Tips for Camping with Dogs

Quiet simple really, keep them on a lead.

If you are in a caravan park, the last thing others want is your dog pi$$ing on their gear. If in the bush, the last thing you want is the dog picking up a 1080 bate.

It is your pet so keep it under your control at all times.

We travel with three dogs and this is how we do it.

Some time ago we bought a lead from Aldo.
5m long, retractable, has place for poo bags, fold up water bowl and torch.
One of those really handy items.

Most people say keep it on a lead, which sounds like good advice on the face of it.

However that’s not particularly good from the dogs point of view, especially if you’re travelling for a long period, most likely will have a misbehaving dog after awhile.

What I’ve doing with my dog for some years now is taking a roll of green plastic mesh (20mtr x 900mm ??) ex Bunnings, and a bundle of 1.2mtr garden stakes. If staying a place more than just overnight I stretch out a pen, starting against one end of the caravan then extending out in random fashion ending up against the other end of the caravan, with a draft strip sealing off the caravan its self.

Can’t leave the dog in there unattended or she would just jump out. But while I’m there she can wander around the pen at will, way better than being stuck on a lead. Another benefit is that the pen acts as a demarcation line for kids and some “other” campers.

Clive.

Make sure the dog is micro-chipped and take some metho which when poured on a tissue assists with tick removal. You smother the tick with the tissue and they back out pretty quick:-)