By Cheri Sicard
The video below from the Grateful Glamper contains five essential tips for RVing with pets, whether those pets are dogs or cats. Our hostess travels with both!
When our hosts first started RVing they often left the pets at home with sitters, not knowing how they would make RVing with pets work. Now that they are full-time RVers, bringing the pets along has become second nature. Of course, from the experience, they came up with some tips and strategies concerning RVing with pets.
Tips for RVing with dogs
#1 Spill-proof water dish: The dish shown is ingenious as it keeps the water below a protective surface, yet allows the dog or cat to drink. Plus, the wide lip prevents things from falling accidentally into it. See it in action in the video.
#2 Hands-free leash: The hands-free leash clips around your waist and even includes a built-in poop bag pocket.
#3 Collapsible crate: Our hostess uses this to confine her dog in the RV for those times when he can’t come along. She says he is “an opportunist” who would take advantage of the opportunity to chow down on any food he could get his mouth on. The crate is practical, roomy, and comfortable for the dog, and it packs away flat when not in use.
Tip for RVing with cats
#1 Top-entry cat litter box: This unique litter box solved several problems, including litter tracking and the need to take up valuable cabinet storage space for the litter box. Our hostess calls it a game changer for traveling with cats.
Tips for RVing with pets: dogs or cats
#1 Reolink camera: Having this camera set up in the RV allows our hosts to check in on their pets when they are away and make sure everything is OK.
#2 Food storage containers: Because it is more cost-effective to buy larger bags of dry pet food, you should do so. Smaller plastic food storage containers like those used for cereal make it easier to feed from day to day, while the larger bags can be stored in your RV’s basement. Our hostess got her containers at the dollar store. If it were me, I would store the food in the basement in a Vittles Vault to keep it fresh, prevent spillage, and to avoid attracting rodents.
Do you have other tips for RVing with pets? Be sure to drop them in the comments below.
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There is a key difference in RVing with pets with a motorcoach vs a TT or 5th Wheel that this video does not address. Like their owners, pets only have access to facilities when the RV is not moving. And both owners and pets have to transit between tow vehicle and RV. A video covering how to travel with pets would be more useful to many of us.
Not knocking anything in the video, as it works for them, but the only thing that works for us is using smaller containers for pet food and refilling from larger containers in our bulk storage spots.
Thank you, Cheri! 🙂 We have a similar collapsable soft-sided crate that we take in the RV. We use a Rubbermaid storage container for extra dog food and a Tuperware cereal container that holds about a week of daily feedings. Instead of the spill-proof water bowl, we have a rubber mat that catches the spills. Thanks again, and safe travels! 🙂
great video..i subbed