Traveling with your Fur Baby
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RV living or camping with a pup can be difficult sometimes. In this article, we will give you some helpful hints and tricks that have been successful for us. Even the pup needs to be comfortable when it comes to traveling and sleeping.
Our pup is spoiled, but also what they call an elderly dog. If you meet her, you wouldn't even realize how old she is. She also has separation anxiety, which gets worse when we start to travel. She needs to be right next to us, which used to pose a problem when we had the Trailblazer. She is six years old, and we knew that it would be easier if she could be next to us. That problem was fixed when we purchased our truck. A bench seat works like a charm. When we took our first long trip in the truck, she did fabulous. No CBD chews were needed. She fell right asleep before we hit the second block. Yes, that is right, we use CBD chews for her. We try to be all natural with our pup.
Making the pup comfortable in an RV or tent will be quite different. When we had the tent, we needed to make sure that she couldn't escape out of it. We still made sure she was comfortable. We bought her a bed that is raised off the ground so she wasn't sleeping on a hard surface. Face it, no one wants to sleep on a hard surface, so why treat your pup any different? Now she will have her own bed, which is the couch. Of course, she will still have her raised bed for chilling at the campsite. Make sure they have their all time favorite toy. She has a dragon. She has had it for two years and hasn't wrecked it. We take it everywhere with us. It keeps her calm, and of course she plays with it, which keeps her occupied and out of trouble.
We make sure we carry two different foods for her. We carry her standard dry food, which is a limited ingredient diet food. She has massive allergies. Then, we also have soft food that has actual chunks of meat and veggies with us. Without soft food, we have noticed she will go days without eating if we let her. So that soft food is there for when we first arrive. Remember to have fresh water for them, and here is a hint: DO NOT let them drink out of the river, or any body of water, especially if they are not used to it. They could get sick, which is something you do not want to have to worry about.
Have your vet's number on file, and also the closest emergency vet's number. Our pup has some health issues, so I always make sure to know where the closest emergency vet is. You might be thinking, “Wow, she treats her pup like a child.” Well, she is like a child. She depends on us as a family to take care of her needs, whether it is us making sure her nutritional needs are met, or making sure that her health needs are met.
The other big thing to think about, when taking the pup or any pet to a campground, is making the reservations. Make sure 100 percent that they take the type of pet you have. Some campgrounds only allow dogs and cats, but not exotic pets, like birds or something along those lines. The other piece is making sure that they take your pup's breed. We as a family unit have to be careful with where we book, and make sure we are looking in the pet section of the policies. Our pup's breed is widely subjected to discrimination, so while looking at campgrounds, we need to make sure we really read the fine print.
Hopefully this article will help you and those fur babies. Remember to follow that internal compass!