DuPont Camping - Part Uno

When some friends and I made plans to go camping a few weeks ago, I opted to leave the rest of my pack at home with the hubby and bring DuPont along instead.  There were several reasons for this, but mostly it was simply to give him some experience in this area.  Camping or travelling in some way is a part of life for most folks and if I were going to be able to promote DuPont as a dog with camping or travelling potential, then I needed to make dang certain that it was true.

Plus, my friends are dog people and they support my rescue mission, so I knew that if Pont's behavior got a little wild that the people we were with would understand and give us the space and patience we might need to work through it. 

As soon as we arrived, I began to have my doubts.  Pont was crated in the back of my SUV and when I opened the back hatch window to unpack, he saw people milling around and FREAKED OUT.  Barking and squawking and spinning. 

Shit.

I got his crate set up in the cabin and pottied him, then quickly ushered him into the cabin to calm him down.  I left him crated in the air conditioned cabin for a few hours to chill out, then we came back to get him out for a walk and introduce him to our chariot for the weekend.  The golf cart.  We camp at this one campground because there are golf cart trails everywhere. 

We made sure DuPont was good and tired before taking him out that first time. 

For the rest of the weekend, the obnoxious, crazy dog disappeared and was replaced with a fun, excited, happy, still a little wild, golf cart dog.  DuPont is obsessed with the golf cart!

He likes riding on it, he likes running next to it, he will even just hang out on it by himself.

He met several other dog friends on the trip as well, and all of them were small dogs. But of course, he did fantastically.

Videos are next, so stay tuned for part dos!