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dturm
Aug 03, 2015Moderator
We may be more sensitive to needless barking than many as we spent 37 years in an animal hospital setting where animals in a kennel would bark due to stress, fear, boredom ... It does get on the nerves after a while, and it's not particularly good for the dog either.
That being said, in the decades we've been camping I can count on one hand the number of times we've heard dogs constantly barking. We've camped in state parks, COE parks and private campgrounds and even with those incidents they really weren't a bother to us as we'd have to walk into the offender's campsite to really hear the barking at a level that was irritating. We actually felt worse for the dog than were upset for our peace being disturbed.
There have been far more incidents of loud, obnoxious, partying (probably intoxicated) people than dogs barking.
The no dogs left unattended (even inside an RV) rule is redundant and unnecessary in my opinion. Every campground has a no barking rule and if an animal is guilty the owners can be asked to leave. That is really all that is necessary. I suspect just about every RVer that has dogs will leave them in the RV unattended at some point, whether to go to the store, sightseeing, to dinner or just for a walk, and a huge percentage happens without incident.
That being said, in the decades we've been camping I can count on one hand the number of times we've heard dogs constantly barking. We've camped in state parks, COE parks and private campgrounds and even with those incidents they really weren't a bother to us as we'd have to walk into the offender's campsite to really hear the barking at a level that was irritating. We actually felt worse for the dog than were upset for our peace being disturbed.
There have been far more incidents of loud, obnoxious, partying (probably intoxicated) people than dogs barking.
The no dogs left unattended (even inside an RV) rule is redundant and unnecessary in my opinion. Every campground has a no barking rule and if an animal is guilty the owners can be asked to leave. That is really all that is necessary. I suspect just about every RVer that has dogs will leave them in the RV unattended at some point, whether to go to the store, sightseeing, to dinner or just for a walk, and a huge percentage happens without incident.
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