Application dock and multiple monitors

I'm moving my MacBook around quite a bit and hence connect it to a few different monitors. My preferred setup is then to extend the desktop to cover both monitors, and have the external monitor configured in OSX as it is physically placed at the desk. (So, if the monitor is to the left of my MacBook I want it to be on the left in OSX, and vice versa.) I also prefer to have the application dock on the left hand side of the screen on my MacBook as this gives me the most vertical space to work with on the 13" screen.
But, as I connect it to a monitor placed on the left side of my MacBook the dock moves to the far left side of the available space on the now extended desktop, thus placing it on the external monitor.
Is there any way to configure the dock to never leave the MacBook screen? So that when I connect a second monitor to the left of the MacBook screen, it would simply keep the dock on the left side of the MacBook screen. I would have to cross it to enter into the second monitor, but that would be much preferred over having to cross both screens with my cursor to reach the launcher.

Displaylink isn't really designed for high bandwidth video, as it relies on CPU to do the compression. The stuttering and blurring means there is a bandwidth issue with the dock. Are you plugging the dock into the USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 port?
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