My dog in the car

[caretaker]

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My dog loves going out in our old car, we take him when ever we can, we made a rule he only travels in the back part of the estate car.

That lasted about a week, he popes over the back seat and sits on the floor but when we stop he pokes his head through the front seats.

Now if we pop into the shops mainly to get a snack (cakes) we find him in the front.

He is as good as gold when driving, just fulls asleep curled up on the floor, when we drove down to Exeter we forgot he was there.

Are you stricked with were your dog travels or are you like me.

 

[Tigernidster]

Ha ha - he sounds quite a character!

I'm afraid I am very strict indeed as to where my dogs are in the car, both for their safety and for mine. In an impact, a dog become a dangerous missile which can cause severe injury or even death to driver, passengers and to them.

My mini schnauzer wears her seatbelt and is attached to the rear seatbelt while she lies in comfort on the back seat! Behind her, the whippets travel in the rear section behind a dog guard and in front of a tailgate guard. All are perfectly safe.

 

[lurcherman]

got to be honest mine sit in back seats on a big duvet all cosy and asleep but we all.know how dangerous it can be. by putting them in boot really how safe is that? i like to trust my driving skill instead of others.

 

[hanneroon]

aw, mine goes on the backseat with a harness, but i have to have an extra mirror to check on him, as he has been known to get all tangled up, and i have to pull over and release him. When i had a van he would sit on the front seat, but as soon as i got one with windows he chose the backseat. He does try and visit the front when we are in traffic jams or going somewhere really exciting, his harness won't let him though. And it gets a bit stressful with me telling him to lie down so he doesn't fall over, (whippets are a bit top heavy!)

I always love seeing a dog with its head out of the window, makes my day (i know they're not meant to incase they get stuff in their eyes), my van is not the right shape for this tho. My mums car has little triangular windows on the back seat, and he does like to poke his nose out of there and sniff the air as we drive along, so sweet to see him enjoying himself.

 

[TanyaM]

Poor Sam hates the car and drools like mad after only a few minutes. She usually throws up even after only a gentle 15 min drive. This is an improvement - she no longer whimpers nor drools while the car is stationery . Hopefully, with age this will get even better (she's only 6 months). We've worked really hard at making the car a good place to be (food in the boot, sitting in the car, 1 min drives, etc) and she has improved a lot, but she does seem to be genuinely travel sick. We've tried her in the boot, the back seat, the front seat on my lap (she threw up her breakfast on me on the 10 min journey to my mum's :ermm: ). She now goes in the boot with a rug under her - easy to wash. We now cope by never taking her on long drives but we'll be going away over the summer (probably about an hour drive) so we'll see the vet before hand to see if we can get something to help.

Tanya

 

[Garry Comber]

Mine got the penthouse (above the cab in the camper) they ask to go up there and are never in a hurry to get up...lol

 

[murphyrules]

My boys travel in an Atlas pet carrier (which does take up the entire back of my car) they snuggle up with the duvet and I dont have to worry if some idiot hits me as they are totally safe, It also means I can leave the boot open and they get fresh air and can watch the world go by (obviously that depends where I park) and it cuts down the amount of dog hair that gets spread around the car.

 

[caretaker]

Tanya....

My first dog was travel sick and we got a tablet from the vet, very pricey but it worked, you could try not feeding your dog until you arrive as he/she may travel better on a empty tummy.

I like the dog in the pent house, if i was a dog thats were i would be.

As for car crashes, well not much to say just hope it don't happen, but we had one lad drive his BMW in to the back of our 4x4 it only seemed like a knock until i got out and see his car, they wrote it off as my tow hook went in to his engine, and at the end of the week i had to tow my caravan home with a bent hook.

Glad it's not the car i have now, he would of flattened me.

 

[KateandSam]

My Lab Sam adores the car, he travels on the back seat in a harness clipped to the seatbelt . We have travelled some fair distances with him , he doesnt make a peep, sits looking out of the window x

 

[hanneroon]

haha, Garry, your dogs win! Thats amazing, i'm a bit jealous of them. Your creamy whippet is also beautiful, mouth like an alligator!

 

[Garry Comber]

haha, Garry, your dogs win! Thats amazing, i'm a bit jealous of them. Your creamy whippet is also beautiful, mouth like an alligator!

Thanks, it works for me I've had 7 cuddled up there, and thy cant pinch my dinner!

The cream one with the big mouth is Tarot trying to get up after his siesta.

The grill was made to measure by Barjo for me, money well spent

 

[Rocky Rescue]

I thought it was law that you had to have your dog under control whilst they are in the car too by means of a seat belt clip of some kind. We have Rockys seat belt clip fixed to his harness for travelling.

It's all well and good trusting your own driving skills but can you trust those of other road users too, I would rather be safe than sorry and have Rocky with his seat belt on at all times when travelling in the car.

 

[lurcherman]

i did ask this s few months back as i was going down england for a funeral and had to take dogs but couldnt find a law saying you had to use a harness or belt them in, as for the under control bit they dont move plus when they do i stop for a p break. i trust my driving end ov but ur right its the others.

 

[eingana]

In the car that I had when I first got Molly she travelled on the back seat in a harness attached to the seat belts but her hair made the seats unusable by anybody else so we changed to an estate car with a dog guard. We had a lead looped around the dog guard which attached to her collar in case of being in an accident. We now have a big 7 seater MPV and don't have a dog guard but the head rests of the second row of seats stop her from being able to fit through from the space into the rest of the car. There's a loop in the floor of the boot which now has the looped lead attached.

When she was on the back seat Molly loved being able to ride with her head out of the window (when she was safely held in by her harness) and we had a command for getting her head back into the car so we could shut the window when the road was narrow enough for oncoming traffic to present a risk to her. I do miss giving her that joy, but it's much safer where she is and now I get to see ears in my rear view mirror rather than ears flapping in the breeze in my wing mirror.