Anybody take thier pets camping?

[EvanDoss]

I am just wondering how many people take their pets camping?  We have 2 very spoiled pomeranians who love to go camping with us.  Their names are Romeo and Hamlet.  We don

[My3buicks]

Darby, our Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier is our constant camping companion.  He also likes to ride in the Buick Convertibles. He about turns inside out when I say the words, "want to go camping".  He loved the tent camping, but I can't keep him out of the PU, in he goes and right onto one of the bunkends.

[OC Campers]

We take both of our dogs camping with 100% of the time.  They get so excited when the camper comes out of the garage.   We spoil them.  They both sleep in the bunk with dh and I.  One sleeps on the foot of the bunk (Aussie) and the little one (Boston terrier) sleeps inside the sleeping bag.  

The only problem we ever have is when we want to go do something touristy.  If it is hot you can't leave them in the car.  
 
Jacqui

[shinobi]

I know a couple who took their guinea pig camping They had a travel cage and some blankets for it when it was cold. It would camp on a spare bed, they would also give it some grass to eat and it was a happy piggie We plan to take our pet rats with us when the weather warms up abit, they will have a travel cage and have little harnesses for the boys if we want to take them outside, we plan to keep the trailer warm enough to make sure the ratties stay comfortable and secure.

[ForestCreature]

We've almost always taken our pets camping.  We did leave them home on a few vacations. It never seemed the same without the dog along. Where they sleep has depended on the dog. Our first dog was an 85 lb briard mix, she slept on the ground next to us (we were still tenters)

Our recently deceased Shadow was a 40 lb mutt, he slept on the side seat right next to the bed in the camper. Sometime he made his way onto the bed.. This picture was taken on one of the many hikes he joined us on. He was a fantastic camper and is still greatly missed.


Now our newest family member, Koda (he's an Aussie) just went on his first campout at 6 mos of age over Mothers day weekend. He did pretty good for his first time out, some barking, but nothing excessive. The hardest part was finding a good spot to let him stretch his legs and run some.  You can only walk so many miles!  This guy will sleep on the floor, we are guessing he'll be close to 60lbs or so, so unless I am camping alone without DH the bed is out.

Being a pup everything is new, and his reaction to a turtle crossing the road was rather funny as he tried to "steer" me away from this foreign object so I would be safe LMAO.
I forgot to take the camera, so no first camp pics..but his picture is
here

[campingcop]

We've had 2 dogs most of the time we camped,going all the way back to when we tent camped. we've all ways taken our dogs with us.

We take our dogs with us camping and they are good campers

[ScouterMom]

It isn't truly camping without the WHOLE family along! including and especially, the DOG -

our current camping buddy is Fizzy - our 4 yr old golden retreiver - she's quite a chow hound - we're probably the only campers that bring along a furry 'garbage disposal"   :J here she is cleaning up the tinfoil liner remains of our peach cobbler this weekend....
 
(hope the link works - I'm not quite sure how to use the photo thingy above)

Our previous dog, Tristan, was not only a camper, but a bona fide 'BOY SCOUT'  he went on quite a few scout campouts with us.  he loved the boys and they loved having Tristan along.  twice we took him with the troop to Starved Rock State park - lots of hiking, streams and waterfalls.  Tristan was part Golden Retreiver, part Chesapeke Bay Retreiver, and part duck.  He LOVED water - puddles, pools, lakes - he was in it.  whenever we took Tristan along on a hike, instead of hearing "i'm tired", "when do we get there?", "I'm hungry, I'm bored, etc"  - all we would hear would be "it's MY turn to hold Tristan's leash!" LOL! HE also went canoeing with us and sometimes to work with me.

don't have photos of Tristan on this computer - but we miss him still every day. We lost him 2 yrs ago at the young age of 5, to lymphoma.

Before Tristan, our golden siblings, Tara and Toby, also camped and boated with us.

our dogs have always been full 'family' members - included in everything we do.  Of course they are spoiled and loved - they also have all been clean, picked up after,  well trained and well behaved - we try not to disturb others who might not be so appreciative of our furry children!

laura

PS - I saw photos on anothe PUP site of a couple that takes their Parrot camping with them! He would go everywhere perched on someones shoulder - I think they lived in California - somewhere warm.   How cool is that?

