Solo RV'ers With Dogs
Hi - I'm considering getting a dog and I'd be interested in hearing from solo travellers who take their dogs with them. I've been thinking about this and am concerned with the practicalities of leavi...
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lj2654 wrote:
Just got home from a 5 day camping trip to Myakka river State park in Bradenton Florida! The people there visiting seemed to not want to follow the parks rules:
1)no picking up the poop
2)walking dogs around park without leashes(big and small dogs)
3) leaving dogs locked up in RV while they left for 4 hours and dogs never stopped barking the whole time
1 + 2, definitely a problem, especially since these are part of the park rules. #3 is not so much of an issue, at least for me. If it's quiet hours then yes, I can see this as an issue, but during the day dogs inside an RV make no more noise than children playing outside (often quite a bit less), and certainly less than many generators.
Our dogs are afraid of people and strongly dislike children, so they often bark when they are in the camper alone. And while this does concern me to a degree, I have never seen anyone tell their children to keep the noise level down, and rarely see anyone ask their neighbors if they mind the generator running for 6-8 hours (or more) during the day. We do not leave our pets in the camper at night - only during the day, and then only for a few hours at a time, while we hike (dogs are not welcome on many trails) or see the sights. If they add a little bit to the ever-present cacophony of your average campground I don't worry overly about it...
