Took Bear for a car ride tonight.

[kimlovescats]

It sounds like Bear is a wonderful companion!

[borzoimom]

I use to love taking short trips with my big dogs in the car.. You do get looks.. And it sounds like she was such a good girl..
When my job stopped that ran me into town ( meaning 60 miles one way) and I didnt need the good gas mileage - with 4 Borzois- we bought a new van thats like a cargo van. I love the space- and easily fits all 4 then uh then some..

[king2005]

I use to love taking short trips with my big dogs in the car.. You do get looks.. And it sounds like she was such a good girl..
When my job stopped that ran me into town ( meaning 60 miles one way) and I didnt need the good gas mileage - with 4 Borzois- we bought a new van thats like a cargo van. I love the space- and easily fits all 4 then uh then some..

Bear LOVES Chad's SUV, as the back seats can go down so when there are 3 of us in it, she can sit beside me (the seats in the SUV are FAR too small for her), saddly the SUV is going bye bye today *crying*

Chad's van is now fixed & the 4 back seats can be removed. We plan to remove the 2 middle seats, so Bear can be close to everyone & still have 2 extra people in the van.

If the van is staying then I plan to get a special teather bolt installed/rigged up, so Bear can safely be in the van for long trips to Ottawa. She will never fit on one of the van seats & taking her to Ottawa in my car would be very uncomfy for everyone. Two 6' guys, me, Mr. Biggles & Bear... ya no way lol

Chad drove me into work this morning & said... Why is that seat wrapped in the fuzzy blanket? teehee I told him that since him & Andrew left me home alone with no dinner, I took Bear to McDonalds with me. He said your nuts, but did you take Mr. Biggles.. I said no, because he runs around & I have no way of controling 2 dogs in my car while alone... he called me a meany.. said I should have buckled in the crate in the back seat

[borzoimom]

YOu might want to check into your new state laws if you are required to have a tag lead on your dog. Its a new law here in Virginia that unless the dog is in a crate, they must have at least a 6 inch lead on the dog. This is to aid firefighters to get your dog out of the car. While my guys can not interfere with my driving, they still have to wear them even though I have a grid from past the drivers section.

[Freedom]

Hey, you've got Mr. Biggles as your Avatar! I like it!

Bear, what a god girl going for a ride and through the drive thru!

You may want to consider a car safety harness like this one:

http://www.petedge.com/shopping/prod...ctID=4948&AS=1

for either or both dogs. It clips right into the seat belt buckle so there is no threading. Easy to use and move from one car to the other.

I got one for sugar but, ashames to say, haven't taken it out of the box yet. She just sits on the seat with her blankie.

As I was reading about your trip, I was SO happy for you! And I jsut kept thinking, "you are all still ealrning about each other." Thanks for posting his nice story!

[king2005]

Hey, you've got Mr. Biggles as your Avatar! I like it!

Bear, what a god girl going for a ride and through the drive thru!

You may want to consider a car safety harness like this one:

http://www.petedge.com/shopping/prod...ctID=4948&AS=1

for either or both dogs. It clips right into the seat belt buckle so there is no threading. Easy to use and move from one car to the other.

I got one for sugar but, ashames to say, haven't taken it out of the box yet. She just sits on the seat with her blankie.

As I was reading about your trip, I was SO happy for you! And I jsut kept thinking, "you are all still ealrning about each other." Thanks for posting his nice story!

Thanks for the link, but there is a REALLY nice one (same idea) thats made out of seatbelt materal that I'm going to buy. It costs a lot more but its much stronger & thicker/wider.

I also might buy a steal kennel (for the van only), have it welded solid (so it doesn't rattle & drive me nuts). Add a thicker frame, & a thicker bottom to it, that has clamps that attach to the things where the van's seats attach to in the floor.

Nifty idea eh?

[king2005]

YOu might want to check into your new state laws if you are required to have a tag lead on your dog. Its a new law here in Virginia that unless the dog is in a crate, they must have at least a 6 inch lead on the dog. This is to aid firefighters to get your dog out of the car. While my guys can not interfere with my driving, they still have to wear them even though I have a grid from past the drivers section.

There are no laws like that here in this Province. Should be, but aren't, & if there are, then nobody knows about them & its not inforced at all.

[borzoimom]

There are no laws like that here in this Province. Should be, but aren't, & if there are, then nobody knows about them & its not inforced at all.

They put it through here last year after a couple of car accidents the fire fighters got bit trying to get either the person or the dog out of the car. Its not the dogs fault- and really quite frankly- I fail to see how a 6 inch lead is going to stop a terrifed dog from biting more than a catch pole... But- thats Virginia for ya- I swear we have more laws than any other state.. lol..

[king2005]

They put it through here last year after a couple of car accidents the fire fighters got bit trying to get either the person or the dog out of the car. Its not the dogs fault- and really quite frankly- I fail to see how a 6 inch lead is going to stop a terrifed dog from biting more than a catch pole... But- thats Virginia for ya- I swear we have more laws than any other state.. lol..

wait.. you said 6" lead?? What the hell is that gonna do?? 6' is much better!! atleast the rescue person(s) can get a little distance from the scared dog & PULL to get the poor pup out of the car & then allow the dog a little distance away from the stranger with a 6' lead.. That same lead then can also be tied/attached to something, while the rescuer(s) deal with the reck.

6" is the stupidest thing ever