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We sadly no longer have our 2 dogs  Lost them to old age!!!

The only problems we ever had, was if the weather was hot, you can't leave them in the car if want to visit somewhere, where dogs can't go in. Other than that they loved it!!!

Our 2 yr old cavelier king charles enjoys camping, he started at age 1.  However, I find it quite difficult having him camping because he's very clingy to me, and the moment I am out of his sight he starts to bark to try to get me back ... so I even have difficulty in going to the bathrooms without taking him with me!  This issue isn't such a problem at home because its quite easy for him to follow me around if he wishes.  In general, it is quite restrictive having him with us while we are camping, and that doesn't mean we love him less.  For example, there are lots of activities that we want to do when we are on holidays that are just not suitable for a dog and it would be unfair to leave him in the car for the duration of that activity and I would never leave him alone in the campsite if we were not there.  For example, we love to kayak but he hates water, so as a result when we kayak we can only go out on the water for about 30 minutes (whereas if he's left behind in a kennel then we can go out to islands, bring a picnic and make a day of it).  And last weekend, there was a fabulous stately home that we wanted to visit while camping closeby, but we obviously couldn't bring our dog: we left him in the car park for about 30 minutes while we toured the outside of the grounds but we had to miss going inside because it would have meant leaving our dog in the car for too long). 

Last summer I had considered bringing him to France with us, and was so glad that I didn't:  we enjoyed trips up the alps on chair lifts, we went to adventure camps, we went down mountains on tabogan-things on tracks .... we had loads of fun like that and would not have been able to do any of these things had we our dog with us.  So, for local holidays I normally bring him with us on holidays (because kennel fees are quite high) and I just deal with the restrictions of him being with us, but for a foreign holiday I wouldn't dream of bringing him as it would be too restrictive to us, and I know he's very happy in the kennel anyway, or staying with my father.

Humbird

We take our two dogs camping. The greyhound really is no trouble and is the perfect camping dog and has been camping for 3 years now. This year we have started to take our springer camping and she is a lot harder work.

The first important point for us is picking a campsite that will work for the dogs- we need somewhere where we can let the springer off the lead every day for a good run as shes no fun to keep on the lead.

The springer is also cage trained and whilst its a hassle having to take the cage with us it means she can be locked away safe whilst the cooker is on/hot drinks on the go etc.

It is restricting camping with dogs (especially when they are a bit hyper like our springer) but its not impossible.

Somebody had previously said about their dog not being happy tethered up whilst they were pitcuing up- our springer crys sometimes whilst we are busy pitching. what helps is to take a frozen kong with us and give them it whilst you are busy- it def helps with our two to keep them busy.

Always take my dog camping and love it

I got a new rescue dog 3 years old last year and took him right away

It is an opportunity to be with them 24/7 and if you like that then give it a go

Mine is tired out when camping as he is always alert

I always keep mine on a lead on a campsite

He has been camping 6 times this year and now knows what is happening when we set off. He is over the moon

Mine get excited when we start getting the stuff down from the loft.

They watch us like hawks and stay near the door, just in case we try and set off without them.