How you transport your dog?

[bonecollector23]

I recently purchased an ruff tough kennel and I was planning to transport my pup in the back of my pick up truck(do not have bed cover). I just wanted to know if a typical insulated kennel covers will keep him warm enough during transport on those November/December morning- there will be some highway driving.

Bc23

[TurkeyRookie]

Provided he has a pad to lay on, and he's not sopping wet when you load him up combined with outside air temp / wind from the drive.

I do the same with mine.

Also, find a way to secure it so it's not thrashing about the back of the truck when you get on breaks / accelerator, or bumpy roads.

[sambo]

Would you like to be transported in your truck bed. Your pup shoud ride inside the truck

[trkyhntr21]

You can also buy a remote temperature sensor with a display in your truck for peace of mind.
If it's well insulated it shouldn't be a problem and strap it down.
I currently have my dog in a crate in the back seat and there is times that the smell makes me wish he was separated from the cab.

[jweese]

I don't normally have to worry about a wet dog as Misty doesn't like the water too much, but I swear she's half pig because she loves the mud - that being said, she still rides in the cab with me. I just put down an old blanket for her to lay on. She's been trained pretty well in vehicles not to roam.

[TurkeyRookie]

Whether inside the cab, or the box, we crate the dog, for safety reasons. Inside the cab, that is a 60lb projectile in a crash, safer for her, and us.

In the box of the truck, probably safer in the crate, then being tossed out, or free to roam in the box / tied to it.

Sambo,

What do you say to the breeders, trialers, with the multi dog carriers that sit in the beds of their truck? should they just all be brought in the cab?

I'm curious to see what the other dog folks have to say.

[3Wheelerdude]

After being pulled over by OPP for having my dog loose in my truck , I carry my dog in the bed with a tied down harness. Officer told me he either has to used the seatbelt (with special harness) or in the bed with conventional harness.

[bonecollector23]

Hey turkeyrookie, that is the reason i asking. I seen a fair amount guys with their hunting dogs in kennels in bed of trucks and the dog don't seem to don't mind it or enjoy it.

[bonecollector23]

After being pulled over by OPP for having my dog loose in my truck , I carry my dog in the bed with a tied down harness. Officer told me he either has to used the seatbelt (with special harness) or in the bed with conventional harness.

Would an strapped down kennel be classified as an conventional harness??

[TurkeyRookie]

Maddy has no issue with her crate being in the back. We use the same crate, that we use for her in the house. It is her safe place / den. When we toss it in the back of the truck, and say "crate" she is just as happy to go in, as she is at home. There is no whimpering / barking from it in the back of the truck.

She is perfectly comftorable, and tale wagging when we come to unlatch the door.

That being said, and I'm not saying this directly to you bonecollector, I have no doubt you would figure this out on your own.

We put her out there, according to weather conditions, if it's January and -40 before the wind, obviously, the crate, and her, go inside the vehicle.

If she's wet, we dry her off good before crating, if hopping multiple wet spots, we bring multiple towels, and put a fresh one in with her, so she's not laying on a damp crate for the ride to the next hole.

Common sense prevails.