel if she rides in the back of the truck?

I could board her but $30 a day is steep. 9 day trip would be $270. The dog tends to snip and/or bite so we do not like leaving her with friends. She is a terrier/beagle mix and weighs about 24 lbs.

[ilmor]

Originally Posted by Electra glide

We are going on a trip in a few weeks and we do not have room for our dog in the cab of the truck. We have 2 adults and 4 kids and the dog usually rides in the kennel inside the truck but we won't have room. I can't stand the dog hair that she sheds in my truck so she rides in the kennel to reduce spreading her fur.

I am asking to find out so please don't be too mean to me. Can she ride in the toy hauler if I strap her kennel down? The toy hauler garage has vents and I could install a battery fan.
Could she ride in the back of the truck if I strap her kennel down? Her kennel is just a wire frame type. Do I need a different type of kennel if she rides in the back of the truck?

I could board her but $30 a day is steep. 9 day trip would be $270. The dog tends to snip and/or bite so we do not like leaving her with friends. She is a terrier/beagle mix and weighs about 24 lbs.

Well, horses ride in much worse trailers. Mitt Romney's dog rode on the roof of their car....

[Hermes1]

Personally I would not do it if it were my dogs Besides not having air conditioning to keep the dogs cool (unless you have a generator capable of running your AC), trailers tend to bounce a lot.

[tuckerdog1]

Not a lot of good options. Hot in the RV & likely hot in the truck bed, especially this time of year. I'd just let her ride in the truck cab, and clean the fur when you return. Our dogs ride in the back of the cab. Have spread an old king size comforter over the back seats. Keeps most ( not all ) the hair off the seats. If you went with something like this, you'd need to cut holes for the children's seatbelts. Dog hair in the truck may just be the price ya gotta pay to own a dog.

tuckerdog1

[blwnsmoke]

My dog rides in the camper in his crate. It sits between the two slidesign which hug it. I keep the ceiling vent open and the 2 side windows as well as the rear window to get him air flow.

I only do this for our Memorial weekend trips and our fall trips. I would not do it in the middle of summer when it is hotter then low 80s. Our memorial weekend trip it was 84 and both times I checked on him, it was quite comfortable inside (I'd have no problem in the inside temps myself).

I'm in the same boat, I do not allow him in the truck due to all the hair plus with 2 kids, 2 car seats and all the stuff inside, there is no room. On top of that, dog nails + leather = no no

[asquared]

You might want to read this thread about dogs who almost died of CO poisoning riding in the back of a trailer. That said, I towed horses for years behind my truck with no issues but those trailers are built with better ventilation going down the road.

Do you have vent covers to prevent rain from getting.g in if they are open? Our vent used to suck road dirt in so we won't travel with it open anymore.

As for the back of the truck, it can get hot back there but many do travel with dogs in a crate in the bed, make sure you put a blanket down to protect from foot burning. I would worry about the crate getting pinched between the fiver and truck cab.

I would think your best bet would be something like this seat cover or one of these car seats

[MacDR]

IMHO let the Dog ride in the Truck.. I will only charge you 100.00 to clean your seats.. and you will save some money and have your faithful companion with you..[emoji106][emoji41]


2013 Ram 2500 "Cummins"
2014 Columbus 340RK
Egg Harbor Campground
Door County, WI
July 15-18

[MacDR]

Mine rides with me in the front seat and snores.. But I know she is safe comfortable and I bring a vacuum ❤️


2013 Ram 2500 "Cummins"
2014 Columbus 340RK
Egg Harbor Campground
Door County, WI
July 15-18

[Oaklevel]

x2 on all the ideas..............................a fifth wheel with plenty of ventilation maybe a TT no........... wow $30 a day boarding....... Glad we live where we do........ we have to board one our dogs when we camp (He's 17 and doesn't always play well with others anymore). hot summer probable not the best thing to do.......



Good Luck on what you decide !!!!!!!!!!!!

[MacDR]

X3 all kidding aside.. I just finished a trip to Washington DC and my dog went with .. we went into the city and had a local dog walker stop and spend an hour walking and spending time with "Minnie" .. Money well spent while we toured the Monuments .. Cheap at $15.00 a day..


