Is your corgi loose, crated or seat-belted when driving in your car?
The corgi car discussion made me wonder how all the corgi lovers drive around with their corgis in the car? Do you leave them loose riding shotgun or with the kids in the back, placed in a doggie seat belt apparatus, or in a crate? I drive a Honda Accord and mostly Lilly is loose(leash on) with my girls in the back seat. She also loves to put her front feet on the center console and look out the windowshield. Occasionally she curls up in the passenger seat. She is never allowed on me when I drive. Sometimes I feel like that is being a bad mom and I'm thinking about setting up a seat belt thing. What do all of you do?
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Permalink Reply by Gary & Jo + Peb on
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In my car, Pebble sits on this elevated car seat so she can enjoy the wind, the sunshine, and her exclusive 360-degree panorama view when I put the top down
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753852
In my girlfriend's car, Pebble owns the entire back seat (get it at target, it's cheaper! under $20)
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753713
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Permalink Reply by Avyon on
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If I'm driving with someone both pups are in the back (Dogs in a box!). but if its just me then Roxi is in the passenger seat with her head out the window while charlie sleeps in the back lol.
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Permalink Reply by Mel K on
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If it's my husband and me (and our daughter Charlotte) then Caleb rides loose in the backseat and invariably he ends up asleep. If it's just me or me and Charlotte the Caleb rides loose in the front passenger seat.
There is absolutely NO room for a crate in our car.
No way, no how. We're wanting an Outback or a Rodeo in which case there would be room so we'll see.
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Permalink Reply by Kyle on
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Edan gets to ride in the passanger seat and sometime he likes to lay in the back window when on the highway because in the city he learned when i stop he falls :P he has free roam of the car except near the driver
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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on
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Seat belts or no, I never let the dogs drive the car. They don't have driver's licenses ("Hey, I got a license" they protest), and they can't see over the dashboard unless they stand on the seat. Nor can they reach the brake pedal. Last time I caught them driving, Gwynnie was steering and barking instructions to Al, who was working the pedals. They'd been doing 50 mph in a 30 mph zone on the LEFT side of the centerline because they'd learned to drive from some British website and were reading the metric scale on the speedometer.
Keep the keys hidden. Ditto credit card.
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Permalink Reply by Ace and Jen on
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Me and My mom disscussed Rigging up Stilts and a booster seat to Allow Ace to Drive =)
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Permalink Reply by RILEY, MAGGIE and Christine Kemp on
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I feel this is a personal comfort issue. As with a lot of things one size doesn't fit all. We are fortunate in that we have vehicles that accommodate a crate in the cab. Personally we feel that the pup is safer in a crate...no loss of balance when cornering or falling when stopping (especially a sudden stop). These things tend to distract a driver, even if the pup is in the back seat. Isn't that what it's all about, driving safely for everyones sake. We take Riley everywhere we go...he curls up in his crate and sleeps. We don't ever leave him alone in the crate in the truck.
John...It sounds like Al and Gwynnie need some driving lessons! I'd hide the keys, too :)
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Permalink Reply by Nicola Porter on
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Mine have their leashes on and I tie them handle.
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Permalink Reply by Kimberlie on
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Adora use to ride in the back seat free. Until one day after coming back from the vet, I was holding her becuase she was having a hard time with the cone and bandaged paw. When out of no where we were rear ended. If i was not holding on to her in the front seat My little 10lb pup would of went flying. That very night we bought a harness seat belt. And i will never have it any other way.
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Permalink Reply by Keira & Rogue on
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I saw a few posts about people needing to slam on the brakes while their corgi was in the car - the same happened to me once and it ruined how I felt the entire day in addition to traumatizing my corgi! Rogue likes to stand in the middle of the back seat of my car and watch out the front windshield, so when I hit the brakes, she landed on top of the middle console, pedaling the air with her paws because her little legs were too short to get her off the console. After that, I invested in one of the "doggy hammocks" - it's the seat cover that hooks around all the head rests, so the dog can't fall onto the floor (or in my case, land on the console). Rogue still tries to stand in the middle of the back seat and watch out the front windshield, but now all she can really do is rest her chin on the edge of the hammock.
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Permalink Reply by Mary on
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We have had a tether since the day we brought her home. It didn't bother her then and it doesn't bother her now. I have been in two horrific accidents, one in which one of the drivers was not wearing a seat belt, and was in a coma for months. In the second one I was barely able to walk for a week and was in horrific pain. I couldn't imagine how devastating a car accident like that would be on a small dog that left free to fly about. Even with the tether I still worry I will have an accident with her in the car. The tether attaches her harness to a metal loop in the seat, so she can still look out the window and curl up to make herself comfy.
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Permalink Reply by Alyssa & Chris W. on
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Murphy rides in a seat belt, but I know he hates it. He used to ride freely, but he would slide all over the back seat and he even fell off once, so that's when we decided that a seat belt would probably be safer for him and we don't need to pack up the car with his bulky crate whenever we wanna go anywhere with him. I know he hates it though.
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