Dog friendly entry-level trucking companies?

Where is your location; state/city. We need to know the hiring area you live in.

 

Watkins-Shepard has a 10 day training period.
Here's some more, but you'll have to call about the training period. Maybe your trainer will have a pet and let you bring yours along. You're dog weighs 30 lbs.- remember that.
Danny Herman Trucking - has 2 facilities in southern California; Calexico and some other place.
KLLM Transport
Titan Transfer
Butler Transport
Freymiller
Eagle KMC Transportation
Southern Refrigerated Transport
Melton Truck Lines
National Carriers
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All the above have pet policy and hire new cdl grads. They hire new cdl grads even if the website shows "experience required."
Check 'em all out and figure which is the best fit for you.

 

As Chinatown mentioned above, Melton truck lines allows pets the day you get your own truck. I will hopefully be starting my training with Melton in less than 2 weeks and it’s a month long training. 1 week in class and 3 with a trainer. I do know with Melton they don’t really have pet restrictions as long as it’s not aggressive towards others your good.

Also look into Werner, they are a mega but they do allow pets and I have a family member that drives for them and says they are pretty good.

 

I talked to a Crete driver. They allow 1 pet but they force you change trucks periodically and charge a big amount for cleaning your old truck. It was outrageous. Talking to him it sounded like Crete had a lot of unpleasant policies but the guy was so compliant. I felt bad for him. it was like he'd been beaten into submission. Ask plenty of questions and talk to other company drivers before you sign.

 

Better get a 12volt vacuum for the dog hair.

 

My experience is 12v vacuums aren't of much use for pet hair. I used a red devil 120v that had motorized beater bar. Most small 120v vacs with "beater bar" now use air to power the beater bar. They are weak asd twice dipped tea bags.

You can "sweep" up and collect pet hair by putting on a rubber dishwashing glove and wiping your hand across qny cloth surface. The hair balls up and can be picked up. Then use the vacuum to clean the rest.

 

Also depends on the dog.

Some barely shed. Others...you can make an entire pack of puppies with the fur they drop.

My beagle/caviler mix doesn't really shed. He does, but it's not really noticeable. Layla my brittany/lab mix on the other hand...she sheds like I wrote above. An the puppy....well she's still a puppy but I imagine she won't shed much as she's a beagle/demon mix as I call her or Beagle/Jack Russell.

I like my mutts. I don't like tons of fur everywhere though. Needless to say Layla sheds more then the 2 other dogs, an the 3 cats combined, an then some! On the plus side...I take a little bit of her everywhere..lol.

Good luck, an focus on the training. Your pup will thank you, when it finally gets on the road with you. Sucks to leave your pet behind. It's for a good cause though, so keep that in mind and don't rush through the training. Better to pay a little more for boarding and make sure your good to go, then it is to wreck an possibly harm yourself or the dog cause you didn't pay attention while training.

Sirscrapntruckalot - I like big mutts an I cannot lie. An you other dog lovers can't deny. That when a puppy walks in with an itty bity leash and a bunch of drool in your face. - Sir Mixalot if he ever decided to change the words to Baby Got Back for my amusement.