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Jun 2016
12:19pm, 1 Jun 2016
14,575 posts
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GimmeMedals
She's s character 
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Jun 2016
12:35pm, 1 Jun 2016
8,864 posts
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D2
You paint a very clear and amusing picture LD!
I'm playing put the crate 'here' and see how it feels today!
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Jun 2016
1:21pm, 1 Jun 2016
9,285 posts
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Sharkie
Sounds quite sensible to me!
Love the Flossie story.
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Jun 2016
1:35pm, 1 Jun 2016
2,756 posts
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Alice the Camel
She did well to find it! Great hunting, Floss!
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Jun 2016
2:02pm, 1 Jun 2016
7,384 posts
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Rosehip
Ralph's house crate was in our "dining room", which rarely gets used as such and has a door into the kitchen and an open archway into the sitting room. So he was never far away. Said crate is now in the garage where it got put after a holiday probably 3 years ago. He is, however, asleep on one of his beds which he put in the position where the crate would have been.
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Jun 2016
2:33pm, 1 Jun 2016
5,552 posts
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BaronessBL
Well done Flossie
I can't help much on the crate side of things as our circumstances were a bit different. We weren't sure whether to get a crate at all as we didn't know if Wanda had any previous experience (which may not have necessarily been good) with one and have never really used the crate all the time at home as ours is huge and gets in the way wherever we put it! But she has tolerated being in it for an evening say for a hotel stay while we are having dinner although I think she would prefer not to be in it!
In the car I have a dog guard between the boot and the back seat but we don't attach her to anything just put her in the hatch on her bed and she is pretty good. I am not sure that having her tethered in there would have made any difference on the occasion my car got hit from behind anyway.... thank goodness Wanda wasn't in the car that day....
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Jun 2016
2:41pm, 1 Jun 2016
9,286 posts
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Sharkie
Jess just sits in the boot. We used to have a guard thing but took it out. I've forgotten why. Probably because she is perfectly grwon up now and happy in the boot resting her head over the back seats when she's so inclined. She doesn't try and climb over even when she gets Extremely Annoyed at innocent dogs outside the car.
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Jun 2016
3:26pm, 1 Jun 2016
1,365 posts
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Haggis
Dog guard in my car between back seats and load space, dog(s) not attached to anything.
Dog cage (Trans K9) in the Landrover, more so they don't jump out in a mad rush on the shoot!
If we're in the campervan then cage not needed, the older dogs just sit on the bench seats quite happily, with the younger ones snoozing on the floor!
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Jun 2016
3:39pm, 1 Jun 2016
164 posts
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FergusG
I'd assume the following potential risks exist (too different degrees of likeliness) for dogs in cars:
1) Your dog may jump through and distract you from the road.
2) Your dog may be hurled forward into you or your human passengers in the case of a collision.
3) Your dog may find it's way into traffic in the case of an accident where doors/windows are popped or opened by first responders.
A good old fashioned dog guard or seatbelt-harness protects you both from #1 and #2.
A crate protects you both from #1, #2 and #3.
I personally found the crate was just too much of a hassle for everyday use, and just use a dog guard these days. My neighbours have a fabric/mesh crate that's easier to pop in and out of the boot, but they learned the hard way that it's not chew proof!
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Jun 2016
3:40pm, 1 Jun 2016
165 posts
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FergusG
^ "to" not "too". I hate typos that make me look stupid!
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