Dogs Welfare Whilst Travelling In Motorhome

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JVB66.

This is not a court of law but just an observation. To answer your specifics. No structural law acceptable evidence here. Just social chit chat over this year where this subject has cropped up on various camping grounds. I would say that about 80% of the people I speak to do not secure their dogs in the motorhome whilst travelling in an RTA situation via some kind of achorage point and harness. Now back to my Gin & Tonic.Cheers.

 

Thank goodness for that, just imagine the arguments on here. 

My dog can drive forward ,but when reversing she keeps paws-ing

Female huh! What do you expect! 

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I think most motorhome owners are aware of anything that could come flying at them, ranging from pets to coffee machines. We are concerned, always.

There are restraints around that use seat belts as their anchor point. As much as I'd like to use one in my estate(ish), my rear seats' belts are inaccessible when its seat is stowed away. 

When we take our son's dog she's in a harness and anchored to a bar behind the drivers seat. We tried her on the rear passenger seat into the seat belt but she didn't like that. No compliant but was shaking when we checked on her. Normally travels in the same way in the cars.

We see lots of dogs sitting on the passenger's lap in motorhomes. I worry about them on several counts, not least that should they be catapulted outside the vehicle they are free to run and cause chaos or get lost!

As motorhomers we too spend much time ensuring everything is closed and locked or secured if it has to be 'loose' before embarkation.

It's much the same as cars isn't it, you try to secure everything including the contents and pets as best as you can to make travel as safe as possible. As TW said some pets react badly to some securing methods and left like that they are a major distraction so you have to weigh up all possibilities in the way you decide to travel.