any1 got any tips for going vamping with 2 dogs

[babyjjbaby]

want to go camping and take the dogs with me jack russel and westie got a cage for the car which they r used to going in alot the only thing that i am worried about is if we can't leave them in the car i was going to get a battery fan for there cage and leave all the windows open a bit in the car how long could i leave them in the car for if i left all 4 windows down a few inches with the fan on there cage also any good places in the south or south west where is dog friendly togo camping and any other tips please

If your dogs are crate trained (sounds like they are) get a very large and conspicuous padlock so you can lock them in the crate if you pop away from the campsite to go shopping for an hour. If you tell people in the tents nearby that's what you are doing then they won't think you have abandoned them and will more than likely offer to keep an eye on them for you.

I've been camping with my two dogs loads and it's fine, when you're camping you can't buy a load of groceries anyway as you have nowhere to keep them fresh, so you tend to buy a few bits every day from local shops, where you can keep an eye on them tied up outside. Bear in mind though the south west might not be the ideal place as most of Devon and Cornwall you can't take dogs on the beach in the summer which is a nightmare as you can't go to the beach for the day then. One exception is Watergate Bay just north of Newquay which allows dogs all year. Wales might be better if you can get there as all their beaches are dog friendly I think.

One good tip if your dogs have been pinched before, buy them very conspicuous muzzles and put them on if you tie them up outside a shop - not many theives are going to pinch dogs that look as if they might bite!

Good luck with the camping

it ain't i don't want to hear it MUTT i can not leave them and how can u get shopping for a holiday when u ain't got no electric or nothing just to keep milk u can't not have milk with a baby britain should be more dog friendly i love them to bits but will not leave them is like u leaving ur kids at home i am all them dogs have got

Great advice from Piffy and I'm sorry you've had some hostile reactions here. Hope you have a brill holiday. I camped with my dog the other day and had a good time. He adored it.

The car thing: if the weather is crap and the shpping trip is only 10 minutes and a window is open, it will be ok to leave the dogs. Once the weather gets sunny it becomes too risky.

thanks piffy didn't realise devon don't let dogs on the beach the westie does bit anyway so wheres a muzzle i feel rilly dishertened now cos i rilly wanted to go camping and feell i might not aswell bothe now the cage they got is a plastic travelling so no good for leaving them in together for long

u know what i was only telling u what my sisterinlaw told me nd she works for the rspca so im only passing on what i have been told and any way mutt what is ur prob did i say i was taking dogs in a car coz i see in one of ur threds they we dont listen any way i was not asking if it was ok was i

For a couple of days could you not get longlife milk? You can even get organic long-life milk now! I think if you plan carefully you can avoid spending much time in shops anyway, which I'm sure is the last thing you want to be doing on holiday anyway!

I would not leave my dog in car alone for more than a couple of minutes windows down or not. The risk is too great.

i dont want to sound like im being funny coz im not but carnt stand ppl that think they can say what they like and when sum one els dose they dont like it

pardon?

i did not mean u dilbertina lol

do u know what im sorry if i have ofendid any one im not on hear to do that

i am sure my dogs will be fine for bout 15 mins in the car with the windows down and i am going to see if there is anything i can get to go over the cage like a heat reflectife thing or summit and a fan all i want is to go on holiday it ain't my fault we got to eat if ppl were more responsible dog owners and picked up it's shit and looked after it proper when out i expect it wld be far easier to take dogs away

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yeh but they will not be left for long i am hoping to get a heat reflective cover for the cage a fan to go on the door of the cage then leave all the windows bout half way down people who go for day sout at festivals and stuff leave them in the car for hours even if iwas gonna be bout half hour i would go and check them and if they were too hot get them out for a bit and they will have water in there

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no wonder people abandon there pets everything is so fuckin hard my westie bites and when i takes him out he has a muzzle on and one bloke shouted out at me 2day that dog needs fuckin shooting and it breaks me heart cos yeh he is vicious but then he's mine and everything is so hard i tied him up out side a village shop today and nooone would go past him cos he had a muzzle on him all i want a do is take me son on holiday and have a good time

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sorry are bjb and kee the same person?? namechanging I mean? Their posts sound identical.

bjb - I dont actually think anyone has been horrible to you at all on this thread. They have just been telling you the truth. If you dont like the truth it isnt our fault.

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