[cyclone]

We have a pom mix named Jocie who also loves to go camping.  She is right at home in the pu, and the only time we leave her behind is if it's a long trip during which we will be away from the campsite a great deal of the time.  She usually sleeps on a bunk end with one of us.  We have tons of Jocie camping pics, and I'll have to figure out how to post something.  

Side note to FC:  you forgot the camera?  The whole camera?  Not just film?  

[wavery]

PS - I saw photos on another PUP site of a couple that takes their Parrot camping with them! He would go everywhere perched on someones shoulder - I think they lived in California - somewhere warm.   How cool is that?

Pretty cool :sombraro:


He comes with us every trip. In fact...he's getting reved up for this weekend already. As soon as he sees us preparing any camping gear, he gets very hard to live with.......worse than a 2-year-old.

[crazymommaof4boys]

We take our Chocolate lab "Shamos" with us if its somewhere we don't plan on doing much site seeing since we can't leave him in the pu alone...when he does go with us he just loves being in the outdoors and at night he sleeps on the floor by the boys bunk...

This summer my son Dylan is planning on bringing his hamster "Jimmy" camping with us...so far the hamster has already traveled 2800 miles roundtrip from MA to FL and back plus had a overnight "excursion" in the front yard (he escaped for a little over 24 hrs before being "cornered" by his cage after filling up his cheeks with hamster food by our cat....

[SPXTrader]

We are a family of three:  Me, Sandy, and Roz.  At about 80 lbs, you'd think she is huge (Roz, not Sandy) but she is a 7 year old pure bred English breed chocolate lab.  If you've never seen one, she's much shorter, wider, and stronger in the water than an American breed.  

We lovingly refer to her as being "cow-like"...As long as we're not moving, she stands, sits, or lays down.  Sandy or I can move 15 feet across the campsite, and she'll get up, move to her new required location (right under our feet or next to us), and repeat the "stand. sit or lay down".

She goes everywhere with us.  One trip a few years ago, we were at a NP.  The Rangers drove thru, and seeing her lounging under the picnic table, he called me over to explain the leash rule.  When I walked out to the service road, she got up and walked over and sat down right beside me.  They got out of their truck and began petting her and asking about her breed.  Neither of them had seen an English breed before.  From then on, she was welcome to to do her cow-like thing, and they never said another word about a leash.  If we take a walk or go hiking, she's always right beside or 2 feet in front of us.  She sleeps in the aft bunk end.

She's never been aggressive to other people/animals, and she's more like a person than a dog...Her grandparents were National Gun Dog Champions and she was trained as a pup to follow in Granddad's footsteps.  I've had a lot of dogs in my life and this is the smartest animal I've ever seen.  She actually thinks things out before acting!

Reader's Digest Version:  We go camping, she goes, too!

[ScoobyDoo]

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  The only reason I can see that your lab needs to be on a leash is Buba thinks his Rotwiler is just as smart..        And I  have small dogs.

[Starcraft Dad]

We have a pet rat whom loves to go camping with us.  She even has her own little tent that we  put in her cage and she does sleep in it.  Her name is Skittles.

[wynot]

I am just wondering how many people take their pets camping? We have 2 very spoiled pomeranians who love to go camping with us. Their names are Romeo and Hamlet. We don

[paulski617]

We have 2 dogs.  The first has been tent camping with us since she was a pup.  She's 7 now.  Whe is very mild mannered, although she doesn't like strangers cutting too close to our site.  Maybe that just means she's a true camper.  The other is a toy chihuahua, weighs about 6#.  Thinks she's the meanest thing around.  She's about 8 months.  I'm a little concerned about taking her on our long trip this summer, we are considering leaving her with my mom, who has her sister.  

We feel that may be better since the long trip may be our first, and not knowing for sure what the weather will be like or what we'll be doing once we reach our destination.