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rastapoodle · 09-03-2012, 07:58 PM

We just returned from 4 weeks on the road w/the Rastapoodles and it was great.

When we left the girls in the trailer, we DID leave the water bowl on a stand in the shower. It took all of 3 minutes for them to figure it out. Most of the drips, slobbers and motorboat, messy drinking was captured in the shower stall.

Many thanks to my wonderful husband, John Barlow, for removing the shower door for me. The shower curtain works great and is way more attractive than the gold shower door that always leaked on the floor. I can change the curtain on a whim.

Bill M. · 09-03-2012, 08:05 PM

on the floor in front of the fridge.

paisley · 09-27-2012, 07:11 PM

My "kids" are spoiled. They have built-in food and water bowls, as well as a dog cave underneath one of our beds. As a bonus, when only one dog is traveling with me (like on my current trip) I use the extra bowl for my sweaty running socks

KYAirstream · 09-27-2012, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by rastapoodle

We just returned from 4 weeks on the road w/the Rastapoodles and it was great.

When we left the girls in the trailer, we DID leave the water bowl on a stand in the shower. It took all of 3 minutes for them to figure it out. Most of the drips, slobbers and motorboat, messy drinking was captured in the shower stall.

Many thanks to my wonderful husband, John Barlow, for removing the shower door for me. The shower curtain works great and is way more attractive than the gold shower door that always leaked on the floor. I can change the curtain on a whim.

Center or rear bath? If center, would u mind posting a pic of your curtain and rod?

Taylormade · 09-27-2012, 07:28 PM

I build a sliding storage container that serves both as their food and water bowls. We store their dry food in the open cabinet underneath the bowls and thankfully they aren't too bad in the slobber department. We have a german shepherd and a lab mix.

Here's a pic of it closed.

and deployed.

CanoeStream · 09-27-2012, 07:56 PM

Nice solutions all! We have a 50# airedale and a 24# English cocker. This works very well for us. The Road Refresher water dish doesn't slosh out if we keep it no more than 2/3ds full.

MaxAB · 12-10-2012, 10:03 AM

Here's an option for your pet's water and food bowl in a 1985 25-footer...

I removed a veneer panel on the street side between the sink cabinet and the hanging locker. It revealed an unused space about 9" deep, 4" wide, and 12" high. We place two stainless steel bowls side-by-side in this recessed area and its perfect for Jaki's food/water needs.

The flooring is a rubber interlocking tile material over a vapor barrier covered waterproofed subfloor.

KYAirstream · 12-10-2012, 05:01 PM

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The flooring is a rubber interlocking tile material over a vapor barrier covered waterproofed subfloor.

Like your floor. Who makes it?

What sort of vapor barrier did you use, and did you treat the subfloor with poly to make it waterproof?

MaxAB · 12-11-2012, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by KYAirstream

Like your floor. Who makes it?

What sort of vapor barrier did you use, and did you treat the subfloor with poly to make it waterproof?

The floor material are "Interlocking Tiles" (IT's) - about 14" square. The interlocking feature is hidden and seams are straight. They are made of a rubberized material - very durable so far. Installed last summer, we've had about 6 weeks of usage. We carry a small Honda Trail 90 scooter in the living room area and they show no signs of wear/tear. Easy to clean and keep nice looking.

Vapor barrier is made of small Styrofoam (7 shot size) sandwiched between a layer of red plastic film.

I waterproofed the subfloor with a shower pan waterproofing material (goes on "pink" and dries "red")... Subfloor to wall seam was sealed with a heavy duty silicone caulk.

If liquid spills on the ITs its just a quick wipe-up and you're done. If it spills and stays unattended (which happened once so far) - I just un-snapped the affected tiles and wiped up the liquid from the vapor barrier.

Bought all the materials from in-stock items at Lowe's... FYI.

We repaired dry-rotted original subfloor last summer. From the pix below you can see the silver insulation material I connected to the under side of the marine plywood replacement subfloor.

The new subfloor pieces were waterproofed top/bottom and edges.

Basement insulation was removed and replaced with new.

