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hi everyone

in regard to taking the pooch on holiday last week we took our springer camping for her first time , we had only been there half hour and she kept on barking , we were told politely that she would have to be quiet in a roundabout way we would have to leave , understandable , anyway i think its because she wasnt geting any attention other than me n the missus scowlding her to be quiet , eventualy  tent pitched , settled in ect we made a fuss of her then later in the evening she was on the bed lights out just like she does at home regardless of her small duvet lay on the floor after that she was good as gold ....apart from her barking when you pick up her lead to go walkies but thats summat she always done .  good luck withanyone thinking of taking there pets on hols.........stewy

I would not object to a dog barking with excitement at for eg getting ready to go for a walk or similar but I must admit if it carried on when there was no need for it to be barking then I would be complaining, then again I would do the same if it was neighbours dog at home so it so its not a campsite thing its more a untrained dog thing lol

Crate train your puppy andthen you know she will be safe at night and you wont be worrying that she will chew the wrong thing.  It also helps with toilet training as they will not soil their bed.

Fairybelle

I keep trying to convince me hubby that our liccle mini Schnauzer would be perfectly fine in the tin tent with us on our hols too. Until now he's always been 'looked after'...(used in the loosest sense of the word these days), by me Mum and Dad but since losing Dad last year and Mum having Alzheimers, I can foresee the day when this will no longer be possible. It's not that she forgets to feed or walk him. Far from it, she'll overfeed him and walk his liccle legs off to the extent that he's usually like a barrel by the time our two weeks are upI do label every single tray of food with the day, date and time whether it's his 10am or 6pm feed but somehow she still ends up 'running out of food' and needing to buy more. Have to say he'd seemed to enjoy the tin of.....fishy flavoured....WHISKAS when we were away in MauritiusNo harm done but I'd feel happier if we could take him with us, especially as the two sites we've used over the past few years are dog friendly ones.

He's never stayed in the tin tent but eagerly jumps in it when we're getting it ready to go away. He was often found asleep on one of the front seats of our old Esprit that was stored on our front. Everytime I was pottering about in it doing things, he'd be right out there with me along with our other old boy who we sadly lost last year.

Hubby reckons he might be a bit of a barker, not that he is at home, but he seems to think that peeps/animals passing by might set him off. I don't think this would be the case as I noticed that when he was sitting out in the van while I packed the clothes this time, he was happily gazing out of the window from the 'settee' and never once barked at any passers by, even ones walking their dogs.

Of course, there is one downside to taking him on holiday with us and tbh it's the only one as many eating places in Cornwall have areas you can take your dog, (usually outside I know but we're weatherproof with kagouls), so the only difference would be that.......both hubby and I wouldn't be able to both go into shops together and that might save us a fair few bob to be honestWhy is it, that you have everything ya need but then when ya get into Milletts/M&S/B&Q/ASDA/Homebase or Tesco in a different county....ya find summat ya just HAVE to have

Like Nigel, preparing your pooch for camping, I'd also considered taking Otto to our storage site with us everytime I pop down to fiddle with things and also thought of investing in one of those doggy corkscrew jobbies to secure him on our pitch with and get him used to that in the garden. He loves being in the car and would travel for miles with no probs. He often does the run down to our sons in Dorset and loves every minute of it so long as we give him a couple of tiddle breaks and plenty of water in the car.

Who knows.....I might get my way before next years Cornwall pilgrimage

my mum and dad always take our too collies on holiday (they are in motorhome though), and my sister always takes hers.
They rarely bark, although he does whine when you leave him at the tent to go out, but he soons settles down.  Any silly reason to bark she tells him off and he shuts up.

Our three dogs can be noisy at home, especially if anyone comes to the door or even walks up the path. Maybe it's because they can't see out, which made us worry about taking them camping.

I need not have worried. They are happy to be tethered outside watching all the coming and going on the campsite, and with extra walks, they have slept through the night.

we have a 7 year old lab,and hes been coming on holidays with us since he was a few months old.weve never had any problems with him.he isnt a very barky dog but if he wants to bark he will,i just tell him to be quiet and that does the trick.

people have been great while weve been on holiday(tents,caravans and chalets) alot of people tell us that they have left there dogs at home,and when they look at how content ours is on hols,wished they had took theres along with them.

i think if you take your dog with you when they are young, they (and you) get used to it.

we wouldnt dream of leaving our pooch at home now.

forgot to say in my last post that like sarah,we walk our dog much more when we are  on holiday, so come 6 o'clock in the evening,he's out for the count,fast asleep.we have to physically wake him up if we want to go to a pub in the evening.then once there he crawls under the table and falls asleep.most people in the pubs don't even know hes there until we get up to leave.its very funny.

we even caught a couple of buses on our last camping trip to the local pub so that OH could have a drink and the dog was fine on the bus,he's never been on one before.he is a top dog

Took our dog with us for the first time a few weeks ago. Hes 16, and we had to take him because he had just had an op and needed aftercare. Was really worried because he doesn't usually settle anywhere new, we can't usually take him to the pub or anything simular, also he loves to play with people and fight with dogs!!. We made sure one of us gave him loads of attention while setting up, then he just got on his bed and watched the world go by. He was the most contented we've seen him for years. We took him again this last week for a couple of days. No problems at all, at home he has become very whiney and cantacerous, but camping he's laid back and relaxed!! Must be the fresh air!!

Shelly