Webboard User wrote 10/30/2007 01:34 PM traveling with a dog #160339 - 10/30/2007 01:34 PM
Webboard User Webboard User Reg: 10-03-2007 Posts: 248 Loc: Offline	I meant traveling by vehicle. I have a pick up truck with a hard tonneau cover on the bed. Im just curious as to how others with a truck like mine transport their pets. I looked into the rear seat covers that drape over the entire seat. I cant fit the crate in the cab, and I thought about opening the truck lid, putting the crate in the bed, and closing the lid as far down on the crate as possible, but Im worried the lid may bend and flex... just wondering if anyone else has/had this dilemma Clarify by spelling every little thing out. Some people can be extreme when drawing their own conclusions.
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Angela Burrell wrote 10/30/2007 02:12 PM Re: traveling with a dog [Re: Webboard User ] #160346 - 10/30/2007 02:12 PM
Angela Burrell Webboard User Reg: 05-10-2006 Posts: 2273 Loc: Ontario, Canada Offline	You didn't say why your dog just can't ride in the back seat. When I travel, I just put a blanket over the back seat and my dog sleeps on it. When I transport shelter dogs for a rescue, I remove the back seat (I have a car), the back seat is two bolts near the floor and it just lifts out, then I have room for the crate. Takes all of 30 seconds to remove. You could also try a seat belt. It's a harness that the seat belt in your car fits through. Its a good solution if your dog won't sit still (and isn't a chewer).
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Keith Larson wrote 10/30/2007 02:18 PM Re: traveling with a dog [Re: Angela Burrell ] #160348 - 10/30/2007 02:18 PM
Keith Larson Webboard User Reg: 04-09-2007 Posts: 363 Loc: Riverside, CA Offline	Be careful with temperature under the bed cover. I'm not sure if this applies to a tonneau cover, but the large shell covers can allow carbon monoxide to enter the bed. I can't think of an easy way to test for that, maybe you can get a battery powered unit and drive around some with the windows open, you should be able to hear the alarm if it detects any CO. CO is odorless and colorless; it can kill you and or your pet in minutes.
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Jennifer Mullen wrote 10/30/2007 02:20 PM Re: traveling with a dog [Re: Keith Larson ] #160349 - 10/30/2007 02:20 PM
Jennifer Mullen Webboard User Reg: 08-16-2007 Posts: 2365 Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Offline	yikes keith, that's a good point! i've seen crates in the bed without a cover, which seems far too open to the elements. if you don't go the crate in the bed route, luc has a seatbelt (i'll have to get one for teagan) which has been great. he's always been a good traveller, but i like the extra safety if anything were to happen. especially for highway driving. Teagan!
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Webboard User wrote 10/30/2007 02:32 PM Re: traveling with a dog [Re: Jennifer Mullen ] #160352 - 10/30/2007 02:32 PM
Webboard User Webboard User Reg: 10-03-2007 Posts: 248 Loc: Offline	gosh I never thought of the CO factor. since my pup is no more than 30lbs he rides in the front seat. of course within 2 months he'll be way bigger and might either need to go in the back seat or be well behaved to sit in the front with a seat belt... thanks for the quick respones... Clarify by spelling every little thing out. Some people can be extreme when drawing their own conclusions.
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Debbie Bruce wrote 10/30/2007 05:12 PM Re: traveling with a dog [Re: Webboard User ] #160378 - 10/30/2007 05:12 PM
Debbie Bruce Webboard User Reg: 08-23-2007 Posts: 1196 Loc: Centralia, Missouri Offline	If you have airbags and a medium to large size dog in the front seat, you will probably have a dead dog after the airbag deploys in an accident. I don't let my kids ride in the front seat because of that, a dog would be even closer to the dash, unless he was always curled up asleep.
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Carolyn Pike Roman wrote 10/30/2007 05:47 PM Re: traveling with a dog [Re: Debbie Bruce ] #160384 - 10/30/2007 05:47 PM
Carolyn Pike Roman Webboard User Reg: 03-20-2007 Posts: 559 Loc: San Antonio, TX Offline	Does anyone tie down crates in the bed of a pickup? How does the 'open to the elements' factor seem? I've been researching what my next vehicle might be and was thinking of going the small pickup route. I don't think I can afford one of those custom bed kennels some places sell (more for hunting dogs as I understand- but very nice), and I wasn't sure what the best way of tethering crates in the back would be... or if its even recommended-
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John J. Miller wrote 10/31/2007 07:25 AM Re: traveling with a dog [Re: Carolyn Pike Roman ] #160435 - 10/31/2007 07:25 AM
John J. Miller Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2007 Posts: 268 Loc: Chicago, IL Offline	My TD at my club transports his dogs in crates strapped into the back of his small pickup. Personally I am not a proponent of a dog loose in a car, truck or SUV. If you get into an accident and a window breaks you now have a loose dog in danger of getting hit by a car on top of everything else. In a perfect world, crates in the back of an SUV (I have a suburban) work best, but a pickup with a cap is basically the same thing. The only thing missing is rear vents, and I have seen rigs that hook into a vent and pump hot or cool air into a crate from the cab of the pickup. If it were me, and I had to make something work without an SUV that is what I would do. John
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RobbinMann wrote 10/31/2007 07:36 AM Re: traveling with a dog [Re: John J. Miller ] #160437 - 10/31/2007 07:36 AM
RobbinMann Webboard User Reg: 12-19-2006 Posts: 842 Loc: Arizona Offline	This is sort of related but not. Personally, I bought a large grill to partitian the back of my Suburban and Levi lays in the back behind it. He is isolated to that spot from the use of the grill. However, I was wondering, if you have a PPD and you have to step outside of your vehicle and your dog is either strapped in or in a kennel or behind a grill, how is the dog supposed to help you in the event of an attack? A lot of the scenarios that I have seen on YouTube show dogs jumping from the vehicles open windows to help their masters. I even saw one where the officer deployed his dog and it literally jumped into the drivers seat to attack the driver. Pretty wild but still effective. As a woman, I would want to know that if I am outside of the vehicle and I get attacked with the dog in the car that he could get out somehow to help me. Any opinions on this? Jay Belcher and Levi Levi/Bella/Drogo
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John J. Miller wrote 10/31/2007 10:49 AM Re: traveling with a dog [Re: RobbinMann ] #160462 - 10/31/2007 10:49 AM
John J. Miller Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2007 Posts: 268 Loc: Chicago, IL Offline	For about $500 you can get a door popper for either a car or an SUV so you can pop your back door to free the dog. Link here http://www.elitek9.com/law-enforcement/index.htm. John
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