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Summer is here and it’s time for camp! Are you considering your first trip to dog camp, yet wondering if your dog is ready? Here are five skills and traits your dog should have to get the most out of the camp experience. 1. Coming reliably when called is high on the list for Annie Brody, creator and director of Camp Unleashed in Massachusetts. “This is a biggie, especially for hiking off-leash. We ask people to practice this in safe ways prior to camp if they don’t feel their dog’s recall is totally reliable. It’s also important for heavy-duty play, so you can safely control energy that might get too high.” Your nearby off-leash park is the perfect place to practice this one. 2. Good socialization. Young dogs should understand verbal cues from other dogs asking them to curb their enthusiasm, while older dogs should tolerate being jostled and bumped by frolicking youngsters, who often move like crashing waves through groups of people and dogs as they play. Little dogs should not be afraid of playful or sniffing big dogs. “Dogs must play well or at least be neutral with other dogs of all kinds and sizes,” says Brody. Your dog park is a great place to practice this skill, too. 3. Sharing. The most popular camp dog is willing to share toys—no hoarding that favorite squeaker toy!—as well as cabin space. A lack of jealousy when other dogs greet you or accept treats from you is also important. Share the love! 4. Napping. “They should be able to rest quietly in your cabin or in a crate without incessant barking,” says Brody. Just like toddlers, dogs get ramped up at camp. A nap each day helps them maintain their composure and manners while you enjoy meals with the group—or your own nap. 5. Patience. With you, when you ask him to wear a silly costume or show off his tricks for a camp contest, or when you take endless photos of him at various camp locations and activities. With the other humans, who constantly want to meet and touch him. With the canine co-camper who insists on sniffing, frequently and closely. And, finally, with having his usual day-to-day routine disrupted in such a wonderfully exciting way. |
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CAMP UNLEASHED. THE ULTIMATE GETAWAY FOR YOU AND YOUR CANINE COMPANION!!!!! WE HAVE BEEN AND RETURN YEARLY!!!!!!
If you want to get away for a long weekend with your best friend and other just like you surrounded by the unsurpassed beauty of the Berkshire Mtns. you MUST check this place out. Located on 1200 acres with lakes to swim in, mountain trails to explore and nature at its finest you will not find a better way to spend unhibited, unrestrained and best of all UNLEASHED!! Founded by Annie Brody to provide a place where dogs get to be dogs, Camp Unleashed offers a weekend of events and classes for you and your dog to explore, learn and best of all bond like you could never imagine possible. Limited to 50 dogs a session, the camp experience offers classes such as agility, obedience, dog massage, dock diving, frisbee demonstrations, canine nutrition, canoeing, veterinary health and more. Not into classes then feel free to just explore the great outdoors with your dog in nature the way its supposed to be. I have been attending Camp Unleashed for the past 5 years and cannot express adequately enought just how much enjoyment your dogs AND you get from being surrounded by others who love their pups and the opportunity to run and play free from the confines fo city living. i have also made lifelong friends who cherish the camp experience and the joy it brings all who attend. Every time i drive away from a weekend at camp with my girls Shelby and Greta sleeping happily and soundly from the events of the weekend i start counting the days until we can return again. check it out for yourself. you will not regret the experience and your dog(s) will never let you forget just how happy they are you took them. hope to see you at the next session!!!!!
Okay my four legged friends listen up!!!! time is of the essence. 2 months from today is the June 2010 session of Camp Unleashed. we can harldy contain our enthusiasm about returning to camp to see all of our friends. if you have thought about attending a dog camp with your master THIS IS THE PLACE!!!! hurry up and visit www.campunleashed.com and see for yourself what all the barking is about!!!!
hope to see you there!!!!!