tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683690712272446755.post5351634669793327496..comments2010-11-14T17:32:59.383-08:00RVernoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683690712272446755.post-17649671480072116512010-11-14T17:32:59.383-08:002010-11-14T17:32:59.383-08:00Some RV Parks won't allow some breds of dogs like Pit Bulls, Dobermans and Rotwielers. I get a mixed bred of Pit Bull and tell people he isn't pit bull he just looks like it. Pit Bulls will stand up to anything if in the protect mode, that means protecting you. I have been saved a couple of times by my dog.Rattlesnake Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14895879876213221960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683690712272446755.post-85607215432936611072009-11-15T19:29:10.231-08:002009-11-15T19:29:10.231-08:00A concealed carry permit, suitable firearms training (if you do not have experience), and a handgun will give you piece of mind. My wife & I both have a law enforcement background (and concealed carry permits), but we will pass on parks or areas that look bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683690712272446755.post-36651915859204344962009-11-14T12:41:36.964-08:002009-11-14T12:41:36.964-08:00The only time I ever had anything stolen was while I was boondocking in a National Forest area. Someone stole an ice-chest one night. The next night, I heard someone stop on the road nearby. I slipped out of the camper and waited behind a tree. A moment later, a young man came slipping up the road, headed to a motor-home parked further up the road. As the young man passed the tree I was hiding behind, I grabbed him by the front of his shirt, jerked him off the ground, and had a short chat with him. As I am a big man, (260 pounds) and very strong, it did not take long for him to see the error of his ways. When I turned him loose, he was more than glad to leave the area. I never saw him again. Cherokee BraveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683690712272446755.post-67621981588965825352009-11-14T11:07:43.886-08:002009-11-14T11:07:43.886-08:00DON'T PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR RIG OR A CUTE LITTLE SIGN BY YOUR RV. IF SOMEONE CALLS YOU BY NAME YOU WILL PROBABLY OPEN YOUR DOOR TO SEE WHO IT IS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683690712272446755.post-40369573461017189262009-11-14T10:34:13.313-08:002009-11-14T10:34:13.313-08:00We traveled the east coast and into indiana BMXing for several years and never had a problem at any rest area or town park. But, my wife walked the Doberman each night. If I'm outside I'm always "READY" for any company but we never answer the door day or night. We use the kitchen window to communicate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683690712272446755.post-91431597745592247942009-11-14T08:54:59.015-08:002009-11-14T08:54:59.015-08:00Emergencies can occur for fellow campers after dark. I like to think that someone would help me if something out of the ordinary happened and I needed some kind of assistance. Therefore I would speak to a camper through a window to assess their emergency and find out what their needs maybe, however I would be in possession of a firearm and inform the people at the onset of the conversation. I am retired law enforcement and suspect that any criminal who wishes to do harm would encounter many campers that pack. Most criminals are cowards and fear for their lives and know that approaching a boondocked camper is taking a risk, but then again, desperate people to desperate things. Just have a plan on what procedurally you would do to avoid or fen off a perpetrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683690712272446755.post-48229086248485768472009-10-25T22:40:22.715-07:002009-10-25T22:40:22.715-07:00I will not open the door after bark to anyone, unless I know who they are.w6peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812077712839170679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683690712272446755.post-18461282406569299152009-10-17T10:59:22.105-07:002009-10-17T10:59:22.105-07:00If you have a dog, it's a great deterrent, many would be invaders and theives won't bother with a home or rv that has a dog barking loudly. I always travel with at least one Belgian Tervuren, sometimes more, am female and often travel in my RV alone and boondock alone when enroute to dog shows and have never had a moment's problem or discomfort. Most people see my dogs as imposing and I don't deter that idea.BlackFyre Media Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02844320655914939612noreply@blogger.com