Poll on pets at the Fort

[loveDmouse]

We leave our camping dog home when we go to the Fort. Too long of a drive for her liking and we are gone to much and I wouldn't want to have to worry about her while we were in the parks. She stays home and her grandparents take care of her along with our other dog and cat. Neither of whom like to travel. They are homebodies.

 

[terri01p]

We leave our pets in the RV. I like the idea of a sticker to notify emergency personnel that there are animals on board. We come back for afternoon rests so haven't had a problem.

My funny story. Our kids were 8 years old when we got our first RV. We were in Galveston, Texas and I made an off comment that I hoped the camper didn't catch on fire. We left for Moody Gardens and the whole time we were there, my son was ready to leave, anxious and not having a good time. He finally told us why. He heard my comment about the camper catching on fire and was worried about our dog Buster...so he opened the emergency window exit so Buster could leave in case of a fire...only to get to Moody Gardens and realize that Buster could get out and run away. He was thinkin' just not thinkin' all the way.

Did he get out and run away ?

 

[4mickey2]

yup, we leave them in the camper.. this last trip to the smokies, the discovered they could see out the windows. so, now they bark at all the dogs. not sure how the new rig is going to be. but, duke already discovered he can sit on the back of the couch to see out the window..

like everyone else we go back every so many hours to let them out and excercise them. we will close the shades sometimes to help keep the sun out.

we also travel with others. we had bought a lock box for on our house, and now put it on our camper when we are parked. the folks in our group know the code and can let the dogs out if they go back early, etc.. it has worked out quite good for us.

 

[LarryJ]

Our dog is small, but I worry about him whining or barking. Do any of you worry about the power going off while you are away?

We leave our two Yorkies in the trailer, but always come back at least 4 to 6 hours to pot them. We have a center hall that is like 10' long and is basically in the middle of the trailer front to back. We put them in there with their beds with a child gate at each end so they are isolated in the middle of the trailer with no windows to look out of. Even if they were to bark I don't think you could hear them unless you were like 5 ft. from the trailer and it was quiet and we have never lost power at FW to my knowledge.

Finally, now we don't camp at FW during the hot months and try and go when school is in except for Xmas.

Larry

 

[dreaming4disney]

We were only able to take our dog 1 time. A 75lb Doberman. We kept her in our TT with the radio on when we were at the parks, but always came back after a few hours. She was one of the reasons we got a RV. She didn't like to be left home/ lots of anxiety. She sat quietly in our car for 19 hours of driving to Disney-
We were going to take her again, but we had to put her down a few days before our next trip. We almost didn't go on that trip. We were all so sad.

Her dog bed took up the whole width of the trailer so we would have to step over her to get by. She just laid there like a queen.

Boy, do I miss her.

 

[mamaloya]

We take our dogs on most trips, except disney. While we are gone we have to put them in their kennels though. We are pretty sure it is the little one (Gretchen) getting into trouble, but can't tell.

Funny story. This last trip I decided to let the big one (Gibson) stay out of the kennel and put Gretchen in the kennel while I went to do laundry. Well, Gibson let Gretchen out of her kennel and she got on my bed and pooped and peed. I was ticked. I kicked her out of the camper and almost did not let her back in. She peed all over dh's laptop case (luckily he had not put it back in). We had to toss that (and he does not like his new one) and a long pillow and the mattress protector as the CG washers were small. Still can't figure out how Gibson got it open. I know he had locked the cat IN the kennel before, but opening it is a whole other story. I am going to try this again at home, only lock her in the kennel in the bathroom with the door closed. If he manages to open the door and the kennel, I am going on Jay Leno.

 

[PrincessNana]

We have two yorkies which we leave in our rv. We leave the tv on in the hope that they won't bark at everything that passes within a ten mile radius. We usually come back every 4 hours either with a tired grandchild or just a tired grandparent. We've never had a problem, but I hope someone would rescue them if needed.

 

[bradisgoofy]

Guess we are the only cat owners, our two Siamese go everywhere with us. We have the rescue sign on the front door, too. We also had one of the cats step on the power door lock but DW was still inside so now there is always a set of keys by the door so we never go outside without them.

 

[cajunpeach]

Our dog is small, but I worry about him whining or barking. Do any of you worry about the power going off while you are away?

I didn't used to, now I will! Thanks

 

[vick]

I didn't used to, now I will! Thanks

OOOPS! Sorry about that!

 

[Mmketeer]

Well, I probably won't be much help as when I go to FW and I litterly really am going to FW. DH and I have been so many times to the parks that even if we did decide to go in one we'd only stay a few hours, so we'd leave the kids in the camper. Mainly though, we just eat, shop ride our bikes or just hang out at the camp site, so "if" we leave them we don't leave them alone for more than an hour or two. This our "family" vacation that's why we bought a camper again, otherwise...I'd stick to cruising.