Anybody take thier pets camping?

[maromeo]

We bring our dog with us on all our camping trips. She is a "larger" minature poodle and very well behaved. We are planning a month long cross country trip from AZ to NY and she will be along with us. She is a great little traveler,

I have her scheduled for her annual rabies shot for the end of this month so everything will be current before we hit the road.

Mary Romeo

[grcooperjr]

Our kids are gone, so it's just me the wife and the herd
 

 
Most times its fine but there are moments that it is a bit much. All in all, I would not leave home without the herd.
 
Ray Cooper
Tigard, OR

[Azusateach]

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.  

My yellow Lab is English-bred also (originally destined to be a show dog, but that's another story).  He's 2 weeks shy of his first birthday, so he's got lots of learning to do & settling down.  It's been interesting in explaining to people the difference between English and American-bred Labs.  My first Lab, Brandy was obviously American-bred and I loved her just as much as Jed.  

Boy, do I pray for the day he'll calmly walk up to someone & just sit.  He's smarter than is sometimes helpful, but I wouldn't leave him home from a trip for nothin'.  

I often camp with a group of people, and their outings sometimes are such that I have to sit out.  We've got a trip planned next month with dinner at a local restaurant and I won't be going.  I won't leave Jed in the HTT alone, especially at this age.  If he can't go along, then I just don't go.  I've never felt it was a sacrifice, and thoroughly enjoy his company.

I've shared this picture before, but here he is, enjoying the couch in my HTT ...

[ryanjt5@cox.net]

Sure we take our pets - but usually only one dog goes while the other two stay home -  most campgrounds we have found frown on multiple pets.   Once we had a litter of 9 puppies to take with us, but we cancelled out on the last day before we left.   All those puppies camping would have kept the entire campground awake all night!

[trumpet87]

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

[SherryandFamily]

Taking dogs camping makes sense, and I have seen lots of people do it.

We have a cat and unfortunately had to take her camping once and our dear departed silver (a silver tabby) once as well.

Both times it was because the cat was on medication.  Because they are indoor/outdoor cats we usually leave them outside with plenty of food and have a neighbor refill the water.  We knew they would be miserable being boarded it was too much to ask the neighbor to give them their meds.

Both times we tried this the cat got out!  It was a scary experience!  Both of them came back late that night, but it is not something I would ever do again! DD was a wreck!  I couldn't console her!  

Maybe strictly indoor cat would do okay but both of mine were determined to go exploring,

Sherry

[chip]

We normally take our two cats along.  One is leash-trained (and, I'm convinced, half dog), and the other doesn't like going outside in unfamiliar places.They have become a fixture in our campers and when they don't go, it's not really the same.

[kmc_78]

We're planning our first trip with our pooch, Pepper, this weekend.  Should be an experience.  She does pretty well when we just hang out in the backyard in the PU, so we'll see.  We've been trying to get her more used to going away and things like that.  She'll probably sleep in the bunk with me, she's usually at my legs in bed, so why not in the PU?  Well wish us luck!

~Kelly

[barbjeff]

We always take our dog camping with us. I really do think she would be very upset if we went without her! She just loves it; being outdoors all day, the attention from all the people walking by the site, and the long 'walks' she gets when we go on a hike. in fact we are sure that she sulks when she sees us packing up...she often will try to refuse to get in the car!

[labontefan]

Can't go camping without Miss Molly Brown! She's a great traveler and loves to go on trips. She's a rescued cockapoo and a real sweetie pie.

Most of my camping is at the racetracks. My friend Debbie that usually goes with me has a rescued Papillon named Nemo. Nemo is not crazy about traveling (tends to get car sick), but loves camping once we get there.

Before leaving on a trip, I'll pop the camper up in the driveway behind the house to get it packed. If Molly or Nemo either one is in the vicinity, they'll try desperately to get into the the camper!

Since we do have to leave the dogs in the camper while we're at the races, Debbie came up with a good solution. We don't use the dinette area for eating very much, so we leave it set up as a bed. We cover it with a waterproof cover and put the 2 dog crates up there. The food and water dishes are between the 2 crates. That way the 2 dogs have their own "space" (and I don't trip over the water dish and spill it all over the floor). Plus since the dinette is in the glide out section, they have windows on all three sides, plus the big window directly across. We can make sure they have plenty of ventilation if it's warm out. (Of course, each dog normally sleeps on his/her respective human's bunk. Amazing how a small dog can take up almost a whole king size bunk. LOL!)

Here's a pic of the dogs' set up:

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2599927580041817305CwoqeH

If the campsite has room, we create a "fenced in yard" with the screen room and two exercise pens. Here was our set up at Bristol last August:

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2740346320041817305iPoqzg

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2611892250041817305TTmbVu

And this is Molly:

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2466039420041817305GOVlAQ

And her buddy Nemo:

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2160220360041817305GyBpYF

[JAL&JKL]

We have always taken our dogs camping: first 1 miniature pincher, then 2 (male & female). They loved it. Now we only have 1 miniature, red dachshund "Snoopy" - 2 yrs. old (rescued from Katrina). He has Stranger Anxiety (adults only) but if ignored at first, he will come around when he figures out the NEW people are OK. Unfortunately, everyone wants to pet him first thing. Thankfully, he has never met a child that doesn't just love!

[tlhdoc]

We have two dogs.  We take one of the dogs camping with us, IF we are going to be staying in the campground most of the time.  We don't take her if we will be out sight seeing and going to places that are not dog friendly.  
 
Here is KC

[ddh2]

We took our dog camping for the first time this last W/E. Me and my wife were not sure how he would do,(i cant stand to hear dogs barking the whole time i am camping) but he was wonderful.he never barked whimpered or whined..... he is a rather large dog and sheds alot in this heat. he is a rescued Akita/st. Bernard mix.  he loved all the attn, everyone that came by had to pet him. he is definitely a new addition to the camping crew!!!

[Trailman]

We take our Border Collie with us.
When i start to load the camper she stays under the trailer all day waiting and watching because she knows we are going camping, if i open the van door she is in there in a flash.
at the campground our dog is very well behaved, stays under the camper or awning.

[GoneCampin]

We take our old black lab & the newly diagnosed diabetic cat!  The cat needs shots 2x a day, so he needs to come.  He loves it!  Stays in the popup the whole time & loves looking out the windows.  Also loves getting bits of hotdogs from the grill!   We weren't quite sure how it would go - but it has worked out great!