Worried about a/c failing and dogs cooking
I always worry about my a/c failing while we're out and the dogs cooking in the camper. The campground could lose power or any number of things could cause the a/c to fail. Do you worry when you're go...
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Surely if the owner says their dog NEVER barks, they MUST be right, right??? I still contend that if the owner is not within eyesight/earshot there is absolutely no chance they can know, regardless of what they say.
In our boating days we had only 2 dogs - a 90# Irish Setter and a 25# very mixed. There was no way we could take them boating for an entire weekend, especially when it was a 3 hour each way drive. Boarding is the solution. You betcha it's pricey, but we considered it part of the cost of our weekend. Instead of going out for a great dinner, we grilled hot dogs and paid the kennel. A couple of options would be to take your dogs and leave them in the trailer while you're gone and then have the ranger greet you upon return and ask you to leave since your non-barking dogs created havoc while you were gone. Another option that we actually do use, is that if we take a short day-trip, Foxy is with us unless we need to make a stop....one of us goes in and the other waits in the truck with our dog, then reverse. Another choice is to ask a neighbor if they would dog-sit for you over the weekend and you'll reciprocate when they need someone to watch their pets. Now that we're part of that crowd on a "limited budget", we just arrange our camping/traveling accordingly. With only 4 dogs now, there is not a chance we could afford to pay for boarding for these girls AND the costs to take our DS#1 for his yearly trek to FL for spring training. We have 2 awesome neighbors that gladly split the time and probably give our babies more attention then we do. We always bring them a bottle of wine, since they probably need it by then - or a gift from wherever. And when they need someone to fix something, etc, we're first in line to do what neighbors do. Works out nicely. And whether some like it or not, when you have pets and choose to take them camping with you, some adjustments have to be made. If you absolutely have to take that day trip, either make arrangements or don't go. Compromise. Sometimes it sucks, but you chose to have a pet and you chose to go camping and they don't allow pets left unattended inside or outside. You pick. You are not entitled to ruin someone else's daywith your non-barking dog.
Sorry if I sound unsympathetic when you can't figure out what to do with your dogs, it's because I'm not. Should have thought this through before you jumped.
In our boating days we had only 2 dogs - a 90# Irish Setter and a 25# very mixed. There was no way we could take them boating for an entire weekend, especially when it was a 3 hour each way drive. Boarding is the solution. You betcha it's pricey, but we considered it part of the cost of our weekend. Instead of going out for a great dinner, we grilled hot dogs and paid the kennel. A couple of options would be to take your dogs and leave them in the trailer while you're gone and then have the ranger greet you upon return and ask you to leave since your non-barking dogs created havoc while you were gone. Another option that we actually do use, is that if we take a short day-trip, Foxy is with us unless we need to make a stop....one of us goes in and the other waits in the truck with our dog, then reverse. Another choice is to ask a neighbor if they would dog-sit for you over the weekend and you'll reciprocate when they need someone to watch their pets. Now that we're part of that crowd on a "limited budget", we just arrange our camping/traveling accordingly. With only 4 dogs now, there is not a chance we could afford to pay for boarding for these girls AND the costs to take our DS#1 for his yearly trek to FL for spring training. We have 2 awesome neighbors that gladly split the time and probably give our babies more attention then we do. We always bring them a bottle of wine, since they probably need it by then - or a gift from wherever. And when they need someone to fix something, etc, we're first in line to do what neighbors do. Works out nicely. And whether some like it or not, when you have pets and choose to take them camping with you, some adjustments have to be made. If you absolutely have to take that day trip, either make arrangements or don't go. Compromise. Sometimes it sucks, but you chose to have a pet and you chose to go camping and they don't allow pets left unattended inside or outside. You pick. You are not entitled to ruin someone else's daywith your non-barking dog.
Sorry if I sound unsympathetic when you can't figure out what to do with your dogs, it's because I'm not. Should have thought this through before you jumped.
