Dogs & caravanning - quick poll

[Lol1]

One dog.

Rhodesian Ridgeback.

Yes, he lets us go away with him.

Tell me again, who in charge here? He gets me up in the morning, to take him for a walk. He's not the one picking up stuff with plastic bags. So...who's in charge?

 

[Viking1]

we have 1 year old border collie cross.

who is a spoiled rotten.

 

[Viking1]

Hi Lisa

I just wondered if they were ok - I complained about a nasty comment someone had made to Mark about a week ago which was removed, but I haven't seen them posting since.

just thought a quick email to them might help? I am happy to do this if you dont have time. Mark (",)

Hi Mark

Thank you

Mark

 

[JackieandSteve_5080688]

Hi Lisa,

We`ve got 2 that come away with us one`s a 10 year old Cocker Spanial and the other is a 3 year old Rottweiler.

Jackie

 

[mcghee]

Hi Lisa

Two springer spaniels.

Yes we take them with us.

We also take an African Grey parrot, if you're interested.

 

[Mel]

We have a border collie cross, nice dog but gets hideously car sick. She goes to the kennels (which she loves) or stays home with one of the grown up or teenage offspring. Don't think I would take her even if she wasn't car sick though.

We also have a rabbit, a guinea pig, a hamster and 2 degu's. They all stay home too. We take the 9 year old foster son and any of the birth offspring who want to come.

 

[John-Wills]

We have two rescued mongrels, both intelligent, loving and devoted pets.

 

[trucker]

Hi Lisa,

Dog is a Jack Russell

1 Dog

Yes he come with us in the caravan, even to France

Kevin H

 

[LMH]

Thanks for all the replies, it's really interesting to hear about the different breeds and crossbreeds we all have.

Lisa

 

[Diane1]

I did,nt do that bit at my wedding. AND i earn more than my hubby

 

[Goonerboy_374225852]

Hi

We have a 1 dog now a Jack Russell cross. Loves caravaning.

 

[thehoods]

Hi Lisa,

We have a well behaved 2 year old chocolate Lab. Who alway's come's away with us.

Phil.

 

[Steve L]

We have two Labradors.

A white female 13 years old and soft as pudding.

A chocolate male 3 years old and I've seen smaller ponies than him. Full of character.

Most of the time they come with us and as always they are impecably behaved as they have adopted us as their leaders by mutual agreement and not training.

I reacon that the next time I go to Bridgend we should meet Colin and I'm sure he'll be converted to the benifits of dog ownership once Teddy (the choc) has given him a "tasty" lick.

As for doggy bags, it goes without saying. All responsible dog owners do clear up after their pets. It's the 5% that don't who spoil it for the rest. I know that, as I often have to give out a couple of bags per trip to people I see trying to skip responsability.

Steve L.

 

[Icemaker]

We have two cavalier king charles spaniels, father and daughter, unfortunately the mother passed away last week, she lived with my parents who have just turned up with a new puppy as they found the house and van just too lonely.

both my dogs and my parents go caravanning with us all the time and enjoy it very much.

Interesting to here mcghee say he takes his parrot, we adopted a african grey a few month ago and wondered whether we could take him with us but his vocabulary is huge and he loves to talk "a lot" so we thought he may just be a bit too much.

 

[thehoods]

We have two Labradors.

A white female 13 years old and soft as pudding.

A chocolate male 3 years old and I've seen smaller ponies than him. Full of character.

Most of the time they come with us and as always they are impecably behaved as they have adopted us as their leaders by mutual agreement and not training.

I reacon that the next time I go to Bridgend we should meet Colin and I'm sure he'll be converted to the benifits of dog ownership once Teddy (the choc) has given him a "tasty" lick.

As for doggy bags, it goes without saying. All responsible dog owners do clear up after their pets. It's the 5% that don't who spoil it for the rest. I know that, as I often have to give out a couple of bags per trip to people I see trying to skip responsability.

Steve L.

Steve.

