Dogs of Sprinter-Source

[VanDerBlasts]

Everyone knows dogs and sprinters were made for each other. These faithful companions are always packed and ready for adventure. Post pictures of your dog(s) and tell us how awesome they are, bonus points for dogs next to sprinters and dogs in sprinters.
In general this is a dog centric thread, but cats are welcome for meow, until further notice.

Please keep your posts about the best part of dog companionship, for the sake of those who are going through loss and come here for some escape. To share about recent or past loss, add your stories and tribute in this dedicated thread linked here

Tribute to Dogs of Sprinter-Source, gone but not forgotten

All great adventures come to an end, and only the good die young they say. Please use this thread to share your stories of the great dogs that have gone before us, their stories need to be told. It's OK to share whatever you need to share here about loss, which can be some of the hardest...

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Here are Zoey and Schultz, an American field lab and Doberman Pinscher, next to our bone stock 2020 sprinter. This was before they discovered they were van dogs and had many adventures to come.


This was an upgrade from their previous ride, a 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser

 

[Rocksnsalt]

 

[Happy29]

These two knuckleheads go everywhere with us.

 

[Larry M]

 

[Yardverkauf]

Ella von der Eqidius. Daughter of Juma von Hundstart and Nelson Spod Manslova AKA Wolf, granddaughter of the great GSD Drago Eqidius.

 

[Tom Tint]

Everyone knows dogs and sprinters were made for each other. These faithful companions are always packed and ready for adventure. Post pictures of your dog(s) and tell us how awesome they are, bonus points for dogs next to sprinters and dogs in sprinters.

Please keep your posts about the best part of dog companionship, for the sake of those who are going through loss and come here for some escape. To share about recent or past loss, add your stories and tribute in this dedicated thread linked here

Tribute to Dogs of Sprinter-Source, gone but not forgotten

All great adventures come to an end, and only the good die young they say. Please use this thread to share your stories of the great dogs that have gone before us, their stories need to be told. It's OK to share whatever you need to share here about loss, which can be some of the hardest...

sprinter-source.com

I'll start
Here are Zoey and Schultz, an American field lab and Doberman Pinscher, next to our bone stock 2020 sprinter. This was before they discovered they were van dogs and had many adventures to come.
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This was an upgrade from their previous ride, a 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser
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We have had 2 Dobermans. ..First was a blue, second a red. There Blue male was 125 pounds and the biggest baby ever. The red was also a male, about 110 pounds, more protective but both were extremely smart dogs...scary smart.

 

[CJPJ]

 

[Happy29]

@#yardsale Now that's pedigree!

Ours are F1 Bernese Mountain Dog and Moyen (medium) Poodle. Sire Beau. Dam Sasha. Siblings from adjacent litters. They have a super chill, hang out with you all day from the Bernese and the intelligence, agility and playfulness , and our female, the prey drive, from the poodle. We shed more hair than they do thus it matts and requires moderately regular brushing. They love it though. They are 'talkers' which can be disruptive with others nearby in their 'yard' so we tend to find far off places to not disturb the peace.

Bernese are working dogs. They are able and want to pull like a bull with a harness on. They are like a rope tow on our hikes.

 

[vanski]

A few from over the years.. I’ve probably driven 300k miles with Adare (Great Dane, now passed), Dash (Rhodesian RB, going on 8), Seven (RRB, going on 3) in sprinters (3x om647 and now 4x4 om642)

 

[mkeys]

 

[250912a]

This was taken at the beginning of my Sprinter ownership in 2014. Alas, Dillon (left) passed on in the summer of '21 of a sudden heart attack. Kenzie is still with me, age 14 and still going strong. We did get in a couple cross-country trips in it with a basic buildout.

 

[GJACK]

Luke after a hard day. He love's the van.

 

[CJPJ]

Wife's tell me story of arriving home from supermarket and the dog impressed Cityfolk neighbor.
Wind gust blows a shopping bag off … a distance Wife to dog {Hunt-um up} dog runs and grabs bag {Here} dog brings bag back to her {Drop it} Dog lets go.

 

[rhymes with]

 

[InTheWind]

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that toe-kick foot tray/water bowl is awesome!

 

[mkeys]

Thanks! It pulls out further and her food dish is in there too behind the water. Also the cabinet next to the dishes I put in another toe kick pull out bin that holds about 1-2 weeks of kibble. I keep a scoop in there too.

 

[NMmonkeyman]

My lab mix really enjoys van trips and immediately jumps in his spot and waits as soon as I start packing it up.

 

[Franz K]

From day one of the build, he’s been hanging out in the van. I guess he’s worried I’ll be going places without him.

 

[bp9]

Luna is a proud Sprinter owner since 2017. When I brought the van home, she jumped right in and looked at me, like “when do we start”? She watched over the van build and has traveled with me ever since. She is 13 years old.

 

[Ron_S]

Sheila decided a lawn sprinkler needed some maintenance.