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Its funny that dogs are so different in temperment. My Border pooch is fear aggressive, he doesnt like small bouncy running up type dogs as he was constantly beaten up by another collie when my bloke was a pup. The Belgian trollop is also very protective of him, and everyone else. I have a 24/7 job with both because they MUST learn that I am the leader, and so, therefore, its my job to decide the attack or retreat.
Mind you, Dusty, the trollop, is now madly in lurve, with.....Pete, ( large GSD) and....( can you believe this ) ......a bullock. yes, a bleddy great cow. ( they meet in the evening walk, have a lick of each other nose, ) if she doesnt see him in the field, she sulks..
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nothing like din dins on the hoof....perhaps she's buttering him up to follow her home in the hope her pack leader will chuck him (mr moo) into the freezer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Funny though when I pick her up she shuts up and we can walk past anything and not a whimper it works for me and so am carrying on - she is of a nervous disposition barking sets dogs onto my other dog and having had expensive vets bills for damaged dogs in past am sticking to picking her up so she is out of the way. But thanks for all your advice!
I have lived with sossies all my life and they are quite peculiar you gotta know em to love em!
Greenie
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Our two collies travel on the floor, each with a harness attached to the rear seatbelts via a climbing karabiner and short tape sling. We were influenced by the fact put forward that a 30lb collie becomes a two ton missile at 70mph, no matter how well trained. It took a while for them to get used to it, but now they settle down happily in the knowledge that we plan routes with a "collie stop" - woodland usually - every couple of hours.
We also have a non-spill water bowl in the kitchen near to the shower door, where they can help themselves when we stop. We keep poobags, leads and balls in a small locker next to the door so you can grab the lot as they exit at 100 mph!
On return, we have a towel & Paw Plunger strategically placed next to the door, and only let then in one at a time after they have been cleaned up. Make sure you take some dog shampoo, and an old sponge and a small bucket /gallon icecream container for the day when one of them rolls - because they will....
We also carry tomato ketchup, because it is the only thing that gets rid of fox dung...massage into the coat with rubber gloves, rinse off with warm water, and enjoy the odour of ...Dolmio?
You need to decide / negotiate where they are going to sleep. At night, Mist, the smallest/oldest likes to sleep on the cab floor, so she has a dog bed there, while Ginny sprawls across the lounge. As we're upstairs in the dropdown bed, this isn't a problem. In our Murvi, we used the child's bunk to sleep both, but they seemed to think that jumping down on to us at 3 am was pretty good sport. (Not)
Both dogs feed at the same time, usually with Ginny outside, and Mist in. If it's wet, Ginny in the kitchen area, Mist in the cab. The rule about eat it or lose it applies here, and it doesn't take more than one missed meal for them to relearn it!
It has amazed Chris how easily and quickly the dogs adapt to a new routine. In the van we live with limited space, whilst at home they're all over the place. They look forward to going away as much as we do, and the look on their faces as we stop somewhere new is of unbridled excitement.
Good luck with your planning.
Smick
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I just had this really weird mental picture of greenie picking up a pair of fishnets and walking off with them.................must go back to therapy.
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Smick, your post made me laugh, especially the bit about the ketchup, I know a lot of dane owners that use it!!
We have a 'space' problem, in that when we want to move or change places Flint had to learn to 'reverse' in a straight line, not easy for a dog his size to do....but we just sit still until he decides where he will park his bum...
As for feeding, he has his standing up with the bowl on the sofa...he is so tall he normally has a feed stand but no room for it so we improvise....his water bowl is near the door and we have to pick it up for him to drink out of.....just one of the perculiar things about danes having raised feed & water bowls...
As for sleeping! he has the smaller sofa, and I get the longer one, o/h gets up top of cab out of our way, it has been known for me to make up the big bed out of the two sofas so that the dog can sleep between us when there is really awful windy weather, as it appears he is frightened by the noise of things dropping onto the m/h ....don't laugh its no joke having 12 stone of dane next to you snoring!!
I do empathise with the collies bursting out of the door....they do like to be first out for an adventure don't they....!! we have a strict human first policy, because he once dragged me out and I smashed my knee on the door hinge as I went out, also it prevents passers by from getting a fright when he just suddenly appears.....
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Hi, my two mini schnauzers have harnesses and are kept secured while travelling, they love the motorhome and get excited when we go away as they know that means long walks in the countryside. I have however had one small issue, my oldest dog has learnt to toot the horn when I go away from the van, she jumps up on the drivers seat and uses both paws and toots till I come back. They are not left ni the van but maybe if I'm going to the toilet block etc. When parked up I have to put something up on the seat to stop her getting up there, apart from that we have a wonderful time and I am sure you will too.
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