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Paperback
Publisher: Dogfriendly.com
ISBN13: 9780971874268
Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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| A mixed bag |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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Campground guides can be encyclopedic, or selective and detailed. With its title, this guide would appear to be aiming at the latter model -- but it falls oddly short. With only a small selection of campgrounds covered, the book nonetheless doesn't give any indication of why the editors have chosen those few spots: the descriptions list things like specific regulations (numbers of dogs allowed, extra fees, etc.), but no sense of why you might want to be in most of these places with your dog (or even without it). Some descriptions provide more detail, but that unevenness of coverage just makes the plain-Jane listings look odder.
I haven't tried the dog park listings, which might be very helpful. I did try the "campgrounds along major Interstate routes" section, which in theory is a GREAT idea: I'm traveling with my dog, and need to know where I can stop for the night. The only problem is, the editors' definition of "along an interstate" is, in some cases, 50-some miles away! Campgrounds may not be conveniently clustered at highway exits like motels, but the "along a route" organizational concept would seem to acknowledge that people are, in fact, moving in a direct line, and would like to stay somewhere near it. There are also no maps included, so users have to look at the names of towns listed, go to an atlas, look them up, then repeat for the next listing. This is frustrating and time-consuming.
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| Not quite what I needed |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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My Woodalls guide also contained dog friendly information. This book just weeded out all of the RV places that didn't mention pets or were not dog friendly. I will use it on some of our short trips. Nothing worse than traveling one day and finding out your furry children are not welcome.
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| not that helpful to me |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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I was looking for a resource that would highlight camping areas that cater to dogs, rather than ones that merely allow them, so I didn't find this book that helpful as the information here can be obtained elsewhere also. There are differences between campgrounds with a small, neglected "pet area" and those that have areas that are large, attractive, has trails or play areas, etc, but this book doesn't distinguish between them, nor does it rate campgrounds in terms of dogfriendliness. Still, I'll bring this book with me on the road as does at least let you know if a campground allows dogs. It also includes sections at the back listing which campgrounds off which highways, and another for dog parks by city.
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