Those are all great tips. We travel with 2 standard dachshunds; going to field trials etc. was the driver for getting the Tab originally.
We've been on some long road trips so these ideas mostly apply to being in transit:
Definitely each dog should be in a crate or secured with a reliable harness attachment to anchors or the seatbelt.
Put the leash in the same place every time so when you get to a rest stop there is no searching. A good place is to just clip it to the crate door.
A great item we like is the water bowl that will not spill. It has a inward curving lip that keeps the water in quite well so you don't have to refill every time you offer water. One of our dogs won't drink water while traveling so every so often we'll drop a piece of cheese into the water and while bobbing for that he decides to drink. For a while I fed grapes until I found out they are poisonous to dogs!
Our TV has an opening sun roof and in most places in the Pacific Northwest, this provides sufficient ventilation. We have crate fans that also help with that. If it is too hot and we can't find shade, we take turns going in to places. When it's just me, and its a driving day, we just use drive-throughs for meals so I don't have to leave the dogs in the car.
When we are stopped:
In the Tab at night, I use a white water bowl that is easy to see down on the floor so I don't kick it over if I get up in the night. This was learned the hard way x many. If/when we stop at a motel, or not taking the tab, they know I will place a water bowl in the bathroom so they can always find it in a strange place.
When we are camping, I use an x-pen and make it a U shape in front of the door to create a fenced front yard for the dogs. This allows them to go in and out without being able to get away. You have to block the space under the step or they get out that way. When it's time to pack up and hook back up to the tab, the x-pen keeps the dogs out of the way and contained during that process.
Some of the hard crates will not fit through the tab door so a foldable soft crate is a good solution. Since my dogs are always in crates when we are away from home, they've gotten used to being in their soft crates in the tab if we are away briefly and/or the temperature/ventilation permits. The vent that keeps the rain out helps with that.
Happy tabbing with your dogs.
--- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "zanydoc" <zanydoc@...> wrote:
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> Thanks for good advice about our trip.
> Any tips about traveling with dogs?
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