Keeping the dog IN the van

Post by **john davis** » 02 Aug 2008, 14:51

You know how it is....you having a doze with the sliding door open and then all hell lets loose. Someone's got too close to the van or a moggy runs across the gap and the dogs are charging off across the campsite without a care for the notice that says "everyone loves your dog on a lead". On our Type 2 we arranged a rigid piece of wire mesh across the gap; but with the 25 and our layout it's not possible to do this. Any ideas anyone? No, we don't want to throttle the dogs and leave them at home!

John

Post by **1664** » 02 Aug 2008, 14:58

john davis wrote:No, we don't want to throttle the dogs and leave them at home!

Throttle them and take them with you?

Just tie their leads to the jacking point?

Post by **_wendy_** » 02 Aug 2008, 15:21

we have a D link fastened to the base of the R+R bed. The dog then has a lead that clips to his collar, so he can get in and out of van as he pleases. if the site is quiet we ad in another lead so he has a good amount of lead to run round on

Post by **FlowerPower** » 02 Aug 2008, 16:49

Close the door when you are having a snooze?

Just an idea!

Post by **john davis** » 02 Aug 2008, 17:37

Thanks for the ideas.....Wendy - yeah, might go with that; Flower Power - like to let the draught in on these hot, sunny days that we haven't been having up here!!!!

John

Post by **john davis** » 02 Aug 2008, 18:39

Wife says that what we really want is not so much somewhere to tie the leads to as something to bridge the sliding-door gap with. As I said, in the T2 we could use a child-gate arrangement as we had two solid surfaces to tighten against...not so with the T25. Have tried to use that collapsible trellising that you can get in garden centres, but it's too flimsy with not being able to secure it at the bottom.

John

Post by **Tex Ritter** » 07 Aug 2008, 18:51

john davis wrote:Thanks for the ideas.....Wendy - yeah, might go with that; Flower Power - like to let the draught in on these hot, sunny days that we haven't been having up here!!!!

John

See, if you had a 3 speed extractor fan in your roof, you'd be able to kip with a nice pleasent breeze flowing through your van with the door shut.

TR

Post by **ermie571** » 07 Aug 2008, 19:38

We use the jacking point for the jack russell. Then she is either on the long lead or the short lead if I need to keep her near the van. We also have a screw in stake for pinning them down outside the van.

Scamp...well, he doesn't shoot off any more....may go for a plod around the van, but not at any speed!

Em
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Post by **jamesc76** » 07 Aug 2008, 20:28

keep it on a lead as all dogs should be everywhere if it were upto me the only place they should be off a lead is at home!

Post by **john davis** » 09 Aug 2008, 18:23

Thanks for all replies

Problem solved....loop extended lead through rear seat belt.

John

Post by **R0B** » 09 Aug 2008, 19:14

that would make greyhound racing interesting..

if it were upto me the only place they should be off a lead is at home

Post by **trickydicky** » 11 Aug 2008, 20:40

You can use the front seat belt as well, works well with my excitable Shepherd!
As for letting the dog be free, the other Shepherd is a big softee and loves all. However it is embarrassing wondering through a campsite when she's caught a sniff of rabbit.
More so if she's caught it!

Post by **Mocki** » 11 Aug 2008, 22:05

dont care if they are on a lead or not, what i do care about is that the owners clear the crap up......... which most 80-90 owners do, thankfully..... apart from at the tech weekend where people are laying all over the place working under vans............

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