[Hilldweller]

:rofl2: I remember this one, I say Mother of Pearl all the time, ha!

"You're not even listening to me now... ...No! No ducks!"

I love it.

Any problems you can foresee with a small dog escaping between the rear seat and door surrounds

We help out with the county's K9 SAR Team when they need a hand and take Jessi along to watch.
One day we were starting to deploy one of the SAR dogs for a wide area search and somehow Jessi had squirmed her way out and was ready to tag along in the woods ---- she had gotten her 50 pounds of pittbull muscle through a hole that I thought would strangle a grapefruit.
So, in other words, you can't cage the uncageable.

 

[SOCALGAL]

DH had an S10 pick-up with a shell when we first got married. We would slide the rear window open and it was just big enough for a big ole Lab head (we had 2 Labs at the time). I said to him that it looked like a mounted animal head, a big ole moose head and we've stuck with that term. This is Woody's first ride in the Jeep with his big ole moose head. He wouldn't jump in so DH had to lift his 100 pound butt up, ha! He jumped out though, spoiled rotten he is. When we bought the Silverado we had to have the rear sliding window which we call the dog window. Woods first ride in the truck too.

 

[Hilldweller]

A Jeep doesn't look right without a mess of dog slobber on the windows...

 

[mindyb]

My girl gets the front seat

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[strmanglr]

I bought a curtain that stopped just below the headrests. First the dog chewed a hole in it. Then she learned just to jump it, border collie/australian shepard.

What I've done now when I want to contain her in the back is tie a leash to the back seat brace and give her just a little length on it. Surprised she hasn't chewed through the leash.

 

[ATX14]

I like to have my dogs in a harness where I can adjust the length of the tether to keep them from squeezing between the front seats.

 

[9Mike2]

You mean like this...

 

[Downing]

A Jeep doesn't look right without a mess of dog slobber on the windows...

And dog nose smear on the inside of the windshield.

 

[RubiconSS]

OMG! Pics of Dogs. I may look at only this thread for the next few weeks.

Too cute.

 

[jasonegla]

Since I don't use the brackets for the soft top frame...


I use a chain that's adjustable clipped to the brackets on the roll bar...

Then I don't worry about them jumping out.

 

[TnTsJK]

Dog step

Just found this great thread on "Jeeping with dogs". We are mature Jeepers with a mature dog with arthritis and she has trouble getting in the Jeep without help. Since she goes everywhere with us this is a real problem. We googled the dog sites and bought a ramp, waste of money and takes up too much space, then I fastened a piece of carpet on the lid of our 50-quart ice chest and she has no trouble hopping up on the cooler and then hopping in the Jeep. We keep the back seats down, and cut a piece of carpet for the cargo area which also covers the seat gap. We also have a Rugged Ridge neoprene console cover which she thinks is her pillow; the result, a happy dog.

 

[samlautranger]

I guess I am fortunate. I have a boxer, 2.5 years old now, had him since a puppy. And he always stays in the back seat, never tries to come into the front seats. Very obedient and knows his place. I do usually hook his leash up to a caribiner attached to the rear seat head rest, when I leave the car, to make sure at that time he does not try to crawl into the front, or even more important leave the Jeep since the windows are off.

 

[Sleddogn]

Looks nice. So far, what has worked for me is :
- Dogs sit
- I open the door and say "Get in"
- I say "Sit" (again) and.....

We drive away.

you obviously don't have huskies

 

[jhuandok]

 

[samlautranger]

Mr. Hank wants to know when we going for a ride in the Jeep again?

 

[Zenman323]

Love all the boxers in this thread - been my favorite breed for decades. I'm dogless right now, but this is inspiring me to fill my Jeep with boxer hair and slobber.

 

[Hilldweller]

Here's Jessi right after I installed the shelf behind her perch. She wasn't too sure about the smell of the new carpet...

Me and my little girl after a hike at Sherando Lake

My wife and the princess at Price Lake

Sunny spot camping

And one of my friend Roseanna's SAR dogs during a training exercise

Dogs are the best people.

 

[FJNOMO]

I have a 100+lb Doberman and I lay the back seats down. I made a 2 piece deck out of 3/4" plywood and put some anti-fatigue matting on it for a non skid surface. I measured and cut it so that it covers the crevice gap. I also cut them so if I do have someone sitting in the back I can still lay the other split down and put the decking for that side in place. He loves it. It was a cheap DIY and strongly suggest for folks that have bigger dogs.

 

[BlueBabySound]

Thanks for posting.

In my adult life I've had 4 dogs, a lab rescue and the last 3 were boxer rescues. We had to put down my Jeeping buddy last summer, haven't posted it here or FB and just now able to talk about it.

My wife decided she wants to train a therapy dog to go to children's hospitals and retirement homes. We pick him up this Wednesday and I'm trying to plan on how he'll Jeep with us.

Here's my thoughts right now:
Remove the rear seat, build a deck from the front seats to the tail gate, top with stall mat. I thought the space where the rear seats were could have a lid with storage underneath. Anyone have something similar?


Here's our new boy, Jax, at 4 weeks. He'll be 6 weeks when we pick him up:
Australian Shepherd






And here's my last Jeep dog, Duke.
Boxer

 

[DallasRecon]

Just found this great thread on "Jeeping with dogs". We are mature Jeepers with a mature dog with arthritis and she has trouble getting in the Jeep without help. Since she goes everywhere with us this is a real problem. We googled the dog sites and bought a ramp, waste of money and takes up too much space, then I fastened a piece of carpet on the lid of our 50-quart ice chest and she has no trouble hopping up on the cooler and then hopping in the Jeep. We keep the back seats down, and cut a piece of carpet for the cargo area which also covers the seat gap. We also have a Rugged Ridge neoprene console cover which she thinks is her pillow; the result, a happy dog.

Check out Help em Up Harness. I had one for my last dog which he never used. I then used it for my current dog when he was a puppy and the he ate it. Then I bought him another one and now we don't need it because he can jump in and out with no issue. We still use it for walks and he wears it when he is at dog parks just in case a fight breaks out and I have to pull him away. The harness would really help with getting her out.