We spent 6 weeks 16 miles NW of Hot Springs Ar with one small dog and our half siamese cat.

Cat freaked out a bit the first day. Spent all day in the cat carrier in the car. Got carried into our Rpod 189, released. Within an hour he had urinated in the middle of the bed. Which prompted mom to go to walmart and buy 2 sleeping bags, which did zip together and did make a better solution.

But that was the only real problem we had with either.

Cat did end up spending nights in the carrier in the pod because when he got hungry around 4am he would jump up and walk around on my wife's face until she got up to feed him.

Dog sometimes slept with us in the bed (16 lbs but a terrible bed hog) but was mostly encouraged to sleep on the couch.

Biggest issue was finding a place to put a water dish where it did not get tripped over and spilled constantly.

We did convert our shower to a closet. Catbox, wastebasket, and litter on bottom, dirty clothes basket, odds and ends first shelf up. Mostly food above that and a few odds and ends.

On the whole, a very good experience. Cat was much less trouble than we expected, turned into a good traveler. Dog did not want to go home. He LOVED it there.

I agree. Sometimes it's worse, because an animal can't say, 'Help me, I'm being mistreated!'

We used to have a cat (~~ 18 years), but after he went away to cat-college, we opted for no pets. Where we live now would not be a good place for a pet anyway. For me, traveling with a pet would also be a challenge. Happy it works for some of you folks though. Whenever we meet folks with pets, it's clear everyone is having a good time.

Izzy, a Morkie (Maltese/Yorkie).  Very assertive, alpha female but loving on her terms.

Zoe Joy, a Yorkie we rescued from a puppy mill.  She's very loving and wants to be with people which is surprising given the life she started with.

My wife has asthma. She was told once by her pulmonologist that she could have a pet or she could breathe. She chose breathing (for which I am also appreciative). We do travel with a small, stuffed polar bear. It was one we bought last year on our Alaska cruise and given to her late father who had said, "Watch out for polar bears" when we said we would be going to Alaska. After he passed away, the bear came home with us and now rides in our R-Pod.

We enjoy meeting other people's pets for some fuzz-therapy when we have the opportunity.

We also prefer not to have our house or Pod full of pet dander and hair, thus have no pets except a big toy stuffed golden retriever.  Though I'd love to have a couple dogs [as I've had for most of my life] we travel out of the country from time to time for weeks at a time and I cannot bring myself to leave them in a kennel.  For me, unless you have working dogs on a ranch or something, dogs are part of he family [the pack] and you have to include them in pretty much everything.  Many lifestyles don't allow that to happen.

Billy and Molly our Miniture Poodles guarding our christmas gifts. 

In retrospect, had we known this, we should've gotten the 172.   But still, we love our 152 even if we sleep quite literally squished all together with the dog.  Luckily she's only a Mini-poodle.  Wouldn't have been able to do this with a larger dog.