We too have 2 cats and a dog. The cats and the dog travel well in the car, they take turns to check that we are going in the right direction. We have kittylitter in the car. Lars, the ginger, does a poo as soon as he is put into the car so we give him some time to do it before we start driving. Hule, the grey, usually has a pee about an hour into the trip. They sleep in the caravan, (a Jayco Penguin with just enough room for 2 people...) Alice, the dog, sleeps on the spare single bed. Lars, is a young rascal, and is awake all night having a stinky at about 4am! That is deposited imediately into the porta loo.
Thank you Heather. It is so sad, I wanted to share to help me also. We miss her terribly 😭 But travelling with our pets has been the best thing for us, a bit harder and a messier van. But so worth it 🙏 I hope it helped you in some way
Yes they were super easy - I would like a little portable pen for them. That would have been really good. But I would make sure we are there with them if we did do that because of other campers dogs and the wild ones. Thanks for your message!
Sorry you lost your beautiful dog. Thanks for the video. We travel with our 7 year old greyhound. He has his own tent for sleeping at night. Would not be without him.
That is so great! I love that he has his own tent, our son had his own swag too haha 🤣 thanks so much for your kind words, making this video has been very therapeutic & appreciate you viewing 🙏 Happy Travels 🤩D
Sorry to hear about your precious pup. He was definitely living his best life right up until the end. Thanks for making the video, I have two tiny pups and two cats and was thinking the cats would have a hard time in a van but seems like it's working out for you.
So sorry for your loss of Valor 😒We have a similar protocol with pets in the National Parks of the USA, except pets are allowed in the parks, but cannot be taken on the majority of the trails.
Thanks for the comment and sympathy! Oh wow that is interesting about USA national park, we are hoping to do a trip around America at some point. Cheers for the info 👍
I don't have any pets of my own but I found it really interesting how it all worked for you. 🙂 So sorry for your loss and while it will be hard to edit your vids, it will also be a great tribute to the wonderful times you shared with Valor when you watch the videos again in the future. ❤
Cheers Paul! Thanks so much for your wonderful comment. I always look forward to you watching and your feedback. Yes it will get easier - this happened 7 months ago and right after I published it I took the cats to the vets and there was two pointers there and I was so happy to see them. Can’t wait to get more put together for you and thanks so so much for your support
Oh this made our hearts ache for your family xxx. What an absolutely beautiful dog! And what amazing experiences he had before he passed on. We’ve reached out very first destination with our cat and we agree that our van is like a home because she is in it with us. We are having a really hard time getting her to calm down in the car. She pants a lot and gets very stressed. She loves the van though and we’ve been living in there for 3 weeks (at a property) until now. I was interesting to see how your cats stay in the van. This may be the best option for ours too.
Sorry to make you sad and thanks for your message. She had just the best time for sure! So exciting about being out touring and getting to your first spot. Yes Iggy would not sit still at all in the car - we tried and hoped she would just get tired and flake it. But no. Might be worth a try in the Van - all the best with it, would love to hear how you go 🙏
Aw your kitties are doing great. I think a snake was what got my 20 yr old leash walking cat. All the clues said "envenomation" i miss him so much Old bushies used vit c powder as an emergency anti venom has anyone else heard that?
Thanks so much, we are in our new house now and when they get to go to the yard they both walk to the caravan. I think they just like sleeping and looking out the window
Yes they have scratched a little bit of the top of the couch. We are expecting to replace it anyway. We have leather and kinda want fabric now. But if you have a scratch pole or we even have a fabric Show box that goes under the bed and they like scratching that, and we are happy to replace this. I use Final Cut Pro - I started with filmora
Very sad yet very informative video. We are currently in the planning phase to be come big lap grey nomads and will be travelling with an in door cat. Never considered letting the cat travel in the caravan. Will try your suggestion starting with short periods. I'm thinking about setting up a GoPro to record the cats reactions to ensure she is okay. The other option we are thinking about is letting the cat ride in the back seat and setting up light weight plastic netting so she can't jump in the front while we are driving. I would like to see more videos on the subject of travelling with pets. Have become a subscriber to your channel 😀
Oh Jo! Thank you so so much for your beautiful message and for subscribing. I love that there are some of you watching my videos. That setting up the Go Pro is such a brilliant idea - I can’t believe we haven’t done that yet. We even have a trail cam.... omg I can’t wait to leave for the day and see what happens. I hope you enjoy following along. Cheers for being here ❤️🙏👍
Sorry to hear about your dog. We are considering taking our indoor cat with us travelling. Do you leave your cats in the van while you’re out exploring? Air on or windows open?
