Here is how I restrain Dixie:

 

 

In the picture, she looks close to the road, but is actually about 4' away (the ground is sloping down sharply from the road).  While hard to see, there is a plastic coated steel cable (red) on the end of her 6' leash, which is tied to a picnic table (there were 2).  She could get no closer than 4' to the road and was confined to my campsite only.  I have 2 such cables (a 10' and a 20') and along with her leash, can adjust to make sure she stays within the campsite.  I have not once had any problems with individuals or Park Rangers using this set up.  Yes, it is against the rules (6'leash), but it seems as long as she/we are not causing problems, nothing is said.  I was also at a campsite at the end of a dead end road to nowhere, so I gave her a little more "leash" than usual.  (The road actually endeda few feet behind me)

 

Let me relate the following....during this same camping trip, campers across and down the road a couple of sites, were not restraining their dog.  It was a large older dog and seemed to be well behaved and friendly.  Another camper, with 2 Yorkies, came walking by - just out for a stroll and exercise.  Curiosity got the better of the older dog and he came out onto the road, scared the Yorkies (much yapping and leash pulling) and scared/angered the owner.  Words were exchanged.  "My dog ain't hurt'en nobody"

 

True - nobody was physically injured in the encounter.  However, it made for a scary, unpleasant situation for the Yorkies and their owner.  I have given up on walking my pet thru the campgrounds.  More times than not, somebody's dog charges out of a campsite and challenges us.  While Dixie, being a young German Shepherd, could likely hold her own in any altercation, still she might get injured and the whole situation is unpleasant and doesn't need to happen. 

 

The rules are there for a reason -to make camping a happy experience for everyone.  If we all use a little common sense and not cause problems, we can all enjoy it much better.  Those who do not confine their pets are going to ruin it for all - pets will be banned.

 

 

This is Panzer.   She loves the Rpod and would rather sleep in it in the evening than sit around the campfire.    At this site we were boondocking by ourselves in a field. 

When we have left our Schnauzer/s behind, it was in a coach, with ac on and All the windows covered. Unless someone knocked on the door or another dog barked (the first dog barks and all the other dogs bark at THAT dog!) all was quiet on the home front.  We tested it often by driving off and coming right back , but not checking in. Just sat in the car for a while. Then opened up and gave her an "attagirl" and treat. Also, I am a friendly sort and spoke with a nearby camper, telling them we were leaving and if the dog barked ( and fitting in with the above reasons) for other reasons that I needed to know and would plan differently. We have a friend who had a Scottie that found out she could stand with her feet on the horn and when she barked the horn would blow. Since all of us were not gone long(and might have seemed long to everyone else), just leaving campground and going home to shower and pick up mail, the campers were rolling around laughing! Give an animal a tool!

us.  They are never left alone.  They bark if someone enters our site, until we assess the situation, then

they are hushed if there is no problem.  They are walked numerous times per day, and always picked up

after.  (There's a sentence ending in two prepositions!)

Once, while walking them on a leash, we passed a site that had two Lhasa Apsos running free.  They

basically assaulted Jennifer and Baxter, and the only reason they weren't eaten is that the spaniels were

caught entirely by surprise.  (I call them "Laughing A$$holes", and they looked like a pair of angry bedroom

slippers....)

I'll be very happy to control my pack.  You have to control yours!

 

Mountain Mist, there is a "Campers Fleamarket" section that is right underneath the "Camping with Pets" section in the directory here ... that is where everyone has been posting their Pods for sale at.

 

Downsides are the need for a dedicated remote, and it would add some additional start cycles to the starter and engine.  Not something you would want to use for hours at a time UNLESS the vehicle was a hybrid OR one of the newer non-hybrid models which shuts off at traffic lights.  Both types are designed for tens of thousands of extra starting cycles.  I could keep the A/C running for days on one tank of gas in my Prius.

 

The advantage would be very little additional circuitry needed and almost no change to the vehicle other than tapping +12, ground, and an accessory wire that you've tested goes low when the engine shuts off.  Probably just a standard accessory tap would work but you may have to go as far as tapping the power to the ignition system to be sure.  The core design would be the same for any vehicle.

 

You could take it a step further for safety and add a temperature probe and some additional circuitry that will sound the car horn if it gets too hot in the car.  That would add one more tap for the car horn.

 

The big caveat to any of these designs, including Budward's, is many jurisdictions have fines for leaving a vehicle on but unattended.