Camping in Ireland with Dogs

If like me you are getting ready to head off camping soon, maybe some of my tried and tested hints and tips managing dogs and kids might help!

Dogs are usually allowed in your own tent on most campsites but always kept on lead. It’s worth to phone before booking to ensure it’s ok, some campsites don’t allow dogs in the peak seasons and some don’t allow restricted breeds.

🏕️ Bring Extra Pegs so you can stake the dogs leads in to the ground when you need to free your hands up. Don’t stake them near the tent poles and guy wires 🫣

🏕️ Bring wind breakers to create a visual barrier for your dogs, three would be ideal. Campsites are often busy places with lots of children running around playing. It can help stop the ‘neighbours’ dogs reacting to yours too.

🏕️ Save large yogurt pots and similar and prepare your dogs meals in advance and you can feed direct from the pot and then recycle it. It’s probably not a huge deal if your dogs have just kibble but mine have fresh food with cold pressed and supplements so having it done it advance helped not be fussing too much.

🏕️ There’s not much chance I’m making Kongs & Lickmats on holidays so we bring plenty of lovely long lasting chews to help the dogs decompress a bit from the busy environment. We love the variety from @fetchyourpetneeds

🏕️ Plan in advance where your dogs will sleep. I’ve tried several options over the years and my dogs are warmest and happiest in their crate in the car. A dog bed on the ground sheet can be really cold if the temperature drops during the night. But some dogs will be happier snuggled up with you especially if they are an only dog.

🏕️ We gave the dogs lots of chances to sniff in the long grass and took them to quiet walks away from the camp site. I also gave them lots of breaks in their crate to help them manage the amount of stimulation.

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