Yes we leave them inside, most of the time with the windows open and fly screens closed. They have never attempted to get through the screens. But if you are worried you could leave the roof windows open.
So sad, the unexpected always happens, I've lost several dogs over the years, Baits, mad neighbour shot one of my dogs on my property , just because he was didn't like it ,and no it was not savage, normally very friendly. I lived on a larger property. Hope all is well ,happy safe travels. Cheers Bevan from Sapphire 🤠🇦🇺
Thanks so much Bevan! That is so crazy your neighbour shot your dog, that is sooo brutal. Sometimes it’s really hard to explain these things to kids - I can often find a upside to something sad or tragic. But for this I couldn’t, it was a very hard lesson for them but one they needed. Tilly and I still struggle with it but getting better. Appreciate your comment and support 🙏🥰
We too have 2 cats and a dog. The cats and the dog travel well in the car, they take turns to check that we are going in the right direction. We have kittylitter in the car. Lars, the ginger, does a poo as soon as he is put into the car so we give him some time to do it before we start driving. Hule, the grey, usually has a pee about an hour into the trip. They sleep in the caravan, (a Jayco Penguin with just enough room for 2 people...) Alice, the dog, sleeps on the spare single bed. Lars, is a young rascal, and is awake all night having a stinky at about 4am! That is deposited imediately into the porta loo.
Sounds like you have them well trained!! Great work
Thanks for the video my heart breaks for you all. Thankfully you have your memories and videos of Valor.
Thanks Kerry, it was a really hard time. But we are so lucky to have all those beautiful memories with her.
thank you for sharing....
im so sorry about your loss they are our babies
Thank you Heather. It is so sad, I wanted to share to help me also. We miss her terribly 😭 But travelling with our pets has been the best thing for us, a bit harder and a messier van. But so worth it 🙏 I hope it helped you in some way
💖🌺😢 Thank you Donna.💞so sorry to hear about Bella 💖
Thank you Paul, appreciate your comment and cheers for watching ❤️
Awesome to hear how you did it with your fur babies, so sorry for your loss of Bella
Yes they were super easy - I would like a little portable pen for them. That would have been really good. But I would make sure we are there with them if we did do that because of other campers dogs and the wild ones. Thanks for your message!
great information Donna
Cheers
Sorry you lost your beautiful dog. Thanks for the video. We travel with our 7 year old greyhound. He has his own tent for sleeping at night. Would not be without him.
That is so great! I love that he has his own tent, our son had his own swag too haha 🤣 thanks so much for your kind words, making this video has been very therapeutic & appreciate you viewing 🙏 Happy Travels 🤩D
Thanku for the video ❤
My pleasure
So helpful thank you and I am so sorry for the loss of your girl :(
Thanks Monika, I’m glad it was helpful! Travelling with our pets has been such a great part of our trip
supurb vid, youre tips held alot, has been on mind, our dog will be coming with us nxt yr. sorry for loss thankyou for sharing.
Thank Robert - I hope it’s helped someone. It helped me heal a lot.
Sorry for your loss, Donna. Very tragic but lovely that you spent so many memories with her
Cheers Felipe! Thanks so much for watching / yes so sad and so happy to have so many beautiful times with her ❤️🙏
Sorry to hear about your precious pup. He was definitely living his best life right up until the end.
Thanks for making the video, I have two tiny pups and two cats and was thinking the cats would have a hard time in a van but seems like it's working out for you.
Thanks Alyssa, stay tuned and you will meet her niece
Good video 👍 sorry for your loss 😞
Thanks Luke, I hope it helped in some way 👍
So sorry for your loss of Valor 😒We have a similar protocol with pets in the National Parks of the USA, except pets are allowed in the parks, but cannot be taken on the majority of the trails.
