Preference for transporting dogs

7792 Views 34 Replies 22 Participants Last post by Ashley Campbell, Oct 13, 2010

Erin James-Crook

Discussion Starter · Oct 10, 2010

I'll likely be adding a third dog in a year or so, and with my current vehicle being a small hatchback and 153000+ miles, I'll be upgrading the car and hopefully my general ability to transport the critters to various classes and events.

I'm curious to hear what you all prefer when it comes to transport options and why, hence the poll.

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Thomas Barriano

· #21 · Oct 11, 2010

"I have a single and a double box, side by side from WT Metall , I am very happy with them.
I also have one of their four birth trailers,which again I really like."

Tony,

I think you mean four berth? A four birth trailer is something totally different

Jeff Oehlsen

· #22 · Oct 12, 2010

Quote: My female rides well, the male jumped out my window in traffic - freaking moron.

Who is the moron ? The dog or the Moron that went back and got the dog ?

Ashley Campbell

· #23 · Oct 12, 2010

Jeff Oehlsen said:
Quote: My female rides well, the male jumped out my window in traffic - freaking moron.

Who is the moron ? The dog or the Moron that went back and got the dog ?

Yeah well wasn't like I could just ditch him publicly Jeff...considering i was in my car, people write down license plate numbers ya know...

Totally not worth going to jail or getting a huge fine over. Trust me, I contemplated leaving his ass right there on Powers and Fountain Blvd. but with rush hour traffic - nah I'd have gotten busted. It'd be like that song "and the cat came back the very next day"...

Faisal Khan

· #24 · Oct 12, 2010

Pet dogs ride good when loose in car or truck. Most working dogs need a crate plus there is too much time invested in them to risk it.

Thomas Barriano

· #25 · Oct 12, 2010

Ashley Campbell said:
Yeah well wasn't like I could just ditch him publicly Jeff...considering i was in my car, people write down license plate numbers ya know...

Totally not worth going to jail or getting a huge fine over. Trust me, I contemplated leaving his ass right there on Powers and Fountain Blvd. but with rush hour traffic - nah I'd have gotten busted. It'd be like that song "and the cat came back the very next day"...

Ashely,

About 10 years ago, I'm turning North on Academy from Galley,
behind an mazda pick up truck and this toddler comes rolling out the passenger door as the truck is turning left. Luckily I was able to stop in time but it surprised the bejezus out of me.
The kid wasn't hurt and the Dad stopped and gathered him up and continued on his way.

Ashley Campbell

· #26 · Oct 12, 2010

I bet! So in response to Jeff though, would you have called the cops if he left the toddler?

There was a case back home a few years back where a guy got into an accident on I-10 going to Tucson. The baby was ejected from the vehicle car seat and all and spent the night in the desert strapped to the car seat. Baby survived it with no major damage.

Thomas Barriano

· #27 · Oct 12, 2010

Ashley Campbell said:
I bet! So in response to Jeff though, would you have called the cops if he left the toddler?

Nah,

I would have snatched up the kid and chased the guy down and
bitch slapped him for littering and scaring the crap out of me

Ashley Campbell

· #28 · Oct 12, 2010

LMAO! Good answer.
Even I know that Jeff wouldn't just let a dog run off when there are dozens of witnesses, he just has to bust my balls all the time! Which is cool, I probably deserve it.

tony mason

· #29 · Oct 12, 2010

Thomas, of course you are correct, I did mean four berth.
Although I did once have a female give birth to two pups in one of my van crates, that was quite a surprise.

Alyssa Morin

· #30 · Oct 12, 2010

Faisal Khan said:
Pet dogs ride good when loose in car or truck. Most working dogs need a crate plus there is too much time invested in them to risk it.

My working dogs ride perfectly loose in the car. They sit or lie down in the seat, they don't jump around or go crazy. BUT about a year and a half ago some guy cut me off and I slammed on the breaks and my female came flying from the back, over the passenger's seat, and into the windshield hard enough to break it and get a concussion. I would prefer for that NEVER to happen again, whether it's a working dog or a pet dog.

Now that's not to say here and there the dogs don't ride loose. But I'm trying less and less to do that, simply for safety reasons.

Martine Loots

· #31 · Oct 12, 2010

Alyssa Morin said:
My working dogs ride perfectly loose in the car. They sit or lie down in the seat, they don't jump around or go crazy. BUT about a year and a half ago some guy cut me off and I slammed on the breaks and my female came flying from the back, over the passenger's seat, and into the windshield hard enough to break it and get a concussion. I would prefer for that NEVER to happen again, whether it's a working dog or a pet dog.

Now that's not to say here and there the dogs don't ride loose. But I'm trying less and less to do that, simply for safety reasons.

True. In Belgium your insurance won't pay the damage to yourself and to others if you have an accident while having a dog loose in the car.

Nancy Jocoy

· #32 · Oct 12, 2010

This is the seatbelt I *am* looking at. It does have some testimonials based on actual wrecks - and I do know a dog trainer/HR handler who swears by this product for her Rotties.

http://www.ruffrider.com/shop/product/2.html

One of the testimonials does mention that the dogs in the truck (2nd row, strapped in) were fine but that the crated dog in the topper was not.

http://www.ruffrider.com/why-crates-are-not-safe.html

So it is stuff I am thinking about (and since we had temps in the low 100s this summer and the dog rode in the back seat area some) ---- Even if you prefer crates, if you don't have ROOM, this would be better than nothing.

Maureen A Osborn

· #33 · Oct 13, 2010

Mine rides in the back portion of the truck loose. He always accompanies me on errands....I have an electronic keyless remote to open theback, so if I ever needed him when near the car, I can remotely open it and call him.

Zakia Days

· #34 · Oct 13, 2010

Alice Bezemer said:
double aluminum dogcrate....

I refuse to take a dog in the car unleashed since it turns into an unguided missile as soon as you have to hit the breaks for whatever emergency...no matter how good the dog might be in its behaviour it will hurt itself all kinds of horrible when its not properly retained.

Also the carseatthings for a dog ? have no trust in them, again they can do large amounts of damage to your dog when having to hit the breaks, think of broken ribs, chestbones, neckinjuries etc etc etc....

No matter how small the car there is always an option for a transporting box available, if not for sale then to be made by yourself...and it doesnt even have to be expensive...

Now you might say " im a good and carefull and safe driver" its not you that you should worry about tho, its tho other ignorant fktard that hits you thats the problem most of the time

just my $1.50

Hey everyone w/ the aluminum crates. How well do the dogs do in the heat in the metal? Do they heat up anymore than when in a plastic crate? I'm interested in purchasing a similar setup. Any insight would be nice. Thanx in advance.

Ashley Campbell

· #35 · Oct 13, 2010

No matter how small the car there is always an option for a transporting box available, if not for sale then to be made by yourself...and it doesnt even have to be expensive...

Please enlighten me then as to how I can fit a GSD in a crate, in a 2 door coupe? An XL crate broken down won't even fit on the backseat, let alone in the trunk. I also have a plastic rear bumper with no way to mount any kind of ball hitch so can't tow even a smal trailer?

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