Dog owners!

toolttime wrote:
If dog owners who leave their dogs in their RV all day while out touring and their dogs bark none stop all day while they are gone are made aware of that when when they get back. What do the dog owners do about it?

The question should not be what the dog owners would do about it but rather what you would do about it. Having camped with dogs for the most part of 50 years, both as a kid with my parents then with my wife and own kids, the one thing I was taught was to obey the campground rules. Most campgrounds have a rule similar to this one taken from the California state parks rules concerning dogs:

"DOGS must be kept on a leash no longer than six
feet and under your supervision at all times. Noisy and/or vicious dogs will be removed from the campground upon complaint."

When we camp with our dog, he is under our control at all times with at least one of us at the site with him. If we want to go anywhere he goes with us and one of us is always with him. Is it an inconvenience to us at times. Yes, but he is our responsibility and better us be inconvenienced by him than a stranger in the campground. We never feel that we are above the rules and try to obey them. So to answer the OP's question about an unattended barking dog, I would report it to the campground host and let them deal with enforcing their rules.

Raften wrote:
Do you think what may be the most trained dogs in the world, US Military Dogs, are trained with shock collars?

I am glad you mention this. I know, for a fact, that some military and other government agency K-9s are trained with E-Collars. Good point.

Bruce

Bruce, I think you see things in black and white but can't see what is right.

Do you think what may be the most trained dogs in the world, US Military Dogs, are trained with shock collars?

Actually, people were domesticated by dogs. Not the other way around. When the dog discovered people ate meat and then threw the bones away the dog started hanging around people. When he did that he became a alarm system allowing the people to prosper better. Also, by helping people on the hunt the dog got more food. When people discovered the dog's nose could help them find more game they stated hunting with the dog. This allowed the people to stay in one place longer. Staying in one place longer allowed agriculture to be developed . And, town started growing around where the agriculture was and that led to,,,, well lots of other things but, I think you get the point. Modern civilization would not be possible if the dog had not decided to start hanging around with people. Thank the next dog you meet.

I think ten pages of this nonsense is enough, but don't worry, this topic WILL come back up. Some people don't realize that dogs are indeed "Mans best friend." For millions of years dogs have helped humans out. Let them bark.....

Dog Folks wrote:
You said "Please keep your name-calling to yourself because, if you don't, I may have to pull real hard on your leash to tighten that collar around your neck." Without smiles, that is a threat I don't need.

So, do you regularly wear a collar attached to a leash? Maybe I was right. ;)

Bruce

nomad297 wrote:

Dog Folks wrote:
No personal attacks from me.

Too late.

Bruce

I said IF.

However, I will amend my comment to no MORE personal attacks from me.

If you took offense, I apologize.

You said "Please keep your name-calling to yourself because, if you don't, I may have to pull real hard on your leash to tighten that collar around your neck." Without smiles, that is a threat I don't need.

Secondly as a professional trainer, I am not going to argue with amateurs anymore. That was my mistake.

Now I promise, I am done with this subject. Feel free to carry on.

The first time we left our ACD Emily for a few hours, we asked our neighbor if she had barked. They told us yes. The next day we had a training day. We went through the routine of leaving, giving her a treat, & one of us drove off in the truck. The other "snuck" around waiting for her to bark, then went back in and told her "No Barking." One would leave again and we would alternate between catching her barking, and coming back in when she was not barking and praise her and give her a treat. We had to have training days the first day out each spring for a couple years, but she does not bark. She normally sits on the bench watching out the window. This method worked extremely well because Emily is so easy to train. We could have tried this with other dogs/breeds and it never would have worked...then I'd be on here asking for help.

What gets me is those that put up the fencing. Most places say they need to be on a leash, not behind a temporary fence. And most of the time, it's not for one or two dogs, but multiple yappers.

Dog Folks wrote:
No personal attacks from me.

Too late.

Bruce