Pets attending the Eastern Roundup

pepperpod wrote: It looks like we will be bringing our son's Boston Bull Terrier with us.  Our son has National Guard training during the month of June and we are Grandpup sitting.   We have never taken a dog camping with us so it should be an experience.  We may need a lot of advice.   The boats are launched to the lower side of the lock.  As far as we know, the lock is not in working order so you will have to travel downstream.  I could be wrong. I spoke to the manager at the park.  He said that there is a beach and dogs are welcome to swim in the water (but not humans).   Richmond is not very far from the campground.  The dogpark sounds like a great idea.

Make sure you have identification on the dog's collar for someone that can be reachable (microchips are also a good second identification method).  Make sure that the dog has current flea and tick  and heartworm prevention.  Also, I carry my dog's rabies  vaccination certificate with me.   Try the dog out in the camper while you are still at home if the dog is a nervous traveler.  Some dogs love camping.

We're bringing our 2 dogs -- a German Shepherd and a Blue Weimaraner.  

We will be traveling with our weimy-doby mix, Mandy. She is a true velcro dog and LOVES to chase the ball. We've not left her alone in the camper yet. Thinking about getting a soft-side crate since she uses a kennel at home to sleep in. We have taken her twice and she sleeps on the bottom bunk of our 172. I would be really up set though if we left her for a shower and came back to a scratched up screen door.

You guys are going to make us miss our dogs!  Can we pet yours?

Not bringing any dogs. Taking the weekend off from the kennel. My employees can manage the 20 kennel runs at home, I hope! No horses either...no 5 AM feed times, no training sessions.....sleeping in......how does that work?????