Leaving dogs unattended in van

No sleight intended towards responsible owners of which I’m sure you are one as clearly demonstrated by your posts. However, I just wonder where all this obsessive and anti-social (imo) behaviour leads us? I find the notion that the rest us have to put up with the hum or clatter of a/c units purely to serve the needs and comfort of dogs quite bizarre and a bit troubling. Surely if the dog is so important to people, why lock them up all day in preference to taking them along with them? If that’s impractical for whatever reason then maybe camping is not the most suitable pastime?

I have a bit of a thing about peace and quiet - can’t get enough of it as far as I’m concerned. However, it’s becoming harder to find and this sort of situation is just another unnecessary intrusion into what I feel is my entitlement to tranquility.

Agree with what you say about dogs, Bill.

But here's the thing - suppose during last week's very hot weather a family without dogs had decided to stay on site at Hillhead and, with no shade nearby, stay in the MH and take advantage of their AC - would that have provoked the same reaction?

We've actually taken advantage of just that Bill - but not on a Club site!.  We were staying on a small commercial site just outside Pickering a few years ago.  One of the reasons for being there was to attend our dear friend's 80th birthday celebration at the Forest & Vale Hotel in Pickering - across one lunchtime.  Not only did the owner's wife give us a lift to the hotel but they also looked after Meg for the afternoon.  What lovely owners

What if the world stopped turning….we could go on.

Not much of a holiday…staying cooped up in an air conditioned box. Now that would be a dogs life!

My point is, as I'm sure you realise, is it the AC use and it's accompanying noise which you object to or the fact that dogs are involved?  

It’s very simple, the inconsiderate owners choose to bring an animal into an unsuitable and potentially dangerous environment. In order to mitigate that problem, others are subject to unnecessary inconvenience. Not exclusively about dogs, could be a parrot or whatever,

well asking if the world stopped turning is an unlikely event and one which you may not have any relevant personal experience or information or could even envisage to make an informed answer.

Asking you if suppose during last week's very hot weather a family without dogs had decided to stay on site at Hillhead and, with no shade nearby, stay in the MH and take advantage of their AC - would that have provoked the same reaction?

is certainty something that is within what you can envisage and could make a answer to?

With the position of HIllhead  the name may be a clue , we have used this site several times and there has been a breeze

I see, something less hypothetical like…… what if the a/c breaks down while the owner is out on a jolly somewhere and the animal dies of heat exhaustion?

Bill, I'm really struggling to follw your reasoning here - agreed with all the points about not leaving animals.

My question, not difficult to answer surely, is would you object equally if the owners were using AC purely for their own comfort? The noise, presumably would be exactly the same.