2013 Ram 2500 "Cummins"
2014 Columbus 340RK
Egg Harbor Campground
Door County, WI
July 15-18

[Buddymiller]

Well I would never put my dog in any (dog box) be a good guy and just clean the dogs hair off your seat. let him ride with the Family.

[Electra glide]

The problem is there is no room. 6 of us in the cab already. My toy hauler has the side vents. I will check around on better boarding prices here.

[trbomax]

Our dog (we only have one now) goes where we go and rides where we ride.She is treated like one of our kids.All the others before her were treated the same.If I couldnt do it that way,or didnt want to do it that way,I (we) would not have her.None of our dogs for the last 45 years have ever been in a crate,or in a kennel.They are not tied outside.They are like people to us. Just my .02

[boatman]

I'm with you trbomax, our dogs are family to us, what's a little dog hair anyway nothing a vacuum can't fix. A 24lb dog can ride on somebody's lap what's the big deal call shotgun you get the dog.


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[asquared]

Let her have the middle of the front seat if the 4 kids are in the back. That little she can curl up on the floor hybrid kids legs. How big are the kids? Female enough to fit her in between them?

By the way, just caught the wire kennel, a plastic kennel is better for truck bed as it gives shade and the metal will get really hot. Remember that in an accident the crate can easily be ejected from the truck, even if tied down.

[Electra glide]

We got the dog long before we started camping. When we did start we had a suburban and a tent. Then we had a travel trailer toy hauler. Then this fifth wheel toy hauler. She's always ridden in the kennel. This trip happens to be longer and we are only taking one vehicle. We have 5 kids total but the oldest isn't going on this trip. 9,13,15,16,20 the truck seats 6 which is 3 in the front and 3 in the back.

[Captain America]

I'm in the same situation. We have a Golden Retriever (Maggie) that loves to travel with us. In the cooler months, Maggie rides in the 5th wheel on her doggie bed in the middle of the RV. She some times lays by the front door on the rug, I can tell from the dog hair. With the roof vents open there is lots of air flow.
In the summer months, we are camping at a lake. My wife tows the boat with her Jeep Grand Cherokee and Maggie rides in the back of the Jeep.

We are about to make a beach trip that is about 4.5 hour drive and we will like to take Maggie with us. Since we are not taking the boat she will have to ride in the RV, and I don't want to put her in there with temps in the high 90s. I'm afraid we will get stuck in bumper to bumper traffic and Maggie will bake in the RV with no fresh air flow.

So, that got me thinking about maybe putting an air cooler made from a 5 gallon bucket or ice chest (Google this, many ideas) to blow cool air on her, or put a 30amp plug on the front of the RV and run generators in the bed of my truck to power the AC.

I'm going to put a plug and run generators for Maggie while she rides in the RV. Maggie is ready to jump in the RV when we are packing, she loves to visit new places.

With the wifey snoring, the kids bickering in the back seat, I may have to trade places with Maggie and ride in the RV!

[Electra glide]

She loves to go camping. Just say the word and she goes insane. We have to be careful when we say the word. She gets so worked up. We used to leave her with friends. 99% of the time she's a great dog. It's that 1% that gets us. She's a rescue dog and the vet put her at 5 years sub we got her. So now she is maybe 13? She gets grumpy at times and she's bitten/snapped at all of us. When she bit me I almost put her down. Now we no longer leave her with anyone. Even a boarding place makes me hesitate because what if she bites one of them?
I like the cooler idea and as we get closer to the actual trip you see what I can come up with.

[brad10281]

24 pounds...ride in someone's lap and deal with the fur. I have a crew cab truck with two kids and two 70 pound dogs. Smallest kid rides in middle up front and two dogs ride in back seat with daughter. By the end of the trip you can't see the carpet or upholstery through the fur. It sucks but it's the price we pay to have pets.

[Ky-N]

Our fur face rides in the cab with us in his kennel (sometimes) because the boss wants him secure in case there might be an accident but really most of the time he rides in her lap and only in the kennel when it is nap time. Yeah there is some hair but that is what vacs and sticky rollers and Swiffers are for.

The thing that really bothers us are all the "dog friendly" places we would like to visit seems like the dog friendly extends only to the parking lot. No dogs on trails or paths and definitely not in buildings even though he is secured in a pet stroller.