My problem: Our yappy little dogs

As the bear II says, a rattle can sometimes works great. We use an empty 16oz plastic water bottle with 1/2 a dozen or so pennies, dimes, or nickels in it. Any time our little missy would bark we shook it. It only look 3-4 times before barking was no longer a problem. We keep on on hand though for additional reinforcement at times.

I never did like the bark collars. I think too many people abuse them, but since I know we will not, I might get them one as a last resort.(I know. Sadly, that makes me a hypocrite). We might try that silent thing that only they can hear before that. But first, we will try the closing the windows and running the tv.

My husband works nights and told me that when I leave the house, they won't shut up, but noises outside will do it, too.until he brings them to bed. I think a lot of it is separation anxiety. I really, really want this to work. So, thank you for all of your help.

A metal lunchbox with a few rocks in it. Tape it shut.

Anytime the dogs bark when you don't want them to, rattle the can at them and say "Fido"(insert your dogs names here) NO!

Create the situation where they bark and you want them to stop. For example act like your leaving and then stand outside the RV with the rattle box. As soon as they start barking rattle the box and say no. Repeat each time they start barking.

It took our dogs about 2 weeks of this before they stopped barking at everything.

Do your dogs bark when you leave them alone at home? If not, then keep the window shades down, leave the radio on loud enough to mask outside noise, and keep a fan on to provide white noise. If your dog likes the t.v. on, put that on instead of the radio. If your dogs are barkers when you leave them, even at home, then yes, it will likely be a problem in a campground. Nothing worse than a non-stop barking dog, IMO. I used to use a bark collar on my little dog because she used to be a barker in our camper when we first started taking her along. Now, I just lay the collar next to her crate when we leave, and she doesn't bark anymore. Yes, I crate my little dog when she's left alone. It encourages her to sleep and keeps her out of trouble.

Lucky me....our Shih-Tzu, we found out, simply likes to sit on the back of the couch and look out the window. We found that out from next door "neighbors"...after we asked them to simply observe (and report) when we left for the afternoon...or even for an hour or so.
Of course, when another dog walks by..........but then it stops when the other dog is out of sight.

Friend of ours used a bark collar with great results.

Bear in mind that "most" campgrounds do not allow dogs to be left alone in the RV. And also IF your dogs bark constantly. You can be asked to leave. And yes I have seen it happen.
Good luck.

Coolmom42 has the absolutely best answer in the minimum amount of words. Heed it well, and you will be OK. In our case, we had one that got upset and was very loud and destructive when left alone. We started putting a small treat in the crate with her whenever we were leaving for a wihile, and she quickly learned that when she got the treat, we were going to be gone for a while, but that we would be back after a while.

Get yourself a bluetooth speaker unit, and put it just up above the dogs with sufficient noise to keep them occupied. You can set up music that sounds peaceful to the dogs so they don't hear what's going on outside, and it's not so loud that the outside hears it too.

Nothing to bark about when it's all just overwhelming so they can't hear the outside.

Crate them and leave the radio or TV on while you are gone. That will keep them from hearing every single thing outside, and from seeing it.

If they've never been crated, you need to start now training them. Get crates with plenty of room for them to move around. Put a nice bed in them, or move their beds into them, and some toys or treats, and leave the door open. Pretty soon they will come to regard the crate as their "home" and like it. Then you can start closing the door and leave them in it while you are outside in the yard... out of the house but close by. Work up to leaving them crated for a few hours at a time.

Bless you for having the consideration for others to realize that your dogs might not be perfect little angels. If more dog owners had that attitude, dogs might have a better rep in RV parks.

Get any of the videos by Cesar Millan the Dog Whisperer for help until you can get a personal trainer.