Touring with dogs!

Jun 12, 2010
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We are thinking of getting our first caravan as we thought it would be a great idea to get away with our small dogs and not have to worry about kennels. What is the rules with dogs? We have 4 toy breed italian greyhounds but seems as though most site restrict to 2 dogs. Our four would be the equivalent to one medium size dog and are very well behaved and we are very responsible owners.

Any advise would be great!!
 

Damian

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Steve, a lot of commercial sites do have a 2 dog limit, and almost every commercial site charges for them , from 50pp each per night up to
 
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Hi Steve.

We have caravanned with upto 4 Labradors without any problems. We have belonged to the clubs in the past but to be honest we didn't find too much of benefit.

There are excellent privately run sites Fforestfields is one such site. As long as you ring beforehand, they do allow more than two dogs.

Damian has covered the basics as I'm sure you already do as you seem to be respossable from what you say.

We are down to one chocolate lab at present, he is so well behaved it took our site wardens 8 weeks (we are fulltime caravanners) before they realised we had a dog. They thought we had took a dog in for someone else when they saw us with him. Now that's a well trained dog. Even our neighbors can't believe that Ted never barks, well unless he's desperate for the loo early in the morning.

Unfortunately you won't find all dog owners the same, as you probably are already too well aware of. It's the 0.1% who spoil it for the 99.9% who do all the right things.

Dogs deserve holidays as well.

Atb Steve L.
 
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Steve

Have you had a look on dog friendly Britain we will be taking three of ours down to the cotswolds in the middle of June, there are lots of sites around....
 
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We caravan with our sheltie, collie sheltie cross and our rottweiler. Also have 3 children and daughters boyfriend, so it can get a bit tight for space sometimes in our 6 berth. The dogs have crates in the awning and shelter outside during the day but sleep in the caravan unless it's too hot.

Some sites say that they only take 2 dogs but its worth giving them a call as many will work on individual basis. many sites say 2 so that they have a clause if your dogs cause a nuisance. Sites usually charge by the dog but if they are genuinely dog friendly sites they may be open to offers. All the sites that we use regularly, allow us to pay for 2 dogs. Recently found a site in Cornwall near Bude (haven't been there yet) that have no maximum on numbers of dogs and no charge either, but have the usual behaviour rules. We are off to Dawlish in 3 weeks to a site that has no number restrictions on dogs.

When we visit a new site, if we like it enough to plan to return we always look for boarding kennels in the area so we can check them personally. That way when we return we know we can trust the kennels if we want a day or two without the dogs eg to go to an attraction that wont allow dogs or to enjoy a night out whilst caravanning. All sites say that you must not leave a dog unattended so a kennels that you can trust is a good option.

There are quite a few dog friendly websites check these 2 which give dog friendly campsites.

www.innerwolf.co.uk/gbu0-display/Dog_Friendly_Campsites.html

www.dogfriendlybritain.co.uk/directory.asp?Category=16

or why not ask on here for personal reccomendations in specific areas.

We use dog bags in the car which double as 'tents' for the dogs giving shelter from rain and/or sun. We have also recently found a windbreak product that allows you to create dog pens www.dandt.eu/
 
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Thanks to all your messages. I have booked through the camping & Caravan club and there was a drop down menu that had up to 10 dogs. We are taking two adults dogs possibly the two puppies if family cant have them. There wasn't a charge for them so very pleased.

Now all we have to worry about is getting there in one piece as never towed before!!!
 

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