dogs in national park campgrounds
Dear All, I have not been active in the forums for some years, but a recent experience brings me back to the pet forum. We just finished a 2 week trip through some Arizona, Colorado and Utah nation...
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steveandjil wrote:darsben wrote:
One croppy owner forces draconian rules.
You leave your nice little doggy who is oh so loveable and while your gone it barks its fool head off. Ranger comes and if there is no rule then there is little he/she can do BUT with a rule then all is peaceful. My next door neighbor at a commercial CG recently had two little dogs like that. They were gone 8 hours and I had to go to the CG owner. No rule against it so nothing was done.
It is a great rule
Our dogs are well behaved, and we are serious hikers. If this is simply the state of affairs, we will no longer be able to map in NP CG's. One of the reason we got into RVing 15 years ago was to be able to travel with our dogs. I can see by the response, that at least one person likes the rule. I know many people go to such CGs and then sit at their RVs most of the day. We do not. The dogs are alone while we work, and they are quite used to it. Oh well. Curious if there are any other thoughts on this issue.
Many Commercial CGs have had that 'rule' for long time.
Can't think of a CG we stayed in over the course of 7 yrs full time travel that didn't have that rule except for some 'city parks' or fairgrounds.
Did we break that 'rule'....YES
Early on dog was left alone for several hours (same as when we worked) but as she aged during our travels we only left her alone for shorter and shorter periods. Hey---I have to go more frequent as I aged too!
