Author Topic: Where does your dog sleep? (Read 25157 times)

hookedon4wding · « **on:** June 06, 2011, 04:27:02 PM »

Hi all. I know a lot of us like to take the dogs away with us when we go camping. Really interested where yours sleep whilst you're away on the road.

Do they sleep in the camper on the floor? On the bed with you? In the annex on a mat? In the car? In their own tent? Somewhere else?

Cheers, Sam.

Kit_e_kat9 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:37:17 PM »

Now if I owned this CT on my own, they'd sleep on the hard floor, but The Man is a bit of a P.I.T.A so they stay outside, tied under the CT or the ute. They are on beds (those doggy pillows), but this is really only okay around a built up area (or less than 3 hours from one on the eastern seaboard and sometimes not even then) ... when we head into the Outback, I'm gonna make him re-think this strategy as you just can't do this in a dingo area ... don't want my babies getting eaten or bitten or worse ... knicking off through the night and getting bloody lost!!

Kit_e

Bushman · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:39:04 PM »

Ours sleeps under the table in the van on her own mat though i have sprung her trying to sneak onto the daughters bed

Beaker · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:57:16 PM »

50Kg Mastif.

He sleeps where he damn well pleases

(On the Floor of the anex normaly)

Bill · « **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2011, 05:04:52 PM »

They sleep on thier own beds in the tent...
Bill and Morag

scoot · « **Reply #5 on:** June 06, 2011, 05:08:38 PM »

We adapted a kid's room for a customer's dogs. We were asked to put a zip around the edge of the PVC floor so they could have a place to pee at night! The sewer nearly fell off his chair when I explained the job. I recently saw the customer after using it for a year and he said the dogs loved it.

Fivid · « **Reply #6 on:** June 06, 2011, 06:00:30 PM »

Good question, ours used to sleep under the Patrol but they are getting a bit big to be comfortable under there now. SWMBO is making doggy pillows for them and I have made a fold up frame that will keep them up off the ground. As far as cover over them, probably a tarp tied between a couple of trees or something... Have not worked that bit out yet

Dave

Tim - Stratford · « **Reply #7 on:** June 06, 2011, 06:51:53 PM »

Quote from: Beaker on June 06, 2011, 04:57:16 PM

50Kg Mastif.

He sleeps where he damn well pleases (On the Floor of the anex normaly)

Slipus · « **Reply #8 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:05:43 PM »

unfortunately our beloved Chocolate Labrador passed away Friday week ago. :'( :'(
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She slept on the floor of the camper in her own bed. She had her only box of towels and mats in the CT, (so her gear was always packed) and the doggy bed we bought from ALDI which is held together by 4 bolts.

cheers

Pete

GeeQue · « **Reply #9 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:21:18 PM »

In the tent or trailer with us on his own doggy bed.

Geeque

EFIwindsor · « **Reply #10 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:42:14 PM »

On the flor of the camper on a mat,
In the back of the car when we have the roof top tent on, or in the bottom annex of the roof top tent if I put it up.

Yoda42 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:44:14 PM »

Our 2 Beagles are royally spoiled

and sleep on/in the CT bed with us(or should that be us with them in there CT bed

), must say when the mercury gets below 10 a nice warm Beagle is worth 2 blankets

Yoda

rellbell · « **Reply #12 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:57:10 PM »

Slipus - Sorry to hear of the passing of your doggie, it brought a tear to my eye. Our D dog passed away 2 Augusts ago and we still miss her terribly. It does get easier. Cheers Norelle

TroyE · « **Reply #13 on:** June 06, 2011, 08:16:09 PM »

Quote from: rellbell on June 06, 2011, 07:57:10 PM

Slipus - Sorry to hear of the passing of your doggie, it brought a tear to my eye. Our D dog passed away 2 Augusts ago and we still miss her terribly. It does get easier. Cheers Norelle

x2 we lost our 11yr old blue dog (floyd) to cancer in december last year. it will get easier with time, yup I miss him terribly still :'(

koshari · « **Reply #14 on:** June 06, 2011, 08:53:24 PM »

our 2 JRTs sleep on the jayco table seats.

lostindust · « **Reply #15 on:** June 06, 2011, 08:56:44 PM »

We fight over the hot water doggle. Obviously sleeps On the bed.

albyback1 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 06, 2011, 09:09:45 PM »

Moses has his own swag - doggie size... rolls up just like mine and he loves it. He knows where ever his swag is - thats where he sleeps.

