skipnchar wrote: If I didn't want to be WITH the dog, I'd leave her at home.
Thanks for the constructive advice, but if I didn't want to be WITH the dog, I would leave him at home. However I do want to be WITH the dog, but unfortuantely, the dog cannot always be WITH me while sight seeing some places. I also have kids, they like things like zoos. I have yet to be at a zoo that allows pets.
Leave both the kids and the dog at home.... Sorry that slipped
DABAT wrote: Thanks, thats great info. Is it an easy process to have a pet checked in at a boarding kennel?
Depends on the time of year, holiday or not. And you have to have proof of current vaccinations. We have one boarding place around here that REQUIRES yearly Rabies, DHLP (distemper, hepatitis, Lepto and Parvo), LYME, Bordetella, Giardia and will probably add Canine influenza. If you run into one of those, run the other way fast.
If you are current on core vaccines (according to current guidelines) and add Bordetella, you should be OK. Could add canine influenza depending on local incidence (I've never seen a case).
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Frequently we are asked about pet day care, and recommend places to do so. Rarely a pet left at home is a nuisance barking at neighbors or passers by through open shades.
In each of those instances, the owners claimed ignorance of their pets behavior and did not let it happen again. Our urging to do so had a lot to do with that.
Know your pet. close shades. confine them to kennel or a portion like the bedroom in instances you cannot take them with you. Or get day care.
Sometimes we are asked to check on Phideaux or walking services. This is something many camps will do.
A note- a few years ago, a couple with a brand new Escalade 5er chose a WE Pull Thru then left Fluffy at home for the day. When water began running out the door, a neighbor alerted us, so we turned off water and pumped galley tank while Fluffy continued to run around on the kitchen counter. No more single handle faucet for them, and Fluffy goes to a sitter!
DABAT wrote: Thanks, thats great info. Is it an easy process to have a pet checked in at a boarding kennel?
Depends on the time of year, holiday or not. And you have to have proof of current vaccinations. We have one boarding place around here that REQUIRES yearly Rabies, DHLP (distemper, hepatitis, Lepto and Parvo), LYME, Bordetella, Giardia and will probably add Canine influenza. If you run into one of those, run the other way fast.
If you are current on core vaccines (according to current guidelines) and add Bordetella, you should be OK. Could add canine influenza depending on local incidence (I've never seen a case).
Doug, DVM
You can add snake bite vaccine to the above list for down here.
We always carry the dog's records with us and the DW usually down loads a list of the vets in the area of where we will be for emergencies.
downtheroad wrote: On a rare occasion that we were going to be gone for the entire day, or if we didn't trust the power system and feared that the A/C might fail or for whatever reason....we have left ours in a local boarding kennel for the day..(day care). Once we even left them at a local vet clinic who had short term boarding facilities.
Both were inexpensive.
The "girls" always came first.
Thanks, thats great info. Is it an easy process to have a pet checked in at a boarding kennel?
When ever we stop, even for just the night, we always make an effort to locate a nearby vet or animal emergency clinic. You never know.
If we stay for a couple of days and think we might need to board for the day we do all the leg work and research first..We don't just show up and expect to board.
Besides, we want to check out the facility before we just leave them.
Like I posted, the girls come first.
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mostly we take our lhasa with us because we like having him along. our excusions are mostly driving back roads and looking at wildlife. so we take picnic lunches, drinks etc and make a day of it..and the dog gets out every time we do, which is a lot. on a leash of course.
when we go somewhere the dog cannot go, like visiting friends, or walking on a trail where dogs are not allowed, we leave him in the MH. if we aren't going to be very long, we take him and leave him in the car (depending on the weather) because he's used to being left in the car when we go shopping.
if it's too hot and going to be too long, he stays in the MH.
We take a full bowl of water with us and a gal jug for refills. one of those bowls that doesn't let the water slop out.
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Actually we do full-time and our cocker spaniel is with us 24/7. Dr. appts, etc, one stays in the moho (or our Class B which we use for a daily driver.) Sightseeing on long trips, moho in cg and spaniel is with us. He is 11 and yes, he is spoiled, but he's our boy. The only time he was left alone was when my husband was in hospital and then I only left him for 1-1/2 hours at a time and a neighbor was asked to keep a check on him. He adapted beautifully. We just got back from a 2,475 mile trip and he was with one or both of us the whole time. He was allowed in several places with us, just for asking. So, my answer is "he goes with us.. everywhere."
LadyRVer wrote: Actually we do full-time and our cocker spaniel is with us 24/7. Dr. appts, etc, one stays in the moho (or our Class B which we use for a daily driver.) Sightseeing on long trips, moho in cg and spaniel is with us. He is 11 and yes, he is spoiled, but he's our boy. The only time he was left alone was when my husband was in hospital and then I only left him for 1-1/2 hours at a time and a neighbor was asked to keep a check on him. He adapted beautifully. We just got back from a 2,475 mile trip and he was with one or both of us the whole time. He was allowed in several places with us, just for asking. So, my answer is "he goes with us.. everywhere."
I guess that's fine if there are two of you.
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Thank you for the replies, based on some of your advice, I have emailed various pet day cares in the areas we will be on our vacation and have already received a couple of replies. It looks like this will be easier than I thought. As long as proper paperwork is provided, there are lots of options for "Charlie" when staying in the RV is not an option.
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