You can see the red vapor barrier over the waterproofed subfloor in one of the pics.

Hope this helps...

Cheers,

KYAirstream · 12-11-2012, 08:26 PM

Looks great! I like the foil wrap under the subfloor. I'll have to check out Lowes for those tiles.

lonewolf1977 · 01-25-2013, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Taylormade

We have a german shepherd and a lab mix.

We have a 5 year old GSD. I've been wondering what it would be like living with him in an AS environment. Seeing as how you also have a lab mix, I'm guessing it's doable!! I love your water & food bowl drawers. Very nice.

Taylormade · 01-26-2013, 05:54 AM

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We have a 5 year old GSD. I've been wondering what it would be like living with him in an AS environment. Seeing as how you also have a lab mix, I'm guessing it's doable!! I love your water & food bowl drawers. Very nice.

Thank you and it is very much doable... our lab/boxer mix likes to call the bathroom his, while the shepherd... well, he just calls the entire trailer his, and somehow always ends up in our way. He prefers to be outside, as do we, but tolerates coming in for the night. In the picture below he picked up his bed and moved it to the most inconvenient place in the trailer, set it down and plopped right down blocking any easy passage.

We've been camping with my wife, myself and my 18yo daughter with the two dogs and have had no problems to speak of. Keep in mind we came from a pop up though, ha.

dlb435 · 01-26-2013, 07:14 AM

Wow... never thought this could be such an issue. We have two Australian Shepherds. We just put their bowl on the floor. They generally don't spill a drop. The only problem is when they run out of water and play "bowl hockey" to let us know it's time for a refill.

ROBERT CROSS · 01-26-2013, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by lonewolf1977

We have a 5 year old GSD. I've been wondering what it would be like living with him in an AS environment. Seeing as how you also have a lab mix, I'm guessing it's doable!! I love your water & food bowl drawers. Very nice.

There's two four leggers ...and four two leggers with us a lot...

Helps to love the ones your with....

Bob

MaxAB · 01-27-2013, 02:25 PM

...with whatever pet-waterbowl configuration used, be sure to add an additional step to your "Back-on-the-Road Again" checklist - something like, "...empty fido's water bowl before moving."

It took us a couple of wet floors to add this step to our checklist...

Oh, well - old dog and new tricks...

paiceman · 07-07-2013, 06:17 AM

We took the winter floor mats from the truck and use one for the dog bowel and the other in the bed of the tuck to put the two Honda generators on for boondocking. Both work pretty well. Our lab is a drinking slob, so I've trained her to stand over the bowel for a short while after drinking to let the dribble go in the bowel. Works most of the time.

SteveSueMac · 07-07-2013, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by paiceman

We took the winter floor mats from the truck and use one for the dog bowel and the other in the bed of the tuck to put the two Honda generators on for boondocking. Both work pretty well. Our lab is a drinking slob, so I've trained her to stand over the bowel for a short while after drinking to let the dribble go in the bowel. Works most of the time.

That's a great idea!

I do have to ask though - 3 times you said "bowel" not "bowl". That's either a rough auto-correct or ?? :-)

Tincamper · 07-07-2013, 10:24 AM

Our akita is a VERY sloppy drinker, the corgi not so much. We keep their water bowl under the dinette in a plastic boot tray and it works well. Amazon.com: Yaktrax Boot Tray: Sports & Outdoors.

Rollster · 07-07-2013, 01:01 PM

We just put our sloppy drinker's bowl outside, but I need to train her to drain her dripping jowls over her bowl like Paiceman did! I love that!

weirdstuff · 11-16-2013, 10:28 AM

I'm only 2 weeks into the new Airstream Adventure, so trying to figure this all out too!

I have an Interstate, so, having a bit of space envy of y'alls trailers with so much room.

Me, husband, a 50# dog and a 44# dog...it's tight. We've been putting the water bowl on a little ledge that's behind the second row seat on the passenger side. Bought a collapsible rubber bowl that fits perfectly! And when we drive, we put it in the sink.

My pups have beards, so they're a bit drippy when they drink, but nothing a paper towel can't wipe up.