Accommodating a dog!

We've just bought a Border Terrier pup and i'm working out how to fit him in the 90. It has no seats in the back and i don't want to install him in a cage, it takes up space and he won't get the 'thrill of the ride'
I'm thinking of removing the cubby box between the front seats and making a box for storage with a seat on the top for his lordship to rest his arse! He has a harness with a clip to put in the seatbelt so won't be able to 'wander around'
Has anyone else managed to come up with something like this for their dog, or what do you use?

Tie it to the roof rack thrill of the ride will be awesome.

Good idea, i usually have a ladder strapped to the roof bars, he'd love that

Buz said:

We've just bought a Border Terrier pup and i'm working out how to fit him in the 90. It has no seats in the back and i don't want to install him in a cage, it takes up space and he won't get the 'thrill of the ride'
I'm thinking of removing the cubby box between the front seats and making a box for storage with a seat on the top for his lordship to rest his arse! He has a harness with a clip to put in the seatbelt so won't be able to 'wander around'
Has anyone else managed to come up with something like this for their dog, or what do you use?

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Just give him the passenger seat.
Our solution wont help much as we sacrificed 2 seats in the back of the 110 for his bed Stick some pipe lagging on the window and he just rests his chin on the open window and enjoys the smells.

Isn't a box for storage with a seat on top, basically a cubby box?

Surely an elevated cage in the back that is easy to dismantle would be best. Give it room to move around and stretch, sleep. and still look out the front.

Or , alternatively fit a bonnet mounted cage. BT's a fairly small so you will still be able to look over the top.

Cheers

I have trouble getting this one out when I take him for a ride.

Safer for you and the wee chap if he's in the back. Maybe in a dog bed, but with his lead attached to something solid.

Carrying animals in the front isn't a good idea, they will get smeared up against the windscreen under heavy braking or in an impact, or even get trapped under the pedals.

They do like it in the back, I would fit a ring to the body of the landy, and clip the harness to it with a short lead. The dog will look forward through the screen anyway.

Dogs like going in Land Rovers. It's as if they know it's for them. Yes, another vote here for a harness which you can attach to something solid. Until you've had a tortoise trapped under the brake pedal you will not have known the true meaning of fear. Or indeed old age.

Brown said:

Dogs like going in Land Rovers. It's as if they know it's for them. Yes, another vote here for a harness which you can attach to something solid. Until you've had a tortoise trapped under the brake pedal you will not have known the true meaning of fear. Or indeed old age.

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How do you attach the harness to the tortoise?

Turboman said:

How do you attach the harness to the tortoise?

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Suction cup?????

neilly said:

Suction cup?????

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I think that's what this is

Maybe you could put it in a babygro suit with the arms and legs cut off. Anyway, they don't make tortoises any more and surviving examples change hands for thousands of pounds, so you're unlikely to find one in a car these days.

Maybe if you really wanted a tortoise these days it would be easier to make one with a 3D printer, because tortoises are made of a kind of hard plastic-y material to begin with. All I need is the relevant Autocad files and I'll be in business.

Th dog has a harness that fits to a seat belt clip and can be adjusted so he doesn't smear himself against the dash under braking....

I had a custom Lintran box made. Safe for the dog and me ! Dirt and fur stay in the box

Usually my dog is is asleep before I've shut the door.....it's sometimes asleep before it jumps in and moving it as a dead weight it like trying to refloat a beached whale so, as a responsible and caring owner I make sure it's secure wherever it collapses by weighing it down with concrete blocks and bags of cement.

I know you don't want to crate your dog, but please do reconsider. Most dogs like a place to call their own and it really is the safest place for them. All ours are crated as puppies and they go to their crate in preference to anywhere else. It also keeps the truck cleaner and restricts the danger area in case of travel sickness! one of ours just sprawls out in the crate and is hard to drag out when we arrive.

We have a Cairn who rides in the back with a doggy harness. The centre seat was removed anyway to fit a cubby box so I fitted a piece of substantial ply across the two wheel boxes, about 18inches deep, onto this I fitted a seat belt clip for the harness strap, he sits quite happily on a soft dog cushion on this and often rests his chin on a piece of pipe lagging tie wrapped to the bulkhead between the seat backs.
The space underneath is a perfect space for a cantilever toolbox, fuel can, tyre inflater and a soft tool bag full of shackels/straps/snatch blocks etc.

You don't necessarily need a cage as the whole of the back of a land rover can be turned into one with a suitable dog guard. I have on across the top of the bulkhead on my 110 hardtop and have used it for both the two retrievers I have currently and two jack russels I had before. They have space to move around and look out of both front and rear windscreens, hang their head out the window or as the retrievers do immediately spread out on the floor and go to sleep! This way they are secured and separated in case of an emergency and the guard does not take up any room or effect day to day use of the vehicle when not in use for dogs.