Va. St parks and pet fee

I am not saying that there are no costs with allowing pets but after talking with the local state park maintenance & rangers it appears they are against the fees as they are rarely full & the money this year instead of upgrading or maintaining the park campground (over $500,000) went to building a horse facility / parking with water & electric hookups, & a horse barn that is under used as well.......... & yes the park employees have to shovel the horse poop.............(Dogs don't make near the mess LOL) I wish we could camp there much bigger sites than in the campground....... but we still would go to the cheaper private campgrounds