In article <
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Ron Hardin <
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Ron, I respect your insights & experience. But
it's unclear to me about that X thing with the
doweling. How can you make an X with doweling
to reinforce a trailer floor, and yet keep it all
to one side?
> Get a 3/4" length backpacking sleeping pad (which fits the floor
> shape).
>
> Get two wooden dowels the usual hardware store length, about 3' I guess,
> and make an X with them, and place them on one side of the pad. This
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> prevents the pad from shifting or scrunching down.
The above is the part I find confusing.
Please forgive me -- sometimes I admit I can be a
little "slow". At least, so I've been informed.
Anyways, I note you're talking about keeping the X to one
side of the /pad/ -- not necessarily the floor of the trailer.
I'm trying to envision it, but I can't, and it's driving me nutz.
How does it all relate to the floor of the trailer, while keeping
Puppy happy with a confident footing?
> Wrap the whole affair in a blanket. This attaches the X to the pad,
> and gives good footing.
>
> Put it on the floor of the Burley.
I guess a nice, wooly Hudson Bay blanket would be nice & comfy.
Actually for chilly weather one can make a pretty decent capote
out of a Hudson Bay blanket. Well, to do it right, it can take
/two/ blankets. My last doggie liked to sleep on my flannel
jacket because it had my smell in it. I liked to wear it
because it had my Skipper's smell in it. We shared that
fabric, and it was comfortable and pleasing to both of us.
I guess that's what you need to persuade canine kith 'n kin
to trust you and your trailer.
cheers,
Tom
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