Are your pets allowed in the train room?

Of course we do, he is a member of our family. Besides, pet fur is no problem with Cody as he is a Bichon and he does not shed. He loves to watch the trains in motion.

 

 

I'm between layouts, so it's not a problem. When I had a layout, the Dachshund allowed me to play on the layout whenever it suited him.

This is Fiona outside the train room after a hard day of chasing birds. When we have the other 2 girls over IE her mom and her cousin it gets pretty busy with pups in the train room. Not to mention, they always come find me when im doing under layout work and they get a captive audience for the head message. But id give up the trains before I give up the dogs

 

And yes, im messy sometimes when im working

My cats have always been allowed into the train room.

 

The only 'problem' is that I have had to learn to remember to sound the horn when a train enters an out of sight area. This is to reduce the risk of the train coming to an abrupt halt as it encounters the big furry mountain that was sleeping on the rails.

My cat likes to hide in the tunnel or climb the mountain to have access to the ceiling.  Whatever is knocked over is easily fixed.

Not allowed but chewy often hides under the train tables to get away from kids or thunderstorms.

Absolutely, I couldn't keep them out. Even tried distracting them with their own Choo Choo Treat train.

 

 

Matthew, I love it just a pair of tail chasers. My dog would never eat a treat of a moving train they scare the crap out of her however if you shoot a gun off over her head she is in heaven, silly hunting dogs

The train room is two floors down and the cat is too chicken to use the outside stairs... and yet I still find his fur in the drive train.  The joy of (likely) part Maine coons.

Always.........Two chihuahua's, two rag doll cats. And yes, a child from time to time.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

My dogs were always allowed and sometimes they even got interested and wanted a better view which I gave them a boost up.  Just like humans, when their curiosity was satisfied, they would just keep me company or take a nap nearby.

 

Sadly, both have passed on, but when we are ready again to adopt, the family dog will not be restricted from the trains.

 

Since the cat room and the train room will be the same, I have no choice in the matter.  But both cats seem scared of the trains anyway, so I'm not worried about it.

When we had cats, 2 of them, they had free run of the train room.  Yeah, sometimes their presence was somewhat disrupting, but that's what they do....they're cats!

 

They were from the same litter, and when they were about 3, the male discovered how to open closed doors by using the handle.  We had to change all the handles to knobs for the rooms we didn't want them in for their own safety, until he figured out it took both front paws to turn knobs.  Then we just gave up.

 

 

Lab can't get down the stairs so no...Beagle can and will come down and sniff around the back yard and will come in a chew a stick up on the carpet when down outside...usually chews a stick right after I vacuum....!

Our yellow Labrador, Olive, rules the roost so she is welcome wherever she wants to go. I love having her curled up asleep on my feet as I run trains. I have two sons and she is my girl.

Mack

It just occurred to me, my dog sleeps at my feet while I'm at the work bench. More than once i found myself searching her fur for a lost part

Same as Mack, 2 sons. She is the little girl.

Cher has control. She evens visits the train room when it's a wee bit nippy outside.

Be thankful that lost parts don't interest her as a dietary supplement. Imagine having to search through that.

Our dogs have replaced our three grown sons.  They (the dogs) have the run of the house, including the train room, all bedrooms (beds included).  They talk when they want to go out, eat breakfast or dinner, and when it's time for bed.  In fact, they run the house, but not the trains (yet).

My two cats are allowed. One just likes being in the room and the other sometimes likes to get up on the layout, he totally ignores any horns, whistles and chuffs. 

 

Their great to have around except when I have to wire up something, they both like wire to play with but I have learned that by giving them a small piece of it keeps them occupied. 

Git a black pit bull and yellow lab. Never had a problem with fur. Both are welcome and encouraged to join me any time/Mans best friend. Nothing better than the dogs laying by my feet with the trains rolling.

No

I used to have a larger layout in our rear enclosed porch. This room also doubled as the "cat room" because our son is allergic to cats (even though he's in his own house now - can't come visit if there's any hint of cat...).

 

Even though "Chief" is a domestic shorthair, I was amazed at the amount of hair that would be attracted to everything. The layout scenery more so than the trains. Plus, since the room is more of an enclosed porch, it was much dustier, and more susceptible to humidity (rusted trains).

 

Since now our OTHER son has moved out on his own, I commandeered his old room for the train room. New layout, but smaller.  Amazing how little dust now accumulates. 

 

Two dogs have complete run of the train room, but they cannot reach the table top, so no issue.

yes.

My dog Shelby - yes -- Socrates the cat -- no -- too big and clawed -- loved them both.

My 2 cat's would destroy these things in no time,just by walking up there.

It would take years to fix

We have a male Lab Bosch and a female GSP Minnie . They are allowed in the trainroom, but neither of them go up into the attic. It's a mix of the heat, the stairs, and the laminate floor. They don't care for any of them.

 

 

 

Gilly

Dogs, yes, always.  With respect to our cats, we used to do so, but one of our cats mistakes ballast for litter, and the result is a mess.  So generally, to the extent you can control where cats go, we try to keep them out of the train room.  We've also taken precautions in terms of the new layout, in terms of not using grey ballast that has the texture of kitty litter. 

 

The other thing is that the new layout is relatively crowded, and between the racket of two trains, horns, vibration, etc., they do not have much desire to enter the playroom or go up on the layout.  

Bob are your short hairs gun dogs? My pooch and her owner are avid hunters. Its a combo I dont see often, train guy and hunter

Buckaroo would rather play ball.

 

Matt:  The dogs are the hunters, not their master.  We live in the woods, and they always are bringing me small animals, birds caught in mid flight and various toads.  They love toads, licking them for the LSD or whatever stuff they emit through their skin.  The dogs are always foaming after doing this.  They love it.  Scary looking, but apparently it has no evil after effects, except the dogs seem a bit goofy for awhile.

Most definately

Shadow is my compadre he will sit quietly by by side and watch the steam engines but however if I run my Cat F-40 PH he will chase it around the Track. 

He is my Conductor and we do what he wants

 

Well the question for me is,can I run my trains while my black cat,known as the MO JO naps in my tunnels.Nick

yes

Both cats visit on occasion and sometimes jump up on the layout. They don't usually do any damage as long as I don't do anything that scares them. The one is quite content to nap in the basket underneath and stays until I turn out the lights and go upstairs.

 

Jim McClenin

 

 

So what im hearing is we are all a bunch of suckers for our four legged kids

Yup all my kids are allowed in the train room. Theres no trains I trade for my dog..

She's allowed but to lazy to climb steps.

 

 

My wiener dogs are always in my train room when I run my trains, my train room is my bedroom also.  They sit on the bed watching the trains run around the room, even across the bed's headboard.




Sometimes they just have other things to do though..........




Steve, Lady and Tex