Terryallan wrote: You got to wonder about all them poor horses riding in their trailers. It's really sad They can't ride in the cab too.
I must be really bad.., I have over 300 horses confined under the hood!
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Terryallan- actually I rode in a horse trailer when I first learned how to tow. It was mandatory. I learned how you get thrown forward with a sudden stop, jolted backward with a sudden start, and thrown side to side in turns. I also learned how much better if the driver takes it easy. I was taught to drive a trailer with a soda bottle standing up on the center hump on the floor. If the bottle fell over I failed. The point was, we learned that when hauling horses if you didn't drive absolutely smoothly, you could not only throw your horse but cause it to go down in the trailer, get hurt or just scare it to the point it won't get back in the trailer. Not everyone drives a TT or 5er like that (not that all horse people do either but most try to). Also, horse and livestock trailers tend to have better airflow. I worry about how hot that trailer can get riding in the heat like that with only a vent or two open. To add fuel to the fire, I can tell you that on every animal of houston spca, i watched they hauled large seizures of dogs and cats in the back of a livestock trailer in crates stacked on one another. Again, these trailers have better airflow when going down the road.
CA Traveler wrote: Either in the cab or arrange to have him shipped via air.
Shipped via air might not actually be any more humane than strapping the dog crate to the roof. Talk about a noisy, scary, dark ride for a pup in the belly of a plane. Personally my dog LOVES to stick his head out the window and feel the wind on trips.
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I would never transport a dog in my TT or fiver unattended in an crate. Not cruel really, just not how I would treat my best friend.
Why cause a dog all that stress when I don't have to. Yes, I call them my fur-kids.
You've got that right. BTW, have you ever met anyone who admitted their children or grandchildren were spoiled undisciplined inconsiderate "brats?" Dare I use that word?
Big Katuna wrote: I would never transport a dog in my TT or fiver unattended in an crate. Not cruel really, just not how I would treat my best friend.
Why cause a dog all that stress when I don't have to. Yes, I call them my fur-kids.
The fact is that dogs raised in and out of crates find comfort in them. They actually run to them 'cause they know what's about to happen--they're going places. Often, we humans attribute human behaviors to animals. At what point do we consider others' relationshiips with animals odd has always been opinion and usually based on environmental factors. So, I say have your fur-kids. I respect your feelings and opinions. It's only when a human places the valuse of an animal at or above a person does it begin to rub me wrong.
You've got that right. BTW, have you ever met anyone who admitted their children or grandchildren were spoiled undisciplined inconsiderate "brats?" Dare I use that word?
If only they had a leash law for kids at CG's.
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Remember that the first time in a crate and the first trip in a crate may appear more stressful than it is. Dogs have to adjust to conditions. YOur first test trip may not appear to be successful. Put the dog in the crate for short periods at home. When we were going to fly ours, we would put them in the crates, door open and sit with them, as they had not been crated since puppy crate training. As someone said earlier, they learn good things about a crate if it is presented like that. It is the adjustment to the unusual and unfamiliar that they will shy from.
Crating in the bed of the truck, with shade, will work, as long as you are aware of the temp. That pup hut look nice. They make fans for crates, also. Maybe some ice in a 3-5G bucket. Plenty of water, but you know that.
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Kiwi_too wrote: Remember that the first time in a crate and the first trip in a crate may appear more stressful than it is. Dogs have to adjust to conditions. YOur first test trip may not appear to be successful. Put the dog in the crate for short periods at home. When we were going to fly ours, we would put them in the crates, door open and sit with them, as they had not been crated since puppy crate training. As someone said earlier, they learn good things about a crate if it is presented like that. It is the adjustment to the unusual and unfamiliar that they will shy from.
Crating in the bed of the truck, with shade, will work, as long as you are aware of the temp. That pup hut look nice. They make fans for crates, also. Maybe some ice in a 3-5G bucket. Plenty of water, but you know that.
Fortunately the dog is used to the crate already. When I leave for work at 5:30 am he goes in a large dog crate on our enclosed back porch and stays there until the DW gets home at about 9:30 - 10:00 am.
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