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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Crowe wrote:
Our dogs are well behaved, and we are serious hikers.
Mine are well-behaved, too, but since I don't have a camera on them when I'm not with them I can't say with 100% certainty they never bark.
The last part of that is open to interpretation. I think most campers take it to mean unattended while outside the RV, "in the campground".
Sorry but I believe you are incorrect. My experience has been it is NOT open to interpretation and if you read it without bias there IS only one interpretation. No dog unattended means just that-no unattended dogs inside or outside. If there are any questions then it's easy enough to call the campground
My experience is with private campgrounds (not state/national parks).
If I doubt that our dog can be left alone I always call. With only one exception I've always been told it's fine to leave our dog alone. And FWIW that one time I told them why we'd be staying somewhere else.
There are many ways besides a camera to tell whether or not a dog barks when left alone in an RV. A voice activated recorder is one, or software like Bark Sentry. And of course there are often neighbors who can be asked. It's really not hard at all to know with reasonable certainty how ones dogs behave most of the time when left alone.
