Dogs in RV parks
My wife and I are seriously considering buying a camper within the next year or so, so that we can travel around our great country while towing our own "home" everywhere we go. We also want to be able...
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jplante4 wrote:
Almost everyone that RVs has a dog.
How do you explain the fact that the vast majority of RVs for sale say, "no smoking, no pets"?
bukhrn wrote:
As far as yapping, ours is generally quiet, but like many dogs, they are protective of their territory.
Which means, "It barks when someone or something comes near my RV."
My personal rule is that no sounds from inside my RV can be heard outside my RV. But I'm in the minority on that.
ncrowley wrote:
I am a very light sleeper and I have not been kept awake by a dog barking yet.
But the barking at RV parks and campgrounds isn't at night, when you're sleeping, because dogs aren't left outside to howl, like in regular neighborhoods.
Dog barking in RV parks happens when they're left alone and are bored, or something moves outside so they're excited. It also differs from houses in that people walking dogs in an RV park come within just a few feet of other people's RVs, unlike in a neighborhood, where they might be out on the sidewalk and there's a lawn between the house and the sidewalk, and it really gets the dogs barking.
Just notice the next time someone's walking his dog, as the barking from RVs goes in a wave as the walked dog passes by.
Or worse, when two people walking dogs stop and talk while their dogs bark bark bark the whole time. I wonder if they even hear it; I know it doesn't bother them. So I'm not inclined to take most dog owners' word on how much their dogs bark.
