Lucca, my 7 mos. old Cane Corso now fills up the back seat of my Tundra and is getting distracting while I am driving. I used a plastic crate in the back of the truck last weekend tied down with tie down straps, but I did not feel comfortable with this. I kept wondering what would happen if we got hit. We have a 30 mile ride to our trainer once a week and I want to find a safe way to carry him.
Any suggestions or even specific models or types of dog boxes that will be large enough and economical?
I have a Ultralife kennel XL, made of full wire, 3 doors, slide out tray. I love it, now I do have a topper on my truck. Most good hunting dog boxes for pickups go for 400$ or more; I would avoid the metal covered plywood models. I have seen one fall out of a truck at 35mph and the dogs were fine.
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I have a Nissan Titan crew cab pickup. When I only had 1 dog & flipped up the back seats (the seat portion flips up & is flush with the seat back & the floor is almost flat) & put a crate in sideways. When I got my 2nd dog, I took out the back seats altogether & have 2 crates with side doors (24 X 36 size) in the back seat area. The side door open up to the back crew cab doors. Works for me. Thought about getting a cap for the back but I didn't feel that I wanted my dogs outside the cab area & besides this way they get the heat or AC depending on the time of year & I get the pleasure of their company. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
One Suggestion, I would avoid Metal/ Aluminum crates for travel. I have a plastic crate with good cushion. It helps with sudden brakes/ turns. I would agree with Brad here.
And Anne is perfectly right. The position of the crate matters a lot too. I would go with what she is suggesting.
Look at the below links. They are great for traveling. I bought mine from PetSmart too.
Hey I have a tundra as well and I have my boy usually ride around in the back seat. However, since you said he's outgrowing that, I also keep a plastic pet porter crate bungeed down to the four corners of the bed in the back. I use those heavy black bungees that are adjustable. I even put some eye bolts in the four corners of the crate rim so that I could quickly attach and detach it when I need to take it out. I've had it there for about 7 months. Things rock solid in there, and I drive 100 miles one way to work once a week. Kinda renders my rear view useless, but hey, that's why we have side views. My $.02
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