Pets at campgrounds

[talktome396]

My wife and I are relatively new to RVing and have a question about traveling with our dogs. One is a Dalmatian and the other is a 50lb mixed breed. We have seen at a number of campgrounds the rule that says "no unattended pets" and was wondering if that usually means unattended outside the coach and/or inside the coach. In the coach they are in a rather large cage. Does anyone know if this is acceptable, as we are planning on spending 3 - 4 months on the road and would like to do a lot of sightseeing.

[anaro]

many CG leave the rules open to interpretation so they can enforce them in the way that benefits the majority of their guests. This way if you leave barking dogs in the rv all day everyday then they have an excuse to evict you. often if you have well behaved dogs that don't bark much then it is usually a nonissue.

[Deb_and_Ed_M]

Our experience has been that campgrounds don't want dogs left outside unattended. Goes back to liability issues if someone gets hurt. Now - if your dog is inside and barking a lot, you can still be asked to leave because it's a nuisance.

Weve left our dogs for a few hours after we've walked their wheels off...LOL!! Tired dogs tend to be quiet.

[Crowe]

Usually means outside.

Not in my experience-usually means either. Check with the individual campground. Rules are different from cg to cg. Some don't care about size or breed, some do. Although many on here think it's acceptable, I wouldn't flaunt the rules. It's unfair as no one is "special" and exempt, although they think they might be, and you don't want to face getting removed from the cg with no place to go. Even if they are quiet when you are away from the RV there's always a chance some nosy posey will squeal.

We didn't travel all that much with the dogs because we have an excellent kennel where they get lots of space, exercise, and love. If we couldn't take them with us when we were exploring or leave them in the RV for at least short periods of time (dogs need their rest too), they went to the doggie hotel.

[Terryallan]

The unattended rule is usually for both inside, and out. And for one simple reason. To cover the barking dogs in, and out of the RV. IF you dog does not bark. then no one will ever know you left it behind. IF your dog does bark, Then the CG warned you, and can, and will ask you to leave.

My self. I love my dog way too much to coop him up in a RV. So he stays home, loose, in his private yard.

[Pawz4me]

talktome396 wrote:
We have seen at a number of campgrounds the rule that says "no unattended pets" and was wondering if that usually means unattended outside the coach and/or inside the coach.

If in doubt, call ahead and ask. That's what I've always done, and I've almost always been told that it was fine to leave well-behaved (quiet) pets alone in our RV.

Only one time in seven years have we encountered a campground where we were told it was NOT okay to leave them. I politely told the person I spoke with that we'd find another campground (to let them know they'd lost business).

If you aren't positive that your dogs are quiet inside your RV, you can leave a voice-activated recorder on while you're gone. There's also Bark Sentry.

[1492]

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[talktome396]

We traveled with our dogs for a short time last year and never had any problem while on a leash but as we were planning this years trip (3 - 4 months) we started looking at campgrounds web sites and noticed that many of them said that pets can not be left attended. We aren't sure what that means.

[BuckBarker]

samsontdog wrote:
We traveled all over the USA and had two large ROTTS and never had a problem inside or out as long as they were on a lease. People were scared of them .They both passed away some years ago but we traveled with them for 5 or 6 years

We never tried leasing! Always thought it better to own outright.

[samsontdog]

We traveled all over the USA and had two large ROTTS and never had a problem inside or out as long as they were on a lease. People were scared of them .They both passed away some years ago but we traveled with them for 5 or 6 years

[BB_TX]

All will require dogs on leash outside. Many specify no unattended dogs left outside, even on a leash. And occasionally you will find one that says no dogs left unattended, even inside. It is not unusual for an unattended dog to bark constantly until its owners return although those owners don't seem to think so, or don't care.

[ScottnSherrie]

Um, did you mean to post this in the Forum Technical Support area?

[donn0128]

Usually means outside. But there are also a lot of private camp grounds that do not allow multiple large breeds or aggressive breads. One of which is a Dalmation.