Who has dogs?

[David Roder]

Sorry if this is a re-post but I love my dog and was wondering how many dog lovers we had.  I know this is a bad pic of her but she is scared of the camera so I was lucky to get half of her face.  Her name is MaryJane she's 1/2 lab, 1/2 chow and 6 years old.

[tlhdoc]

I love our dogs.  We have 2 at the present time.  A 10 year old Cocker Spaniel and a soon to be 6 year old rescued liver spotted Dalmatian.  FYI the Dalmatian one of the nice Dalmatian.

[wiininkwe]

We have a one year old Lab and Brittany spaniel mix named Lil Spanky.  We love her too, most of the time, except when she chews the furniture, digs holes in the yard and rubs her nose all over the inside of the windows in my van. :swear:  
 
She camps with us when we go to our own place, but I'm not thinking that I want to subject her (or anyone else) to taking her camping in a campground. :yikes: She wouldn't be happy tied up, couldn't be allowed to run loose, would dig holes in the campsite, chew the legs on the picnic table, and cry if she couldn't play with all the children in the park.:%
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[David Roder]

We have a one year old Lab and Brittany spaniel mix named Lil Spanky.
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Well that definately clears up any questions about your signature I figured it was a pet or family member named after a certain t.v. personality from a few decades ago. :p

[NightOwl]

David, you have the almost-twin of our beloved 4 yr old Shadow.  He is also (we and the vet guess) part chow and part black lab and probably a little bit spaniel of some kind, and is the handsomest,  smartest and sweetest tempered dog we have ever owned.  Has a thick, silky, longish coat--all black and kind of wavy.  (One of these days I'll try to get a pic of him to post for you to see._


He was dumped at our farm as a tiny puppy--unable to move from Tick Paralysis--would have died in a few hours if I hadnt found him one rainy night  by accident in a ditch where he had dragged himself.

He literally NEVER barks unless a strange car/person  comes or an animal (we have deer, coyotes, bear, coons, possums)  And was perfectly housebroken from the very beginning.  He asks nothing except to be loved and "fed once in awhile"  He meets life with joy and a merry grin.

You probably cant tell that I adore him, can you?

Toni, look carefully at David's dog's picture--doesnt Shadow remind you of Mary Jane?

[NightOwl]

PS  :W  Naturally, I think Mary Jane is beautiful!

[MtnCamper]

Here's my 2 after a hard day campin'

[tlhdoc]

My dogs don't go camping.  :tent:  I love them dearly, but we tend to do things away from the campground where dogs are not always welcome.  They stay home with DH and the neighbor and a cousin stop over when DH is at work.  They are never alone more than a few hours.  The dogs know when we are packing up to leave and they make me feel guilty about it.  They also forgive us when we get home.  We get a grand welcome home from them. :-() :-()

[wiininkwe]

Elisa, I did see the resemblance to Shadow when I saw the pic Dave posted.  She's beautiful, and too bad she can't get to meet Shadow, as they would surely get along very well.   And Lil Spanky would drive them both crazy.   (yes, "lil Spanky" weighs almost 80 pounds now)  We took her up north with us this past weekend when we went to put out some grass seed and such, and she ran around us in circles for the longest time, and when Rick was walking with the spreader she would follow him back and forth, and back and forth, as tho she could never get tired of doing that.   There are some pics of her in our webshots page.
Dave, am I the only one who cracks up laughing every time I see your sig line??  No one but me has ever mentioned it.
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[champ521]

Max goes with us most of the time. He's only 19 months old so he's still learning CG etiquette.

[Tim5055]

Well, for anyone whoo has ever camped with us knows - yes, we have a dog!

Natasha goes with us on all trips.  If a campground does not accept pets it's not a campground we will stay in.

Here are our rules for Camping With Your Dog

[4campinfoxes]

We have 2 labs (as you can guess from the signature line).  Shasta is a yellow lab, a mere 13 yrs old (well almost).  Piper is a black lab, I think he's 4 years old.  Both camp with us most of the time & would be willing to sit in the van for hours as we packed if we let them!  We usually kennel them when we go on longer trips or trips where we will be away from the camper a lot.  We have left them in the camper on nice days, with most of the outside looking windows zipped & the ones they can't see out of open.  From what we can tell, they don't make a peep & they enjoy sleeping on our beds!

[Gone-Camping]

We too have a dog, but he doesn't come camping with us. I'm not particularly fond of dogs & camping, hate hearing other peoples dogs barking, hate even worse stepping on a land mine left behind by a careless dog owner, and I'm 100% sure not everyone is going to love my dog if it were there! He's a wonderful watch dog, and he has his job to do, espcially when we're not home. I too do have things to do during the day, and don't want to baby sit a dog, and many places you just can't take him along. It's more trouble than it's worth IMHO...
 
There is always someone there to take care of him when we're camping, so that is not a concern either. If campgrounds would offer a a Pet-free loop, I'd sign up for a site in a heart beat!

[jstaddwtr]

We have two.............Sarah, the Rotty almost 11 years old.  She is losing her sight and is getting old so she stays home when we camp and takes care of Grandma.  

We also have Robbie who is 4 and a much abused rescued Doberman. Definitely an "A " type male.  He is not quite trained enough to go but we hope someday this will change.   This poor guy spent his first two years in a cage 24/7 in Pittsburgh and then was "rescued" by two college girls who brought him to D.C. and proceeded to give him away to anyone who would take him.....until they brought him back.  He still has burn marks on his neck from what appears to be the prongs of a bark collar. He lived in an apartment with them, sleeping on the beds and counter surfing.

We have had him since a year ago Thanksgiving.  His last owners brought him over to let us see him and then brought in all his stuff and said if we did not take him he would go to the Washington DC shelter.  It is clear they would have put him down.  So he has been with us ever since.

We have a 1/2 acre of trees and he just runs like he has never done before.  He is a joy to watch. And he probably has not had a chance to run full out before coming to us.  We have fattened him up and taught him to trust us.  He is still a bit mouthy but we have always had Dobies.  And he has been good for Sarah although she has to keep reminding him that she is in charge.

Maybe in a year or so he will be ready to camp.

[tlhdoc]

Our Dalmatian was 4 years old when we got her and  she came out of a very abusive home.  She has many problems and had been beaten many times.  We have had 2 other Dalmatians, so we know what to expect from the breed.  This one has a great personality and I trust her around kids, which is very important in this breed.  I just don't know how anyone can abuse a dog. :banghead: