New to camping with a dog your advice?

C-172-AV8R wrote:
We had a ID chip installed on our dog by the vet when we first got him. If lost the next vet or pound visit would know the real owner...They also now have GPS trackers (Smart phone or PC) to find your dog if he has wondered away. What a cutie,truly man's best friend....

Good suggestion. We used to have a very regal looking standard poodle who was always the hit of the campground. After about one too many comments to the effect of "I'd sure like to have a dog LIKE THAT" we decided we better micro-chip ol' Minky. Well, he has since passed and we recently acquired little bitty Tiki. We had him micro-chipped before we even left the pound.

Our first camping trip with Tiki was pretty good. We took him about 8 days after we got him. He wasn't house trained and he wanted to bark at people, but he actually did rather well, considering how traumatizd he was. We just made a point to stay away from people and other dogs when we were walking and we took his crate with us. He whined just a little the first night, but then he settled down.

I would only take my dog if I was going to be close to the campground all the time. Not if it was going to be a trip to an amusement park or some historical site. You won't know if the dog barks until you leave him for the first time. We got lucky with both our dogs. Neither of them barked inside the camper as long as we left the radio or TV on. In summer we leave the A/C on and a fan, with plenty of water available. That way we can go off for a little bit if we choose too. I always leave my cell phone number with nearby campers, so if the dog starts barking I can run back pretty quick.And I leave the door unlocked so someone could evacuate him, if they had to. I've never had to, but you don't know.

Good luck camping with the new pup. The biggest hurdle we had with both dogs was teaching them to go up the TT steps.