[steve rix]

TOSH!!! THIS PLACE IS GETTING WORSE!!

[tompoole]

God give me strength .......... I take my dog ( springer)
To work the customers love her, she stays in van but some customers
Come and take her for a run in their gardens, it's not the dog
That makes you a Chav , its YOU!!! And yes if it's too hot
( not bloody likely!) she stays at home.  I'm not bloody retarded!!!

[AC Window Cleaning]

Personally i cannot see the point,why take them with you to just leave in the van??

[simonr]

lets see if you can grasp this ..while i'm working - dogs in van

before work,brew times, after work  or just when i feel like it out in the fields or down the beck

whats the point in having a dog if its left at home all day &  if you say well the misses is at home & takes it out then its not your dog is it , its a family pet

[tompoole]

For company, dogs like company.

[Splash 4 Cash]

I think this tread is for animal lovers only.To all the others butt out as I do not have a dog I will remove myself.

[Spruce]

We have a lab/sheep dog that we 'inherited' from my daughter.

He comes with me in the van most days and sleeps across the double passenger seat.  I usually put a towel across a window to stop the sun a bit as he is black and heats up quickly and the windows are left half down.
 
When he is in the van I usually park with the sun behind. During the winter he has the best place as I have an aux diesel power air heater which keeps the cab warm.If it is really too warm he stays at home.


If we don't go home at lunch time, then he usually get a walk down one of the walking tracks in our area. He gets hosed off and dried before he gets back into the van if he gets muddy.

He never gets let out into customers gardens. Some customers always have the same comment - "Oh, I see you got the boss with you today!"

[Steve Sed]

God give me strength ......... it's not the dog
That makes you a Chav , its YOU!!! And yes if it's too hot
( not bloody likely!) she stays at home.  I'm not bloody retarded!!!

Brilliant!

[keyser soze]

i wish i had a dog to take...instead i have to put up with my horse

[G Griffin]

i wish i had a dog to take...instead i have to put up with my horse

Do you keep it in the van?

[pncleaning]

i wish i had a dog to take...instead i have to put up with my horse

Do you keep it in the van?

No it pulls his trailer with all his gear on. Would imagine it would work out cheaper no fuel tax and insurance 

[pncleaning]

ohh and mot 

[mister bit]

i take my koi to work they love it!

[Blue Frog Systems]

My van security

[PurefectWindowCleaning]

i wish i had a dog to take...instead i have to put up with my horse

Genius

[g.brookes]

ive been playing with this idea myself as i'd ;ove a dog but its not fair to have a dog and leave it at home all day.
to those guys who take their dog with them, have you had to train them to not bark etc everytime you leave the van? my experience with dogs is that when you leave the van, they are also desperate to leave the van

[Steve Sed]

ive been playing with this idea myself as i'd ;ove a dog but its not fair to have a dog and leave it at home all day.
to those guys who take their dog with them, have you had to train them to not bark etc everytime you leave the van? my experience with dogs is that when you leave the van, they are also desperate to leave the van

I have a one year old lab. For the first two or three days he would howl ehen I left him through seperation anxiety, but now he is fine. He is good company, but on hot days he gets left at home. As to being desperate to leave the van, I automatically say stay when I open the door, but he knows when he is coming with me because I pick up the lead then.

[simonr]

if you get a pup used to being left alone in the house first it should be ok in the van BUT you also have to be aware of chewing, i was trad with my first dog so it only chewed the seat belts & handbrake lol  & my next pup i was lucky & she's never chewed anything, with a pup though you have to keep going back all the time so it can be hard work but it's well worth it

1) quality seat covers
2) a good car vac

[g.brookes]

cheers for the tips guys.  sounds like it works well

[mikeyfaerosyth]

I took my black lab to work but he was no good up the ladders