No room for the dog

geoffeales
geoffeales Forum Participant Posts: 322
edited September 2018 in Your stories #1

For a vicar to take time off with stress I needed to get out of the vicarage for a few days. Our usual doggy-minders were away so we took Blaze, our ageing German Shepherd with us. We mostly use Club Sites but as this was only for a few days we tried "Magnolia" a delightful CL near Gloucester which was a lovely peaceful site (see our review) but we had very little peace inside the van!  We definitely should have taken the awning with us. As you will see from the pic Blaze is rather large and being a typical German Shepherd he wanted to be right there with us in the van, all the time. Everywhere we turned he was there. The widest part of the van is the galley so there he plonked himself, where we couldn't open the fridge or the cooker, and midnight trips to the loo were like an assault course. My wife's balancing act as she tried to pass my hot dinner over the dog was a site to behold. I guess we'll look back in years to come and have a good laugh, but as a relaxing, stress-free mini-break this turned out to be disastrous! 

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  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited September 2018 #2

    That reminds me of our old Labradors, you're never alone with a Labrador in the kitchen and in the van they love it as food is never far away....glad to hear you didn't trip over him and hope it wasn't really a total disaster. Sounds like a nice CL. smile

  • BlueVanMan
    BlueVanMan Forum Participant Posts: 382
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    edited September 2018 #3

    Dog owners will like this story but only German Shepherd Owners will truly understand it. 

  • JillwithaJay
    JillwithaJay Club Member Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭✭
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    edited September 2018 #4

    As above but with a labrador. laughing

  • JimboOscar
    JimboOscar Forum Participant Posts: 7
    edited September 2018 #5

    We know the feeling only to well ! But I would not go without the dog.

  • rogerwyn
    rogerwyn Forum Participant Posts: 63
    edited September 2018 #6

    I sympathise with you as you can tell by the photos

     

     

  • pageste
    pageste Forum Participant Posts: 16
    edited September 2018 #7

    Our last trip with Mickey our large springer spaniel was the same but having recently bought the newest van we've ever had I was determined to have some rules. No going on the upholstery, no sleeping on the end of our bed , no this no that. The rules lasted about an hour at best. My wife then reminded me that I got the van for the purpose of taking Mickey with us on holiday as I found it hard to relax when we went anywhere without him so it was important he enjoyed himself as well. Being a springer though he has some favourite activities that I definitely don't encourage.