Camping With Dogs

[Jenko67]

We have always taken our border collies camping with us...over the years we have had 5 bcs..... They love it....they are our family and sleep in the van..we check for ticks all the time, just give them a cuddle.. They love it.... Our 2 current border collies...

[oldmate]

I didn't think it was mate.
 

Travel safe mate 

x2.

[Barnsey.QLD]

I take my boy with us almost every trip (and before him, my old recently deceased girl).  It wouldn't feel right to leave them at home
He sleeps in the camper on his bed as I'd hate to wake up and find him curled up with a nasty - have woken up to find snakes and such outside on the occasion looking for warmth.
I always advantix and tick collar him at least 24hrs before leaving and still check him each day (he has a lot of hair)...

 

[Barnsey.QLD]

Ps: I think he hobbled himself just for the photo to be taken! Lol!

[BernieS]

We have always taken our border collies camping with us...over the years we have had 5 bcs..... They love it....they are our family and sleep in the van..we check for ticks all the time, just give them a cuddle.. They love it.... Our 2 current border collies...

Gorgeous Pic Jenko67. Our boy goes everywhere with us too. Socialised from 6 weeks and just luvs people and kids. Not to mention, camping, soccer and swimming. He's just like a Kid. lol

[Nay-DMAX]

Ours go camping with us as much as possible and we usually choose places to camp where they can come.  They always sleep in the camper at night at the moment we have one dome dog swag opens up like a kennel rolls up like a swag and have just ordered another.  Before that we had a piece of canvas and piece of carpet on the top with a blanket on that the carpet and canvas rolled up small and lived in the camper.  Have not had issues with ticks but have not been to places where they are more of a problem.  When we have the camper they travel on the back seat and if we are just going for the day they go in the back of the ute under the canopy with the windows open they love both.  As we camp on the Murray a lot they also have life jackets because they don't know when to stop swimming sometimes

[Big Damo]

Always take our dogs away, wouldn't stay if the dogs aren't welcome.
Wife and I always go away off season no school holidays, no long weekends etc as we wish to have the dogs enjoy time away without lots of other campers, holiday goers or KIDS around.
we have 3 dogs and they all stay in the camper bed and sometimes allow us room to get in as well.
I do understand where others are coming from in regards to out of control dogs as even though we take our dogs we try to avoid being near others with dogs as a lot of dog owners have little control over there balls of joy with yapping etc.
we usually take our leads off after a few hours and our dogs will stay with us and the camper.
Have had comments from park owners about there good behaviour and would wish every dog owner trained there dog and socialised them to the same standard, but there are always owners who do not care and they are usually the same loud mouthed inconsiderate yahoos  you find just when you are looking for a little rest and relaxation.
that's my little rant
happy camping to all the puppies
 
Damo

[bobnrob]

Hi All,
For those of you that camp with dogs how do you go about it.
Do they sleep outside or inside
Are you concerned about wild animals stalking/attacking them during the night
Do you check for ticks etc all the time

Got a Staffy of unknown age - got her as an adult because she was headed for the big sleep, and also a 2yr Shepherd
When we had our CUB, they'd both sleep inside, but now we have an Avan bugger all room, I bought a small 2 man dome tent, and they sleep in it.
We mostly camp in the bush, so not often other's around. When I got the Staffy and started taking her camping, I was lucky because she learnt fairly quickly that 'round the camp site was her 'yard'    Couple of mishaps now and then when she'd forget and chase a roo etc...and still does, but extremely rarely, and only takes a 'hey' to stop her in her tracks. The Shepherd has learnt the do's and don't from her 
Yep, check for ticks everyday, but we also do that at home.
Highly unlikely wild animals will attack the dogs, would be the other way round. Except snakes like other's have already mentioned.

[lilstookie]

We live on the road with our Ridgeback X and wouldn't have it any other way. We bought an Outdoor Connections fold up camping bed thing and she LOVES it!!  She sleeps in the annexe tied to the fridge (good luck to anyone wanting to pinch that ). She is kept up to date with all vax and worming and I use Revolution as well. We have NEVER had a tick or fleas on her since using this (we used to have issues with brown ticks when we lived near Marysville VIC and were put onto this by the vet). We also find she tends to keep vermin and other nasties away from our camping area (which is the main reason for dogs not being allowed in NPs...more so than any risk of them being lost, it's their smell that scares animals away). We have a pet First Aid app on our Apple devices and our FA kit has some items for her.

Lil

[Bird]

[xcvator]

Possibly off topic but you got me remembering when you mentioned feral kids.
As I said earlier, we take our dog with us camping all the time. Last year we went camping at Lake Eildon in a nice remote spot, dog was off leash. Bunch of feral young blokes (10 or so?) rock up with their dogs, swearing and creating all sorts of noise til 4am every morning - awesome.

Whilst there are responsible dog owners (seems to be us lot), it's morons like these guys who couldn't give a stuff about their dogs nor control them. They had about 5 dogs all of large size off leash and it didn't take long for them to come over in a pack to our campsite and bail my dog and I up on the back of the navara. Thankfully hubby, brother and nephew chased dogs away whilst I screamed at ferals to get their stupid dogs and f*** off. 

Exactly what Gronk said, how the hell would i know if they were tame or vicious slobbering biting machines? Since then, we always try to setup in smaller campgrounds where mobs can't rock up.

Great owners have great dogs. Feral idiot campers with uncontrollable mutts can get stuffed as they ruin it for everyone.
Sorry but thought it was worth sharing as we learnt a lot from that experience re: camping with our dog.

Good reason to be able to carry a shotty

[Bird]

Good reason to be able to carry a shotty

or just pickup the chainsaw and walk through their 50,000 dog parts.