The Pets Like It!

One of the things that we worried about before and after the purchase of our RV is whether or not the the pets would travel well in it. We spent several nights in it driveway surfing prior to the BIG ADVENTURE - aka our first camping trip with the pets. Said pets are Mouse, the gray and white cat and Champ, the Tennessee Black & Tan Mixed Breed.

While they both took rides in our old Class B RV, they'd never ridden in the Class C Dynamax Isata 3 aka Izzy.

Getting comfortable

Our first trip with them, the dog barked, whined and panted while secured in his seat. For 40 minutes. On the freeway. Not a peep out of the cat. Or she couldn't be heard above Champ's barks, whines and panting.

Once set up at the State Park campsite, however, he was fine.

Mouse and Champ promptly took up residence on our bed. Mouse also has the entire cab over area dedicated to her as her safe place when Champ gets to be too much.

What's out there?

You can see that Champ was happy keeping guard. He really enjoyed barking at everything he saw and heard. One night Mouse saw or heard a raccoon. She screeched, woke up Champ who barked like a guard dog. I'm sure he woke the neighbors, but he also scared the raccoon off.

It was rather quiet at the campground, we being one of 8 RVs camping. So there weren't a lot of people hanging around and he soon got the idea that he can't bark at everyone. The next night, when the raccoon struck again? Not a peep out of him.

This is my spot

The downside? Well, once ensconced on the bed, Champ does not want to budge. It's quite the struggle for two people and a dog for bed space. Mouse will occasionally crawl into bed with us, but is usually happy curled up on the dinette benches, the cab seats or staring out her personal windows up in the cab over area. Or sitting in the middle of one of the benches and giving you the "look" when you try to move her. She does not like us to close the shades at night, and often when trying to get to sleep you will hear her moving from window to window to get behind the shades.

On the way home, we secured Champ between the driver and passenger seats where he could be with us. We hardly knew he was there. I'm anxious to try a longer trip with them.