Dog travel

[tucsoncarol]

Only you know how they will respond to being left alone. As other responders on this forum have noted, you know if your dogs suffer separation anxiety so act accordingly. If you don't know, try a few fake separations. Leave as if you were going for a while, park a short distance away, and walk back far enough to hear how your dogs react to your absence. Traveling with three greyhounds is no trouble, they just don't bark (at least mine don't). Even so, we always take them on a long walk beforehand so they are tired and more likely to sleep the day away and we never leave them for long. We know from experience that they will howl at sundown if we aren't "with the pack" so we have an early curfew.

We take our 70 pound labrador retriever with on most of our TM travels and have no concerns re: leaving her alone in the TM while we are canoeing or dining out. The ventilation options are so much more versatile on the TM than in the truck. Despite leaving a dog bed on the floor, within minutes of us leaving Kali gets up on the bed so she can see out the window. We view the TM as pet friendly even when it is quite warm out. - David (Camp2Canoe)