Travelling in the car

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Spudlet

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Help, can't decide how best to sort the car out...!

At the moment, I have the back seats folded down and a dog guard fixed to the front seats. There are two problems with this:
1. The guard is not a perfect fit, so Henry can stick his head around the side. So I sometimes get a wet nose in the ear:rolleyes:
2. When he has to sit and wait in the car while I'm teaching, the boot is left open and he is stopped from making good his escape with a lead clipped onto the boot catch (so he can't strangle himself). Not the worst way, but not ideal either.

So I could get a tailgate, meaning I could leave the seats down, but that is looking like a pricey option so I would have to save up and wait for ages. Nobody makes them to fit my car so I'd have to have one made.

Or I could get a crate, but that would reduce the amount of space he has and I think I'd still have to leave the seats down to get one to fit in - unless I had one made but that is pricey again. But on the upside I would have it for when we go away rather than having to fold his big crate up, which inevitably causes squashed fingers and swearing!

I don't want him travelling on the rear seats as he has to twist to jump up (3 door car) and I just don't think it's doing his joints any good at all. Nor do I want him on the front seat, as he puts his paws on the dashboard and I'm fed up with driving round in a kennel on wheels:o
 
I've got one of these - might be helpful as a stopgap? :confused: With the front windows open, I've found you get a decent flow of air through the car...although my car was rather rusty so the air flow was quite free anyway :o

Apologies if that's no use whatsoever, I'm doped up on hayfever things and I'm not at my most rational :o :D (Do realise that hasn't helped in the actual travel arrangements, but may be of use when he's left when you're teaching)
 
Sorry not to have replied yesterday guys - Numpty! You're back!:)

I looked at Ventlocks, they look good but tbh for my purposes I can leave the boot lid right up - I can see him the whole time and there's no passing traffic so no one is going to pinch him. At least I hope not!

I have looked at the angled crates too Cayla, I am just a bit wary of ordering one in case the boot won't shut, and also of how much room he would have, for longer journeys for example. Ideally I would try and find an actual shop that sells them so I could try some out, but there don't seem to be any, all these things are sold online only it appears:rolleyes:

I have been given a ballpark figure of £180 for a tailgate and guard made to measure by a local guy, I'm half tempted to save up and go for that tbh. Still not decided though, it is a lot of money after all:o
 
Can you not get a dog guard? If I have to leave in car parked up at yard or whatever I either put dog in car and open boot or put dog in boot and open back doors...or have I misunderstood the logistics of the car!? Is the boot too small?
 
The back seats are folded down, so the guard is on the front seats to stop him joining me in the front half way down the A14, or at some other amusingly inappropriate moment:eek:

Once the weather is a little cooler, come the early autumn, he can be in the boot with the windows down but at the moment, even in the shade, I want to leave the boot lid up for maximum air flow through the car.

The boot is pretty titchy with the back seats up tbh. I did have the seats up, with him in the boot tethered (the lead is on the boot catch so he could jump out without garotting himself - although he tends to stay in the car). He went the other way and jumped into the car - no worries, the lead is 6 foot long, but he had somehow wrapped it over the head rest, so if he had decided to jump back out again he might have been in a mess:rolleyes: So the back seats went down. It's also easier for him to hop into the boot, as it's a 3 door car so for him to jump onto the back seat requires him to twist as he jumps up.
 
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