Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 14:26:14 -0700
Reply-To: Jon Brown <jbrown510@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jon Brown <jbrown510@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: managing your dogs?
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>dog bowls
The best dog bowl solution I've seen (need to implement it myself) is to
permanently mount a pair of bowls to a piece of plywood. i.e. two bowls on
a 1'x2' piece of ply. This arrangement is extremely difficult to flip
over... of course with dogs nothing is impossible.
I'm planning on adding a rail (0.5"x0.5") around the edge of the plywood
just in case water/food sloshes out while driving. I've also considered
making it out of metal... maybe just weld a pair of stainless steel bowls
to a sheet of metal and then bend up the sides to catch the slosh...
My 50 lb dog rides in the passenger seat when available, or he'll ride with
his front paws on my center console... yes... on more than one occasion
when stopping he's kicked me out of gear... trying to find a solution. I
think I might build a pet barrier to keep him in back.
When I tie him up I either hook him to the front tow hook via a 25ft rope
with carabineers on each end or I'll clip about a 10ft rope to the pop-top
cross bar (top down). I've also used the pop top latch when the top was up.
Believe it or not the reason I clip the rope it to the cross bar is that it
keeps him from getting tangled in the rope, he used to get dreadfully
tangled up in the rope when I'd tether it to anything in the van. The cross
bar attachment lets him run around in the van and get to about as far as
either tire on the right side.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Thomson" <pthomson@GORGE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] managing your dogs?
> Hi Chris & all,
>
> Finally something I can provide input on :)
> I have two labs that ride with me all of the time. Mostly they sit in the
> back but sometimes one will sit in the passenger seat if it is not
occupied.
> I don't put a barrier between the bench and the way back. They don't
really
> want to go back there anyway...I always keep a queen sized blanket over
the
> back seat. I also put a pet bed down on the back floor so one can sleep on
> the back seat and the other can sleep on the floor while on long driving
> stretches. I also have a center console that keeps them away from the
> shifter...
>
> At stops, if it's raining, I have a shadyboy awning up, put down a blanket
> on the ground under the awning, then I use about 20' of cable w/
connectors
> on both sides, looped through the front table tube (I don't have a front
> table), one side connected to each dog. This works to keep them either
under
> the awning or in the van, with a little slack on either side.
>
>
>
> Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 11:10:25 -0700
> From: "aircooledchris@eucasafari.vendioweb.com"
> <aircooledchris@EUCASAFARI.VENDIOWEB.COM>
> Subject: managing your dogs?
>
> listee's
>
> I was wondering how you with mutiple dogs manage while camping and any
> tricks or tips you may have on keeping things clean as well as managing
> space and keeping the whole crew happy.
>
> Thanks for anything you feel like sharing.
>
> so far, this is what ive done:
>
> new vinyl upholstery for the front seats as well as the rear, to help with
> washing off fur/slobber/etc.
>
> things id like to do is add rubber flooring all around, to also aid in the
> cleanup process.
>
> my concerns now are just where the dogs sleep and how to manage where to
put
> stuff when you have two larger dogs in the back.
>
> do any of you use a gate to keep them in the way way back? I was actually
> considering doing the opposite, where we store our bulky gear in the way
> back and keep them separated from this area where one can use the floor
and
> the other can use the bench seat.
>
> one last concern ive considered addressing is just mounting a bowl
somewhere
> easily accessed, where nobody can kick it over and they can get to water
> anytime they need some.
>
> best,
>
> cr
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