Thanks for the comment and sympathy! Oh wow that is interesting about USA national park, we are hoping to do a trip around America at some point. Cheers for the info 👍
I don't have any pets of my own but I found it really interesting how it all worked for you. 🙂 So sorry for your loss and while it will be hard to edit your vids, it will also be a great tribute to the wonderful times you shared with Valor when you watch the videos again in the future. ❤
Cheers Paul! Thanks so much for your wonderful comment. I always look forward to you watching and your feedback. Yes it will get easier - this happened 7 months ago and right after I published it I took the cats to the vets and there was two pointers there and I was so happy to see them. Can’t wait to get more put together for you and thanks so so much for your support
So many great tips, thank you Donna.
I’m so sorry to hear about Valor 😢
Thank you so much my friend - I really to appreciate your support 🙏
Oh this made our hearts ache for your family xxx. What an absolutely beautiful dog! And what amazing experiences he had before he passed on.
We’ve reached out very first destination with our cat and we agree that our van is like a home because she is in it with us. We are having a really hard time getting her to calm down in the car. She pants a lot and gets very stressed. She loves the van though and we’ve been living in there for 3 weeks (at a property) until now. I was interesting to see how your cats stay in the van. This may be the best option for ours too.
Sorry to make you sad and thanks for your message. She had just the best time for sure! So exciting about being out touring and getting to your first spot. Yes Iggy would not sit still at all in the car - we tried and hoped she would just get tired and flake it. But no. Might be worth a try in the Van - all the best with it, would love to hear how you go 🙏
I cryed a lot
Yes darling 😢❤️
Aw your kitties are doing great. I think a snake was what got my 20 yr old leash walking cat.
All the clues said "envenomation" i miss him so much
Old bushies used vit c powder as an emergency anti venom has anyone else heard that?
Thanks so much, we are in our new house now and when they get to go to the yard they both walk to the caravan. I think they just like sleeping and looking out the window
How do the cats go scratching the furniture also could I ask what editing program do you use, I'm looking at A new one myself?
Yes they have scratched a little bit of the top of the couch. We are expecting to replace it anyway. We have leather and kinda want fabric now. But if you have a scratch pole or we even have a fabric Show box that goes under the bed and they like scratching that, and we are happy to replace this. I use Final Cut Pro - I started with filmora
Very sad yet very informative video. We are currently in the planning phase to be come big lap grey nomads and will be travelling with an in door cat. Never considered letting the cat travel in the caravan. Will try your suggestion starting with short periods. I'm thinking about setting up a GoPro to record the cats reactions to ensure she is okay. The other option we are thinking about is letting the cat ride in the back seat and setting up light weight plastic netting so she can't jump in the front while we are driving. I would like to see more videos on the subject of travelling with pets. Have become a subscriber to your channel 😀
Oh Jo! Thank you so so much for your beautiful message and for subscribing. I love that there are some of you watching my videos. That setting up the Go Pro is such a brilliant idea - I can’t believe we haven’t done that yet. We even have a trail cam.... omg I can’t wait to leave for the day and see what happens. I hope you enjoy following along. Cheers for being here ❤️🙏👍
Sorry to hear about your dog. We are considering taking our indoor cat with us travelling. Do you leave your cats in the van while you’re out exploring? Air on or windows open?
Yes we leave them inside, most of the time with the windows open and fly screens closed. They have never attempted to get through the screens. But if you are worried you could leave the roof windows open.
So sad, the unexpected always happens, I've lost several dogs over the years, Baits, mad neighbour shot one of my dogs on my property , just because he was didn't like it ,and no it was not savage, normally very friendly. I lived on a larger property. Hope all is well ,happy safe travels. Cheers Bevan from Sapphire 🤠🇦🇺
Thanks so much Bevan! That is so crazy your neighbour shot your dog, that is sooo brutal. Sometimes it’s really hard to explain these things to kids - I can often find a upside to something sad or tragic. But for this I couldn’t, it was a very hard lesson for them but one they needed. Tilly and I still struggle with it but getting better. Appreciate your comment and support 🙏🥰
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So sad