So the question is where do we put the swag? on the back seat whilst traveling, under the car on stops - or even under the ARB awning. At night it sits in the camper on the floor.

But he loves stealing a chair if its available!!!!

Heiny · « **Reply #17 on:** June 06, 2011, 09:48:56 PM »

Casper now sleeps on the meadows at Rainbow Bridge with D dog, Floyd, a beautiful chocolate labrador and many other new friends by his side :'(

BigDougie · « **Reply #18 on:** June 06, 2011, 10:32:26 PM »

Seal,our black mini foxie X labby pointer sleeps on either our bed with us or on the boys bed - whoever feels most like getting up 1 or 2 times per night...spoilt? Who's spoilt?

griz066 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 06, 2011, 10:58:01 PM »

Our very spoilt Cocker sleeps at the foot of our bed to start with and usually ends up with her head on the pillow between us.

Barrabart · « **Reply #20 on:** June 07, 2011, 02:58:19 AM »

Just a quick word of warning....... When travelling with dogs, keep in mind if you're possibly in or near land that has been baited for dingo control, you don't have to be on a property that has been baited, even near one can pose a risk to your for legged mate, as birds have been known to pick up baits and fly off with them to drop them some distance from where they were laid... You would have to be pretty unlucky to come across one, but it has happened before.

darren · « **Reply #21 on:** June 07, 2011, 07:28:42 AM »

Quote from: Barrabart on June 07, 2011, 02:58:19 AM

Just a quick word of warning....... When travelling with dogs, keep in mind if you're possibly in or near land that has been baited for dingo control, you don't have to be on a property that has been baited, even near one can pose a risk to your for legged mate, as birds have been known to pick up baits and fly off with them to drop them some distance from where they were laid... You would have to be pretty unlucky to come across one, but it has happened before.

Dogs are a real problem around me. They were aerial baiting on the weekend from a helicopter. They put signs up in the area when they do though. State forest over the patterson do it a few times a year too.

fabulous · « **Reply #22 on:** June 07, 2011, 07:32:39 AM »

We have a hard floor camper, our dog sleeps on the floor of the camper. We always take her mat from home.

oldblade · « **Reply #23 on:** June 07, 2011, 08:27:57 AM »

Our 2 that passed away late last year and early this year use to sleep under the awning of the tent and when we got the jayco would sleep under the jayco.

Funny story
When we first started camping with them my wife decided that they need their own tents so we got a couple of those $20 tents.
Set up the tents popped the dogs in each and went into out tent
I went out a couple of times to check on the boys (still awake but in the tent waiting for the fire to burn it's self out)
Then the last time I got up ready to kill the fire completely and get off to sleep I step out of our tent look at one of the dogs tent and there's a big hole in it quick look around camp in the pitch black panicing for a second or 2 I find him sat by a dieing camp fire (now thats a camping dog

)
He go all upset when i had to put it out

Are the memory will never die

deepop · « **Reply #24 on:** June 07, 2011, 09:42:15 PM »

Well,

She's normally in the back of the car on her towels.

However last group camp I was at I left her to her own devices (when she just sleeps under the car). This led her to believe that she could go and sleep in other peoples tents with them and their dogs (which she did).

Dirty little girl slept in two other tents for the weekend (and was very happy about it too!).

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Author Topic: Where does your dog sleep? (Read 25157 times)