can anyone help me. just got a puppy and want to know the best things to do with her when we go camping ie how do other people get on with dogs in there tent etc thanks
Hi, we camped for the first time this weekend in our new tent and took both our dogs (cocker spaniel and Dalmatian). Our tent is a Brekenridge Deluxe, with loads of room. 3 bedrooms, but the family only used 2, so the third contained the dogs bed. They loved it!! A little strange to them at first, but as long as they knew where the entrance was, they seemed to be ok. Pegged their long chain to the ground, and they spent most of the (dry) time outside. Our Dalmatian, did try and run through the side of the tent once though, but quickly learnt he couldnt. I suppose it all depends on the type of dog, and the size of the tent. May be a little trickier with a puppy though - accidents etc.
It help if you get a yard line and a corkscrew thing. attach the line to the corkscrew at one end and peg the line in at the end of the line stretched out .. thread the handle of the dogf lead though the line and the dog can walk up and down this line without getting caught in the guys etc. Just leave her water bowl in reach . It also helps if your tent has a sig to stop the wee blighters from escaping. Our jack russell loves camping, and I am sure yours will get used to it.
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Well my suggestion with a puppy would be to buy a crate and crate train at home then it makes for a far easier camping trip and also with crate training you will find far less accidents at home.
Well my suggestion with a puppy would be to buy a crate and crate train at home then it makes for a far easier camping trip and also with crate training you will find far less accidents at home.
totally agree - those corkscrew thingys are good but can get tangled with an excited pup!
yep get a crate we go whippet raceing with our dogs the old greyhound are fine sleep the sleep on the air beds with us and aslong as the windbreaks up would never wander off. the younger ones would be a nightmare without there crates try and get the bigest one you have rooom to take so the pup has lots of room I make sure mine are in theres when I am cooking as a dog running about in a tent when cookinbg is just not safe. the screw hooks are goos when your at about with the pup in an evening so he can have some freedum and cubbles. make sure he has lots of nice walks and runs and he will be happy to curel up in his creat and sleep in peace and quiet. ours have covers mover them whitch gets the dogs gto settle better as winging pups dont go down well. Introduce the pup to the crate well in advance and make it his specile place feed him in there mnake it realy comffy with his tonys in and leave the door open for him to go in and out as he please and he will be fine when away in it.
we take 9 dogs with us with no probvlems at all he will love it and all ways make sure you put some poo bags in every coat and kjacket pocket you have just incase
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Just on point i would like to make i took my dog last year one day it rained so we were all in the tent i let the dog wander round the tent with us all there as she had been in the crate a bit forgetting in the tent i had at the time it wasnt a sewn in groundsheet she managed to get out under the flysheet so i have gone for a sig hartford for this year to give her a little bit of freedom in the tent as well and she has the fourth bedroom all to herself she was fine sharon
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We have just had a few days away with our 9 month Springer Spaniel. This was the second time he has been camping and i can say he enjoys it just as much as we do. He loves the attention from other fellow campers and has settled into camping life very well.
I think if you have a crate or small travel kennel and take him regularly to the excercise field you shouldnt have any problems.
I have to agree with Colin, We've just been away for the second time with our 10 month old springer. He loves it but is a bit keen to get out of the tent and play with the rabbits! We mainly keep him on his lead on a corkscrew stake if outside the tent or either tethered to a (occupied) chair leg inside or in his dog-bag fabric crate. Exercise is key - wear him out so when you stop so does he!
We also use a "training lead" which has a clip each end and a couple of rings so that you can shorten/lengthen the lead easily to keep him on a short reign if needed.
Also hide chews or similar are good for keeping ours occupied.
Our mongrel, Freddie, about 3 years old, has a similar setup to hlk01 so he doesn't get tangled in the guys. The only problem we have is that he will lay down and play dead - you end up with a load of people gathered around him saying "Was that your dog? How sad he's dead". As he is a highly trained attack dog this is his cunning plan to lure victims in before going for the throat (if only). He does it for the attention 'cos he's sad.
As long as your puppy is well behaved and you clean up after him you should not have any problems. We have a SIG so Freddie cannot escape otherwise he would be on a long lead all the time.
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We took our 1 year old Staffordshire Bull Terrier camping for the first time last weekend. We used the corkscrew thing with a long line (horse lunge from ebay £4) tied her up and gave her something to chew whilst we put the tent up.
We have 3 bedrooms in our tent so kids had one, we had the other and Bindi(dog) had the other. She is always crated at night at home so being crated in the tent didn't feel any different for her. We put lots of torn up newspaper in the bottom of the crate to help keep her warm and a big fleece blanket. Our tent has a SIG so no problems with her escaping when it was raining. But saying that she didn't even try to escape out the front door when it was open she was quite happy sitting at the door watching the world go by. I was quite worried about taking her camping, thinking she would cry all night and keep everyone awake but she was an absolute angel and will definitely be taking her again.
The site we stayed on is surrounded by woods so we could give her a good run off lead, I think having lots of exercise to wear them out is a good idea too.
The only problem I encountered was....you know when you wake up absolutely bursting for the loo, well Bindi always heard me getting up and was also bursting for the loo so I always had to quickly let her out for a wee first so she was quiet and didn't wake the whole campsite then run like the clappers to the toilets before I had an accident!!!
We took our pup of about 6months camping last year and she was good as gold she slept with us in sleeping bag. We have another little dog he is 9months old So we hope they will be ok too. I am sure you will have no problems. Good luck. Bloodfairy
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