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Best thing is to use a dog cage, you can use this in the house/car/caravan. The dog quickly accepts this as a safe place and also prevents it from chewing everything in site, which most labs love to do.

Enjoy!!!!

You will have a bit of a problem with toileting/walking your pup as they must not walk/play on ground where other possibly unvaccinated dogs have been until your pup's vaccinations are fully effective. (about16 weeks) Most folk just keep their new pup in their own back garden to play until that time. On a campsite other dogs could have walked anywhere. You could put a plastic groundsheet down and keep him on that, but would have to be prepared to scoop and wash up every poo/wee with disinfectant. My old boy is a brown flatcoat retriever who is 15 now, and still loves caravanning. He has always slept in the back of the estate or 4x4 car at night on a fluffy bed cushion. He knows we will not go anywhere without him and feels safe. Perhaps a dog crate in the car would work?

Be very aware that dogs chew - we took our red setter -left him in the van 10 minutes - new windows, new curtsin track, new door blah blah blah.  Cost me a small fortune to put it right.  Either a lockable crate or Leave in the kennels.  Check with your vet re vaccinations - I cant quite remember.

HTH

Lou

Your going to have some sleepless nights ahead of you,its like having a new baby.

I would definately start using the crate straight away if you are planning to put your pup in it in the caravan,other wise you will get one very upset whining bundle in a strange cage and unfirmiliar surroundings of the caravan.

It only took a week to house train my lab,try and be on the ball as soon as the pup wakes up take him/her out on the grass. i did the same as ian and jane,i said to mine every time "lets go and have a wee wee" and as soon as the business is done lots of praise.This performance was even done at 3 in the morning but it paid off.

We started off using a crate but as ours out grew it we didn"t bother getting a larger one now we not only have the cat sharing our bed but also a 5 stone lab it can be quite a squash some nights(the morale of this story - buy the bigger crate)

hI

We took a 9 week old pup with us whilst camping in a folding camper (Conway) - we bought one of these as it fitted in the walkway of the camper, is light weight, folds flat, easy to erect etc.. - you can even get them use to it at home first. Take some home comforts with you like the dog blanket or some of your old clothing that the dog can sleep on.

I have no connection with this company and i think we got ours from e-bay anyway. 

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Andy

Hi

We took outr puppy when he was 8 weeks - we got him on the Thursday and took him caravanning on the Friday! He was fine, the only thing he chewed was the ends of my hair each morning to wake me up. And he's a collie, they chew EVERYTHING. We were probably abit naughty but we walked him before his 2nd injections and let him run about the fields, but he's a picture of health! We never had him in a cage as personally I don't agree with them but that's only my opinion, He slept under our bed along with our other dog.

Good luck - your puppy will love it!

Make sure you have a few trial runs to get her used to travelling in the car - otherwise she could do a wee sicky and then it would put her off car travel.  Take her on a few short trips first - say just 1/2 mile or down to the shop and back so she gets used to the motion.  I would back up too what the others have said - public areas where un-vaccinated dogs may have been can be very dangerous before her vaccinations have taken effect and built up an immunity.  Also, take loads of kitchen rolls!  She will love it tho, all dogs seem to love camping and caravanning.

Pam

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