With Sweep (now 8 months old), we got him used to car travel early on. We prefer him in a travel crate as it is somewhere for him if he is muddy or wet after a walk.
He started in a plastic carry case strapped in the seatbelts (this photo is me checking it will fit in the seatbelts before commiting to the car). He has now outgrown this, but he is more than happy in an larger crate in the boot with the parcel shelf removed. I have a dog guard fitted to ensure luggage stays wher I at put it!!
Our dog is crate trained and we find it is much easier with him travelling in that. Especially when he first got in the car and couldnt go more that 15 minutes without being sick, least the mess was kept in one place
My two poodles travel well, my toy sits in the back with a special seat belt webbing harness on, in a dog car seat as shes tiny,shes been travelling since day one, but now I've just rescued my miniature poo she is also getting used to car travel, she's an ex puppy farm breeder :( so her life has been very bleak,and dosnt know anything, she hasn't been sick touch wood she does dribble a lot , but I think that's an anxiety mechanism , we've been taking her in and out the caravan on the drive getting her accustomed to it, and at the weekend we are going to sleep in it to get her used to it, I'm sure with time she will enjoy going away as much as my other.
I love taking a dog away, it makes my caravanning better.
------------- "I'm a fool for my dogs"
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Topic: Caravanning and dogs
