If you had a "fantastic fan" in the TT and leave the rig hooked up to the TV you could run it while away. Great circulation and out of reach of your dog.
We travel with ours all the time. When we do leave them in a trailer we just open windows when not plugged in ,they do fine. We dont go out all day however,
Also I try to park in shade if possible
3 mini dachshunds
1 bulldog TT. 2007 Jayco 23 FB TV. 2006 Dodge 2500 4X4 Cummins Diesel 5.9 3.73 gears
And lots of Maps!!! Pictures Of New TT and TV
I have my flame suit on. I believe when you choose to RV with a pet, you must also choose your activities/destinations with your pet's comfort at the fore. How comfortable would YOU be locked in the RV for a couple of hours without A/C on a hot day? If there truly is someplace you HAVE to go on this trip where the pet can't, you have ample time to scope out pet-sitting in the area. Of course, a campsite with electric, allowing the A/C to be on, is an easy solution. For meals, you get take-out or cook in your RV. Otherwise, do the dog a favor and leave him home.
I knew it was only time before some one would take your point of view but I think you are being unreasonable.
Deb
Steve and myself
our 4 kidlets, Justin-15, Rachel-12, Michelle-10, Kellie-8 yrs old and
our Yorkie Tiffany-3
2002 Black 1500 Avalanche 4X4
2007 Sun Valley Road Runner 210 bunkhouse
We try to plan our longer stops with staying in a campground where we can leave the dogs in the trailer. If we stop along the way, they also go in the trailer with the windows open.
As long as you have a Fantastic fan and good air circulation, the trailer will be no hotter than it is outside. Often we find the trailer to be much more comfortable than the outdoors on a hot day. With good circulation, trailers will not superheat like cars do.
If you realy want to do something unique, take an old cooler, buy a 12V bilge blower from a marine supply store (about $15), cut two holes in the top of the cooler and put the bilge blower in one of the holes blowing into the cooler and PVC pipe in the other. Fill the cooler with ice and direct the outlet piping into the crate where the dog is resting. Put a towel over the openings in the crate and it will be several degrees cooler in the crate than outside the crate. Plus the dog will have a nice cool breeze for several hours until the ice melts. We use this method on hot days and it works quite nicely. Primative, but it works!!
Get a max/min thermometer and put it in your TT. Then close it up and let it sit in sun for several hours. Thermometer will show how hot it gets. Our TT heats up real slow, so several hours isn't an issue unless it is over 100 to start with. Try it, I think you will be surprised at how slowly it heats up, we were. Actually stayed cooler closed up than with vents open.
Chuck
Wonderful Wife
Lovely German Shepherd.
1999 Mercedes ML320 TV
2003 Wanderer 187TB Toybox (3620# UVW, 4800# loaded) Not yet camped in Hawaii, 2 Canada Provinces, & 2 Territories. I can't be lost because I don't care where this lovely road is going
We have run in to this situation several times with our dogs and we always opt out
WE stop long enough for restroom breaks or to pick up something to go while we are in the "GO" mode!
If you decide to leave your pup in your trailer, your first purchase should be a digital therometer to make sure your pup is safe! A lot of today's trailer are built so that they are like convection ovens and warm up really quick in the direct sunlight!
We went into the Mandrell theater in Pigeon Forge TN. a couple of years ago, and the couple that we were with had their Chow with them. They took their own TV with them to town and when we decided to go to the show, they just got out with the vehicle running and the AC blasting and locked the doors, lol! They said that they had a second key made some years ago, and had done this all over the US, lol! Wow...I just shook my head, grinned and said well, let's go to the show!!!
Bottom line is...just do what you feel is right for you and your dog and hope for the best, lol!!!
We travel with two Yorkies - not a Golden, for sure, so our solution won't help you, but might help others. We live in the south and travel mostly in the summer and often the temps are at or exceed 100, so they can't be left in the TT.
Of course, this won't work for going into restaurants - but - we bought a dog stroller. Yes, it's dorky, but when we are on the road (and they are always with us), we just pop them into the stroller and go. Even places that don't allow pets, usually have no problem with them being zipped up into the stroller. Also, some restaurants with an outdoor seating area, will allow pets. Again, we put them in the stroller and park them beside the table.
If we have to go into a place where they are not absolutely not allowed, one of us stays in the car with them with the AC running. We've been known to stop at an RV park, pay the nightly fee, plug in, fire up the AC, and then go do our sightseeing - even though we do not stay the night. It's not the most economical thing to do, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do!
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