We do lots of short trips to parks, two hour trips to visit relatives. She is 30 lbs and always harnessed using a pet harness designed for use in cars. She is well behaved in the car--the harness is for safety in case of an accident. Your kid is in a car seat, why wouldn't you do the same for your pet? And I have heard terrible accounts of dogs surviving car accidents only to be run over and killed when they jump out of a damaged vehicle into oncoming traffic in the chaotic aftermath. Unsecured pets have irresponsible owners.

04:24 again.

The crate made the addition of the car seat far less stressful too. I can take ds and doggy on trips and not worry about doggy kissing or stepping on ds, ds feeding or poking doggy, or anything else.

I bought a new car last year and searched long and hard for the perfect crate friendly vehicle. It's made car trips really nice1

Securely crated in the cargo area of my small suv. I do not want her becoming a projectile in an accident. She cried and whined the first few weeks of being crated instead of loose, but stuffed Kong's and bully sticks helped make the car crate a happy place. She now eagerly jumps in on her own and will settle there for hours long trips. We drive all over the region for agility trials--it important to me that she stay safe.

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Anonymous wrote:My shih tau roams free. Sometimes starts shotgun and tries to sit in my lap, then moves to the middle armrest and sits backwards (so weird!) and finally hops in the backseat. Always.

I hate the people who drive with their dogs on their laps or running free in the front seat.

They are putting not only themselves and their dogs, but everyone else on the road at risk.

Your dog belongs in the back seat, and if he can't sit there then he needs to be secured by a harness or a cage.

Agree 100%

Roams free. Usually he stands in the front seat with head out the window.

Dog car seat so she is safe & can see out the window
Crazy to let them roam free! They would be injured in an accident, and become a projectile. Speed times weight.
Don't let the windshield be the last thing they see

Anonymous wrote:back seat with dog-seatbelt attached to his harness

Same here

Anonymous wrote:My shih tau roams free. Sometimes starts shotgun and tries to sit in my lap, then moves to the middle armrest and sits backwards (so weird!) and finally hops in the backseat. Always.

I hate the people who drive with their dogs on their laps or running free in the front seat.

They are putting not only themselves and their dogs, but everyone else on the road at risk.

Your dog belongs in the back seat, and if he can't sit there then he needs to be secured by a harness or a cage.

back seat with dog-seatbelt attached to his harness

He goes in the way back, we have a sort of gate thing to make sure he doesn't jump up to the back seat.

He sits free in the back seat. He's not a very obedient dog, but fortunately, he stays nicely in the back seat and looks out the windows. If he wants to sleep, he likes to lay on the floor.

I've tried crate, free roaming, special dog seat, and harness. My dog is small. Unless she is free roaming she will whine incessantly and it distracts me, so I leave her free now. She will attempt to climb into my seat at first, but I firmly tell her "no! Lay down." Then she usually just lays down in the passenger seat and keeps quiet. She is never crated or tied out at home either which may be why she whines in a crate, harness or dog seat.

My shih tau roams free. Sometimes starts shotgun and tries to sit in my lap, then moves to the middle armrest and sits backwards (so weird!) and finally hops in the backseat. Always.

I have very large dogs. If they are going one at a time, they sit in the back of my sedan. If we are taking both then they go into the SUV, one in the back seat and the other in the cargo area. Crates won't fit in either car, so they travel free. We only do short local trips.

Free, special animal seat belt or crate? Pros/cons? Thanks.