Question How do your pets travel with you (while driving)?

[Neal]

Currently my puppy rides in the crate. My last dog had the Jack Knife sofa which had a sofa cover on it to protect the upholstery. I didn't use a harness and seat belt strap with the last dog but I've started using one with Elli (now 5 months old).

I'm curious how other dog owners "secure" their pets while driving or let them be free as I did with my last dog who sometimes was on the sofa and sometimes was sitting or laying next to me while driving.

 

[sheridany]

Can you share the harness and seat belt device you are using.

 

[Neal]

Can you share the harness and seat belt device you are using.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PHKHBDH/?tag=rvf01-20

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QX6FD3X/?tag=rvf01-20

 

[J&JD]

Dusty spends most of his driving days asleep on the sofa. I know it’s not as safe as being tied in but sometimes you just accept some risk. In the jeep, he rides in his soft crate in the back seat.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

Our two Mini Schnauzer ride in upholstered foam "pet car seats" that are secured by the car/motorhome seat belts. Each dog wears a harness similar to the one @Neal posted the link to. The pet car seats have a tether strap secured to the seat belt on one end and to the rear harness loop. Our dogs are quite used to traveling this way.

With a larger dog like Elli, the pet car seat approach probably doesn't work as well.

TJ

 

[RKins]

Usually our dog sleeps on the loveseat during the drive. I planned a solo trip to visit my Sis and BIL and was going to take the dog. I was concerned that she would be all over the place so I bought straps like Neal posted only to find that the seat belts back in '97 are totally different than seat belts today, so the straps wouldn't lock into the receiver. Anyway, the dog slept on the love seat as usual and was not an issue.

 

[Buly]

No matter how long the drive, Daisy sleeps all the way on DW’s lap. Just wakes up for occasional treat, drink ow water or potty break. No harness or a crate.

 

[GeoKat]

Walter's always in a seatbelt in the backseat.

 

[kayakterp]

We have been driving both vehicles to our camping spot lately - esp. since most of our camping is in a two hour radius.
Putting all 5 of us (2 adults & 2 large dogs plus one XL) in the super-cab truck gets a bit cramped, esp. for the 3 dogs in back seat.
Plus having the car to sightsee, etc. is very convenient.
We should probably get harnesses for the dogs but 2 usually ride with the DW in the SUV and one in the back seat of my truck.

 

[Retired]

Mine are not going to tolerate being prisoners.

I told them it was for their own good.

They replied "I wish you would stop being so good to us."

Wait....that was Cool Hand Luke.............................

I just have to continue to hope that I dont get in a wreck or make any sudden moves/stops.

 

[3dogsXLR]

Our 2 older dogs (14 years old daschund and 9 year old Boston terrier) are free to roam the back seat of my extended cab truck. Between them rides our new Boston terrier puppy in a soft crate. They usually all just zonk out once we're rolling.

 

[Buly]

Our MaltiPoo Daisy sleeps all the way on my wife’s lap.

 

[Fish]

With the 5th wheel and Ram, Gunner rode in the back with the seat up. Harness on and tied to the seat belt.

Haven't taken him in the Monaco yet but I figure it will be harness tied to a seat belt from the couch that I snake out underneath and a dog bed there he can lay on.

 

[Joe Hogan]

 

[JRW-NAW]

Dakota mostly sleeps under the dinette...ocassionally wandering forward to check up on us...and some pets!

Safe Travels.

 

[MapNerd]

We put Toby’s dog bed between the two captains chairs and he tends to sleep there. Sometimes he’ll move the dog bed himself because he wants the cool tile floor.

 

[Orrin]

Sophie, golden doodle 52#, likes to sit on the sofa and look out at passing vehicles. She get the occasional honk from a trucker passing us and barks back. It's like a Subaru commercial and has us laughing. Once in a while she will come forward and look out the windshield. But mostly she just sleeps.

 

[Gronk]

Our 90 pound 1/2 German Shepard and 1/2 some sort of Spaniel has the whole back seat to herself!

 

[Old Bubblehead]

We use the harnesses connected to the seatbelts on the pull out couch. 70# snoodle is a good traveler, goes to sleep and waits for snack stops. 30# doodle, not so much. We have to provide enough slack to enable her to snuggle/ cower with her brother. We tried the free to roam thing, but their ability to sense stress, and try to get a look did not facilitate optimum operation of the coach. We use the harness in the toad as well. DW has abject fear of bolting dog.

 

[sheridany]

We have to provide enough slack to enable her to snuggle/ cower with her brother.

@Old Bubblehead can you share what extended tether you are using.