Do you restrain your dogs in your vehicle?

[skinnydipper]

and if not, why not?


Someone I was talking to said he didn't use a dog guard because it would spoil the look of his car

 

[skinnydipper]

His dog travels loose in the car.

 

[ownedbyaconnie]

Yes she has a seatbelt.

Do you need anything if they are in the boot?

 

[skinnydipper]

Highway Code Rule 57

"When in a vehicle make sure dogs or other animals are suitably restrained so they cannot distract you while you are driving or injure you, or themselves, if you stop quickly. A seat belt harness, pet carrier, dog cage or dog guard are ways of restraining animals in cars."

 

[skinnydipper]

Do you need anything if they are in the boot?

The dog would need to be restrained in some way so that it didn't come flying through the vehicle in the event of an accident.

 

[Clodagh]

Dog box. Although if they overflow that they also sit in the space between the box and the front seats. There’s a guard behind the front seats.

 

[Spotherisk]

I’m going through this at the moment, as I’m changing vehicle. He used to be in the boot behind a guard, but now I’ve tried a harness and seatbelt attachment but really don’t like it - he managed to wrap the lead part around a lower leg and screamed, and I had to pull over to release. I was just wondering if I can secure a cage on the back seats.

 

[FFAQ]

I use a dog guard after my dog chewed through the seat belt when I first had him! He probably wouldn't do it now but it's too expensive a bet to make!

 

[skinnydipper]

I’m going through this at the moment, as I’m changing vehicle. He used to be in the boot behind a guard, but now I’ve tried a harness and seatbelt attachment but really don’t like it - he managed to wrap the lead part around a lower leg and screamed, and I had to pull over to release. I was just wondering if I can secure a cage on the back seats.

Would one of these be any good?

Barjo Front Dog Guards, Cages

Bespoke to your vehicle, Barjo front dog guards designed to fit behind the driver/passenger seat.

www.barjo.co.uk

 

[splashgirl45]

I use cages for mine, have done for the last 20 years, also means if I had an accident the dogs wouldn’t be able to run off

 

[The Xmas Furry]

I use a metal crate for D, I have a little seater and it still fits behind drivers seat. I didn't want a puppy squeezing through....

Previously the late P dog would be in the same place on a soft bed,she was elderly, would go to sleep and the seats are very high backed.

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

Harness and 'seatbelt' for Ivy but I recently started looking at Barjo cages because really it's not a good set up. I'm a little unsure about putting her in the boot in case someone went into the back of us.

 

[Spotherisk]

Would one of these be any good?

Barjo Front Dog Guards, Cages

Bespoke to your vehicle, Barjo front dog guards designed to fit behind the driver/passenger seat.

www.barjo.co.uk

Thanks - it’s a bit complex as it’s a VW Crew van, with a boot jump in the back - only been using it for a week so still scratching my head on how to make it all work!

Just checked - Barjo don’t have one for my van design.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Have transport boxes.

 

[Clodagh]

I’m going through this at the moment, as I’m changing vehicle. He used to be in the boot behind a guard, but now I’ve tried a harness and seatbelt attachment but really don’t like it - he managed to wrap the lead part around a lower leg and screamed, and I had to pull over to release. I was just wondering if I can secure a cage on the back seats.

Could you use a soft crate and make holes if necessary to run a seatbelt through the back of it to hold it in place?

 

[Belmont]

I do, my partner doesn't and it really frustrates me. Dog travels mostly with me, so has a hammock on the back seats and wears a harness clipped to a seatbelt. Partner has him loose on the back seats and calls me a worrier when I say he could fly through the windscreen. I've tried warning him of the 9 points and £5k fine if caught, which has worked on the rare occasion but not always.

 

[sarah.oxford]

Mine are in a crate in the boot

 

[Teaselmeg]

Mine are in the boot behind a dog guard and I also have a tailgate guard ( made by Barjo). Used Barjo for several cars, as they are bespoke to the make and type of the car, they always fit really well.

 

[BallyRoanBaubles]

Yes in the boot with a mim safe barrier, if they travel on seats for any reason they are harnessed and belted

 

[HopOnTrot]

Usually seat belt and harness or a crate it the boot.

 

[CorvusCorax]

I've said this before, having seen the way a car ended up around the corner from my house after a relatively low-speed crash (car upside down in a ditch, front and rear windscreens out, everything in the car looking like it had been through a food mixer) I would never, ever, travel with a dog loose in the car.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Having had my sister’s dog wrap herself around the pedals when I was approaching a roundabout I would never travel a dog loose again. I was helping out in some of good deed, but I can’t remember the details.

Managed to stop before the roundabout using just the handbrake - I couldn't operate the clutch or the brake . Not pretty.

We have a crate in the back.

 

[DabDab]

Yeah, crate that is seat belted in. Or sometimes on lap of passenger with connection from harness to passenger seatbelt

 

[EventingMum]

A crate if we're taking all three of them, they happily share it and if it's just one, say, going to the vet, I use a harness and seatbelt on the back seat unless I have time to fiddle and switch off the passenger airbag which is a pain to do.

I couldn't believe my eyes last week when I saw a women in our local town driving with a dog on her lap with it's head out the driver's window whilst talking on her phone which she was holding to her ear. She was turning at a junction and struggling to do it one handed because of the phone and the dog

 

[Rowreach]

Crate in the boot and a large tow bar to fend off idiots.

I was stopped at the lights next to a police car the other day, and the two officers had a puppy in the front, climbing up the arm of the driver ...

 

[Annette4]

I mean, I have a van not a car so we have crates.

In our last car due to numbers we had harnesses and seat belt clips but I hated it, hence buying a van.

 

[MurphysMinder]

Gsd is in the boot , with dog guard and tailgate guard . Little ones are on a crate on back seat secured with bungees .

 

[Ratface]

Would one of these be any good?

Barjo Front Dog Guards, Cages

Bespoke to your vehicle, Barjo front dog guards designed to fit behind the driver/passenger seat.

www.barjo.co.uk

I had one of these for my German Shepherd Dog, and after her, the Grippet. They coped very well with it, having been introduced to it in small, time-limited stages.
After the loss of the Grippet, I decided not to have another dog and was able to sell it very easily.

 

[Poingsettia]

Harness and seatbelt things. My dogs like to be able to see me and travel better this way. They are tiny though so can not see over the back seats from the boot if they were to be crated

 

[TheresaW]

Two go in the boot, behind a guard, other two in a hammock on back seat, harnesses clipped into seat belts.

What is a tailgate guard? I do worry about being rear ended.