Pet barrier?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bpf @ Nov 18 2006, 10:57 AM) [snapback]351385[/snapback]</div>

Take a look at: http://www.discountramps.com/dog-pet-barri...CFRgaGgodQTecQw

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Nov 18 2006, 02:15 PM) [snapback]351485[/snapback]</div>

Do you take out the tray and tire, or do you leave them in?

 

I saw a Prius the other day that had a homemade barrier built from what appeared to be 1" PVC piping. It was positioned behind the front seats though, but I imagine it wouldn't be too hard to build one for the back seat/trunk area.

 

I am happy to say that I just tell my three dogs to stay and they do. Luckey me.

 

Has anyone thought of taking one of the flat spider web cargo nets, adding two rings to the top and using that as a barrier?

I can also see building a free standing barrier of pvc.

My dog rides in the passenger seat. He has a padded harness I call his seat belt. The passenger seat belt runs through the back and clips in to keep him in place in case of a sudden stop, and to keep the passenger seat belt light from bugging me.

 

Here is a link to the PetNet. I used one of these in my old Explorer Sport and it worked just fine for my 50 lb Shiba Inu/Chow mix and my (former and beloved) tenacious 65 lb lab. It does not use any metal tubing (I had one of those and my lab just pulled it down and climbed over it), it uses velcro fasteners. It provides good coverage if you put it up right, at any rate, it worked for my lab, she never tried to pull it down.

Now I use a locking seatbelt mechanism for both dogs in the back seat, I don't want them to become projectiles and fly out the windshield.

 

Well, if any medium to large dog needs anything beyond a "reminder" they should be tied down. No barrier will be adequate.

 

I'm a big fan of the harness... Usually i'll clip my dog to a seatbelt using a carabiner, but if you get some heavy duty ropes or straps, you could easily thread them through a couple of the D rings and hook everything together with a carabiner attached to a harness - it'll let them move around a little bit, but not get into the back seat.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(eagle33199 @ Nov 27 2006, 06:35 AM) [snapback]354406[/snapback]</div>

Wow, a carabiner, that is brilliant! I've been using a two-dog coupler to attach one dog, I lost the other coupler and have been using a climbing rope for the other. I'm going to dig out my carabiner and use it for my other dog! Thanks!

 

I used to have a Honda Insight and my Afghan Hound rode in the rear hatch. I never actually tried this but it looks like a great idea for securing a dog in the hatch area:
http://www.insightcentral.net/owners/mods/harness.html
It should work just fine in the Prius. Anyway, now I have an '06 Prius and I just throw blankets over the back seats and that's where the dog rides. He's great in the car, he sits still and usually sleeps. I would like to secure him somehow in case of an accident though, I wouldn't want him to get hurt nor would I want him to become a projectile. A friend has her Afghan ride in a wire crate secured with seatbelts in the back seat, but recently she's been letting the dog ride without the crate. She did find a wire crate, I think from PetSmart, that has pins holding the sides together. She used one of the longer sides as a barrier and attached it to the front seat headrests with bungee cords. I'll probably try something like that.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Godiva @ Nov 19 2006, 01:15 PM) [snapback]351735[/snapback]</div>

Dont forget to turn off the passenger airbag !Airbags have been known to decapitate small children.Sorry for the grotesque image but its a fact.

 

The back seat is always safer than the front, airbags or not. I've experienced this first hand, in high school my friend had a brand new '01 Silverado 4x4 with a ranch hand grille guard, winch and headache rack. He was making a left turn at an intersection with a green light but NOT the green arrow he thought he had and hit a Mazda B3000 pickup head on. His speed I would guess around 15 mph starting a turn and the Mazda was probably going at least 50 in a 45 with a combined impact of around 65 mph but bohemeth held it's ground. The front airbags deployed and even though we were all wearing seatbelts they all failed to lock. The driver bruised his arms on the steering wheel, the front passenger briused his knees on the dashboard and I was in the cramped back seat with both legs turned to one side and I was thrown into the seat in front of me uninjured but my leg was sore for a day. I was glad I sat in the back though.

 

We have a Great Pyrenees female Athena. She fits perfectly in the back after removing the top cover. I like the Doc added some carpet to the bottom so that she would not slide around. I also removed the rear head rests so that she would have more room. I believe if you leave them that it becomes more difficult for the dog to go over the rear seat. I like the idea of stretching the net. You could easily connect between the two head rests. That way it is not forever.

Manny

 

I have a tiny (10 lb) Cairn terrier that I want to buy a hatch barrier for. Any suggestions?