I was just about to post this same question the other day.
I would really like to start taking my chocolate lab out with me but unsure if I should just bring her bed and a blanket or try and squeeze her into the hammock. Going to try a car camping place first so if she doesn't do well I cam just take her back to the car to sleep.
Until this last trip (Fl Sherpa Hang) my three dogs have slept in the hammock with me. 2 chihuahuas (4 and 6 lbs), and a 24 lb chunky, old mutt. She's incontinent now, so I experimented with a small tent.
For larger dogs, a cheap backpacking tent from om, say, Walmart would do.
I got two of these (not same brand) picnic food covers (36" long) for about $7/each from, I think abc distributing (or Collections etc.). The mesh is no see'um, but the drawback is there's only a soft square of Velcro at the bottom. I hand stitched the doors about 3/4 of the way down and then used safety pins for the rest. Used Velcro on the other one.
Sewing a zipper would be best, but fiddly.
http://www.amazon.com/Dura-Tent-FT-1.../dp/B002NQIT3Y
Last edited by sandykayak; 02-27-2014 at 13:28. Reason: Typo
i just have him sleep under the hammy with the leash tied off to my suspention.
I used to fuss and got him his own tarp, set up like a little lean-to, over his blue foam pad. Since he's up half the night running around after coons anyway, I quit that and just set his pad up under my hammock and tarp. If it's colder, I will start him off by laying my wool field shirt over him, but if he gets up and it falls off, he's on his own. Absolutely no way I'd sleep with a dog (or anyone else, for that matter, to include my wife) in a hammock.
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