Leaving dog at campsite

JimK-NY wrote:
Dogs are pack animals and are programmed to follow their masters. The often behave quite differently on their own with the owners away.

There is another major issue. Many dogs bark a lot. Their owners get used to that. The neighbors are less likely to enjoy the noise.

We never leave the dog behind when we are not at the campsite. We have been to too many places where folks have done so and had to listen to their dog/s barking all day, or every time they heard a noise, or every time someone walked down the loop road. I've never been to a public campground where if it does not have a specific rule against leaving dogs alone, it certainly has a general noise rule where you can not disturb other campers, or something along those lines. We personally have never turned anyone in, but have been close to doing so a few times, and have seen where folks were turned in for it by others on too many occasions to remember, They received a visit from the Ranger or other management. Any RV is not close to soundproof, even a top of the line class A.

We do not go to private/commercial campgrounds or RV parks much, maybe 3 times in 18 years, but I imagine they also have rules along the same lines and since you're typically packed in like a sardine I would think it would make them that much worse.