Doggy Training Help Please

[friedgreentomato]

Hi doggy owners, I want to be able to take Colin with me in the car a lot, but I have concerns about him jumping out when I open the door.

Do you have an easy to follow exercise/guide to follow for me please.

At the moment I know he sits, and gives paws I pick him up on Wednesday and I need to get this thing right before I take him on a trip to England.

Cheers

[wildwood]

I must have missed something. Surely traveling with a dog in the boot is crazy! It will get dangerously hot in the sun and a dog likes to see where it is going. Sorry if I got this wrong.

[friedgreentomato]

errr the dog can see where its going in the boot Wildwood!

Thanks Lankleela, i have two leads a long and short one - I am also bringing a kong along to keep him occupied on his first journey with me.

I will work on the car training aspect as a priority.

[dizmouk2009]

For your own piece of mind I would serious advise using a dog harness that you can plug into your seatbelt clip on the rear seats. This also protects him more should you have an accident whilst driving.

[friedgreentomato]

Diz he is in the boot there is no seat belts in the boot?

I will do as prev suggested by Lankleela and use his lead.

[lankeela]

I am sure you mean the rear of a hatchback or estate and not the actual boot!

I am now off to pick up a rescue, believed to be wary of strangers so will be taking my own advice and using an extra lead, but she will travel in a cage. We are meeting at a services on the A14 so will have to take extra care as the consequences of her getting away don't bear thinking about.

[friedgreentomato]

aye thats what I mean its still the boot lol

[dizmouk2009]

If the seats are removable/fold down then it is really a simple task to clip the lead fastener to the seatbelt and then slide it through so it is then avaible to clip to the harness in the boot. The only time this won't work is if you have a car full of people who need to use their seatbelts.

We've been there and got the t-shirt, we've even had a dog get hit by a car because she jumped out and ran across the road. Luckily the car was going slow enough and I did manage to grab the lead at the last minute!

[FredPuli43]

Don't see the problem. I have big dogs. I put the lead on before the dog gets in, open the hatchback slowly and just enough so the dog can't get out. He tries to stick his head into the gap and I grab his collar or the lead. If he doesn't stick his head out (unusual), I have plenty of time to grab him, obstructing the hatch as I do so. Same applies to my small dogs.If they are on the seats ( not practice) I can open the door slightly and grab the dog as before. Experienced dog owners are used to putting their bodies so that the dog doesn't come through any door or aperture until the owner is prepared to let them or decides not to let them out.

[friedgreentomato]

Thanks Fred

[FredPuli43]

I'd have thought the problem was getting a big dog in, not out. Last time I had to take the wolfhounds to boarding kennels, it took me and two assistants to get one of them into the vehicle !It was like watching handlers getting a reluctant horse into a starting stall, but we never thought to try blindfolding him and walking him around for a bit first. Perhaps we should have tried riding him in. Getting him out was a doddle.