My chocolate Lab is a male (Harvey). When he's laying outside the awning (when it's not raining), if anyone walks past, it's not just his tail that wags, it's his whole backside! and people just come over and make a fuss of him, especially kids which he loves. Is yours the same? He's a great dog, he's lying at my feet now as I'm typing, so loyal.

 

[Steve L]

Steve.

My chocolate Lab is a male (Harvey). When he's laying outside the awning (when it's not raining), if anyone walks past, it's not just his tail that wags, it's his whole backside! and people just come over and make a fuss of him, especially kids which he loves. Is yours the same? He's a great dog, he's lying at my feet now as I'm typing, so loyal.

Ours is exactly the same. Teddy (should of added Bear to his KC reg) is what we call a real people person. Even our postman loves to tease him. but there's a flip side to that as every 6 wks or so we have a different postman who is petrified of dogs. The first few time we laughed at his hurdeling of the gate upon seeing teddy.

But when the post office complained about the dog we had to tell them why he was so playfull. This got the regular postie in a spot of bother but after him bringing his mate round to get to know that ted was not dangerous things all got swept under the carpet.

It was funny though to see a chineese posty in full flight leaping a 4ft gate. He he he.

 

[Steve L]

We have two cavalier king charles spaniels, father and daughter, unfortunately the mother passed away last week, she lived with my parents who have just turned up with a new puppy as they found the house and van just too lonely.

both my dogs and my parents go caravanning with us all the time and enjoy it very much.

Interesting to here mcghee say he takes his parrot, we adopted a african grey a few month ago and wondered whether we could take him with us but his vocabulary is huge and he loves to talk "a lot" so we thought he may just be a bit too much.

Phil, I've posted a reply to your comment which you might find funny.

Steve.

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

We have two Miniature Schnauzers and a Lhasa Apso, all bitches, who go everywhere with us. The youngest can get a bit exciteable and start yapping when she sees other dogs but the other two hardly bark at all. Neither of them have a bad bone in their body and have never attempted to bite anyone.

 

[Rich]

We have a 7 year old Boxer. I say we in the loosest sense. As soon as we get to a campsite either he goes to visit some kids and we don't see him for hours although we do know where he is with the sound of kids calling his name and shouting " DROP!" all the time. OR someone comes over and takes a shine to him and he spends time with them getting fussed over. He is only loyal on site if we have food, it is too hot and he cannot use someone elses shade,time for bed or it is raining as he hates getting wet. It seems he gets adopted everywhere he goes because he loves being round kids. So camping is great for him and as we also live in the country he never runs off or chases other animals.

 

[CarolineSimon]

Hi Lisa,

We have a Tibetan Terrier called Bob who is about 7yrs old, he is a rescue and we have had him since he was a tiny pup and he always comes with us in the UK.

We used to have a daft old Border Collie as well who came to us to live out his retirement as he needed a new home and he loved vanning and went everywhere with us, but has now sadly gone over the Rainbow Bridge.

To us Caravanning is about our Family- Parents, Children & Dog(s)

Caroline

 

[JandP]

3 big cuddly german shepherds and a jack russel cross who is twice as much trouble as all three shepherds put together! We can only take 2 shepherds away at a time as its only a small 2 berth van! Jim.

 

[JeremyClarksson]

LMH

Funny timing your request but our Black Labrador X Ben died 3 years ago, we never took him away in the van before that because he was a bit of a loud rogue.

We had been considering getting a dog again, you may remember my question about dogs sleeping in the van/awning a while back.

Last week we were given a very large and friendly Black Labrador called Toby by a member of the family who was unable to keep him anymore.

As we had known his nature for quite a while we took him away to a rally last weekend.

I would not just say he adapted well, I would be tempted to say it seemed as if all his doggy wishes had come true, he actually seems to have come back a better behaved dog - not that he was bad before.

I have never seen such a relaxed dog, he was adored by other campers and a little girl from a nearby van even did a coloured picture of him.

We intend to take him whenever we can now and to return to my question of a few months back he sleeps in his bed by the door although the bed moves into the awning during the day.