Pet Photos

[okmunky]

Originally Posted by dstenberg

This is Radar (yes, O'Reilly), the Boxer. He's a 2 yr old Mobility Service Dog. He's my partner on the road & makes all our adventures possible. He hauls me up our steep Class A stairs, along with the groceries & other assorted burdens, & makes it look so effortless! Attachment 271501Attachment 271502

If his legs were longer you could teach him to drive. But wait, do they make hand controls for RVs?

[Nudge]

Originally Posted by NFlcamper

Nina at friends lake property and her new kittens in the camper.
Spaz is now 4.5 years old, raised by a doggie.
And Spaz and Nina tried to adopt this last year.... I had to say no!
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LOL~I get a kick out of the Geico commercial with the possum.

[road dogs]

Willow (8 years old), Buddy and Lily (12 YO bro & sis), been RVing since they was pups and they love it!!!

[paisleytime]

Papillon’s certainly make great travel companions- and ours loves to help with our pre-flight check[ATTACH]271944

[dstenberg]

Originally Posted by Bigd9

That is so cool! I didn't know they had dogs that did that. Way to go!

Radar was already trained in mobility before I got the rig. We just had to adapt our old skills to the new rig realities of life. Our original trainer was able to help with that. Radar was used to much wider stairs going up & down before we got the rig; so when going down, he was always at my side to steady me if needed. He had to learn on the narrow rig stairs to stand one step up & behind - sort of off my left shoulder, so I could lean back & grab the short bridge, if I needed steadying, which was just the right height when he's a step higher than me. The long guide dog style bridge is for hauling me up hills, steep inclines, & stairs. When I grab that long bridge, he knows to pull. Believe me, Boxers are powerful! There's a lot of SD training organizations out there. You don't havta be a military veteran for most of them. It's getting the right match between you & the SD that's the essential ingredient. That well matched partnership, along with a trainer who can think outside the box, makes all the difference rv'ing with an SD.

[dstenberg]

Originally Posted by paisleytime

Papillon’s certainly make great travel companions- and ours loves to help with our pre-flight check[ATTACH]271944

What a cute co-pilot!

[hclarkx]

One of our two cats with 40K miles on him. Note here in the desert he has no leash. DW is returning from a hike with him. We've done hikes up to a mile with him off leash. Of course, we do this only where the risk of encountering a dog is zero.

[Bigd9]

Originally Posted by dstenberg

Radar was already trained in mobility before I got the rig. We just had to adapt our old skills to the new rig realities of life. Our original trainer was able to help with that. Radar was used to much wider stairs going up & down before we got the rig; so when going down, he was always at my side to steady me if needed. He had to learn on the narrow rig stairs to stand one step up & behind - sort of off my left shoulder, so I could lean back & grab the short bridge, if I needed steadying, which was just the right height when he's a step higher than me. The long guide dog style bridge is for hauling me up hills, steep inclines, & stairs. When I grab that long bridge, he knows to pull. Believe me, Boxers are powerful! There's a lot of SD training organizations out there. You don't havta be a military veteran for most of them. It's getting the right match between you & the SD that's the essential ingredient. That well matched partnership, along with a trainer who can think outside the box, makes all the difference rv'ing with an SD.

I would love to see more pictures of you canine tool at work. You sound very proud of him, as you should be.

[lady puffin]

We lost Tank in March this year on his last trip. He was a wonderful traveler and always helped me load the coach.
The first pic is Tank while we were outside in Iowa . The second is him guarding the entrance to the mh.

[Bigd9]

I can see why you called him Tank. From the looks of it, he must of had a good and fulfilling life.

[lady puffin]

He did, was a little trooper to the last day. Went blind last October, had become a brittle diabetic, but he was so excited the morning we left. We got to enjoy 4 wonderful days, before he became so very sick. It broke our hearts when we found out he had inoperable cancer. It was a hard decision, but we loved him to much to have him suffer anymore. We plan to get a pair of pug puppies in the near future who we hope will be as good at traveling as Tankie was.

[Bigd9]

Many of us have gone through the medical care and loss of a pet like that. We took our 2 year old Labradoodle on her last trip across the country. She had kidney failure and we were having to give her daily subcutaneous fluid injections that lasted an hour to stimulate her kidneys. We discovered Vets across the country are very caring and helpful people, and getting the special fluids she needed wasn't the problem we thought is was going to be. She was a trooper and loved hiking with us. Toward the end we had to carry her on our backs if we misjudged, ventured too far and her strength gave out. But unlike yours, Nilla lasted until we got home.

We now travel with two mid sized Labradoodles and two cats! "My Boys" love hiking and we have trained them on proper trail etiquette. The two cats? Well they are cats! They much prefer to remain behind and guard (sleep) the motorhome!

You will always remember Tank. I hope you have as much fun with the new ones as we do with ours.

[mike brez]

Labradoodles rule lol

[Bigd9]

Beautiful pups! Are they mini's? Ours are 25 pounders and full of energy. I usually burn off the excess energy by letting them chase their most favorite toy of all times. A Traxxas 4x4 monster truck. You should see them chase that thing. The down side is I go through a lot of expensive tires if I make a mistake and they catch it!

This one is Hershey, as in Hershey Kiss. He has a small tuft of hair that sticks up on top of his head.