If you read the “Readers’ Pet of the Day” section in our newsletters Monday-Saturday, you know that some people travel with a lot of pets in their RVs. One time a woman told us that she travels with three Great Danes in her trailer! Mostly we see cute little doggie duos, but sometimes people travel with three, four, even five or six dogs in their RV (and that’s not including cats or other pets either!).
If you’re a dog owner, how many dogs do you have and how many of them usually travel with you in your RV? If you’re an RVer who RVs with multiple dogs, please leave us a comment and tell us about it. And if you haven’t already submitted a photo of your pup, do so here for a chance to be featured.
We travel with a total of 7 dogs. 3 miniature dachshunds, a hound mix a rottie/dachshund mix, a boxer mix and a full rottweiler in our 41 ft motorhome. They all travel well.
No dogs. Four cats.
Two Labrador Retrievers. The sisters are Annie, a yellow, and Maddie, a black. We wouldn’t go anywhere without them.
We have 2, Sir Arnold Bark Alot and his big sister Ashland. Arnold is a 2 year old Austrian Shepperd and Ashland it a seven year old Collie mix and a lot of some thing else..
We fulltime with two Great Danes and a tiny six pound tri-pawed mixed breed rescue in our 40′ motorhome. We turned our booth dinette into their bed so we all fit comfortably.
You should have a place for zero! The only animals in our coach is me! lol
Isn’t “None” the same as zero? If you don’t have a dog then you shouldn’t be responding.
One golden retriever (who owns most of the back seat of the tow vehicle) and two cats. Amazingly, one of our cats who doesn’t trust the dog to not playfully pounce (to make her run) and the dog adopt ‘little house rules’ when in the tighter space of the RV. They calmly walk right past each other without mischief.
Historically, two German Shepherd Dogs with our first 6 (over 50 years of RVing). Currently, just one big GSD boy! They have provided companionship and protection throughout Alaska, most of Canada, and every state but Hawaii
We travel with four dachshunds. Certainly not dogs, but family! Our youngest is 6 months old and he will embark on his longest trip this Sunday. It’s worth stating that this youngster is the 10th generation of the same bloodline. We’ve had this blood line since 1972. They travel well but this trip will be their first in a Class A which we recently purchased. The youngster enjoys the doggie window at the passenger seat.
No dogs. They become a real problem if you want to do anything other than sit around camp all day with them. It’s illegal to take them on trails in most National parks/monuments/locations and in a lot of State properties as well. You can’t leave them tied up outside of your RV nor is it wise or good to leave them inside your RV. I guess if you don’t want to do anything but dog-sit while you’re RV’ing, they’d be fine, but I’m not ready for the rocking chair quite yet…
We travel with 2 small dogs but one is going on 17 yrs old so we know she won’t be going with us much longer. It will be a very sad day when she passes and our travels will not be the same.
Rescues are the best. Their devotion is enough to melt your heart many times over.
Currently two, but we have traveled with three. Bella the Black Lab crossed over the rainbow bridge early this summer. So now it’s Nyx (GSD) and Sadie (Lab/Border Collie).
If dogs are well trained there is no issue leaving them in the air conditioned RV. We close all the shades and turn on the radio. One can get remote temperature monitors if they feel the need to monitor that. If you have “yappers” that tear at the shades to see out and bark or dogs not house trained, then it’s not a good idea, but for well trained dogs a half day is not an issue.
We took our Husky mix on a couple of trips ranging from 3 to 10 days. She enjoyed exploring on a leash but the afternoon of the second day, she wanted to go home.
Her favorite spot was Monahans Sandhills State Park in Texas. We were the only ones in the dunes, so I let her run free off-leash.
We have one dog, Sophie, who has been traveling with us since we got her last October. She is the perfect little traveler! We also have 2 cats that were the reason we got our 5th wheel! We wanted to travel but didn’t want to leave them behind! They have been traveling for 3 years with us and love it!!
We have his and her dogs. The wife’s dog is an American Cocker (party colored) and my dog is a Jack Russell Terrier. Both breeds are known to be barkers but our Newmar is well insulated and we use black out blinds. If we leave them, they’re confined and I leave my white noise machine on if the ACs aren’t running. We’ve had neighbors tell us that they didn’t even know we had left them inside.
The question should be “how many get to go RVing with their dog(s)”? 😊🐶
There are two things that totally destroy my campground adventures: Barking Kids and screaming dawgs!
If there is a reason for a pup to scream, then swell, constant yap-yap-howling and messing with the peace and quiet,. They need to be GONE and left at home to make your neighbors once again call the coppers.
I’ll never understand you who think it’s no big deal….Aaaaarg! Walky walky to the plank..Owners too.
We always bring our dog with us, if we have one. So far, we only made one trip sans dog, which was between the departure of #2 and the arrival of #3.