Hound in a Porsche

Hound in a Porsche

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Osinjak

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5,453 posts

120 months

Sunday 27th November 2016
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Wondering if anyone has experience of transporting a dog around in a Porsche, specifically a Springer Spaniel in a Panamera. I'm properly bored with my current car (335d Touring) and have a burning itch to get back into a Porsche but the biggest constraint is the dog. We regularly do hoofing trips to Croatia so I wanted a car that would effortlessly eat miles and carry the Spaniel and my wife's detritus as she has remarkable ability to bring just about the entire house with her when we travel. We don't have any little ones so in may ways I could possibly get away with a 911 but it's simply not big enough for the aforementioned detritus. Didn't want an SUV so arrived at the Panamera which I quite like really.

Anyone had an experience with a dog and a Panamera?

MDL111

6,895 posts

176 months

Sunday 27th November 2016
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Drove to Croatia this summer with a friend and my dog plus a good amount of luggage in the FF - I assume a Panamera has at least the same amount of space

Dog is a German Pinscher and sat in the passenger seat, my friend sat in the back (other way around would have worked too)

Dannythemusicman

80 posts

93 months

Sunday 27th November 2016
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No experience of a panamera but our springer always travels comfortably in the passenger footwell of our boxster.

On a recent visit to the OPC, other half commented on how suitable the panamera would be for the doggy.

Osinjak

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5,453 posts

120 months

Sunday 27th November 2016
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Cheers chaps. I had a look at a Panamera today and the boot floor is quite shallow so I'm not entirely sure it's going to work, I don't want her skull squashed against a hot window. With the Touring it's not so bad as the angle of the rear glass reduces the top down effect of direct sunlight but the Panamera's is much shallower. It probably wouldn't be much of a hardship to have her on the backseat but it rather defeats the point really. I also can't persuade her to sit in a footwell, she just wants to sit on your lap all the time. Clearly in all of these circumstances I'm talking about the dog and not my fragrant fraulein. I'm quite envious of a trip to Croatia in an FF though, it must have been superb!

Edited by Osinjak on Sunday 27th November 17:41

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,230 posts

234 months

Sunday 27th November 2016
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This is the answer


Osinjak

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5,453 posts

120 months

Sunday 27th November 2016
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I'm not buying a Beetle, no way.

TonyG2003

256 posts

91 months

Sunday 27th November 2016
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I was looking at Panamera's at the OPC this week and had a good look at the boot space - specifically if they would fit our hounds (two terriers). Given the size of the Panamera's I was pretty surprised about the small size of the boot and the height of the lip. No way would the dog cage fit in!

OP - maybe you have to wait for the forthcoming Panamera estate?

RDMcG

19,096 posts

206 months

Monday 28th November 2016
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More than enough room in a Panamera for a Springer assuming the dog is happy travelling. I throw my Great Dane and Standard poodle into all sorts of cars.........even a Smartsmile

I have used this:



to transport this:



Admittedly, the RS is not ideal for a Great Dane, but she sits happily in the front seat..........

red997

1,304 posts

208 months

Monday 28th November 2016
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Lab / Collie cross in a Panamera - no problem
same dog also in GT3 - no problem smile


Osinjak

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5,453 posts

120 months

Monday 28th November 2016
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Cheers chaps. The Great Dane though, brilliant. red997, do you put yours in the boot or on the back seats?

boringbeige

376 posts

170 months

Monday 28th November 2016
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2 lurchers in a 911, no problem. Most dogs tend to settle in to the available space, no matter how unappealing that space may seem to us.

Osinjak

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5,453 posts

120 months

Monday 28th November 2016
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boringbeige said:
2 lurchers in a 911, no problem. Most dogs tend to settle in to the available space, no matter how unappealing that space may seem to us.
This is very true, dogs will by and large just get on with it and not give two hoots. However, the challenge I have is Mrs Osinjak who treats the Spaniel as if it were her first and only born and is the canine version of the Pope/Messiah/insert deity of choice. As such, the dog's welfare is at the centre of her universe and when I say things like 'the dog just gets on with it' this just falls on deaf ears. Not until she has fluffed the fluffiest of pillows or sourced the finest meats known to mankind does she relax slightly and allow the dog to repose upon its chaise longue. Ok, I'm clearly exaggerating a bit but I'm sure you get my drift. If I suggested to her that the dog could sit in the footwell for 1000+ miles she'd probably divorce me despite my protestations that the dog will just get on with it. I've learnt over the years that some things are just not worth discussing or suggesting!

red997

1,304 posts

208 months

Monday 28th November 2016
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Mine went in the boot in the panamera,
and pass seat of the GT3 !



Osinjak

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5,453 posts

120 months

Monday 28th November 2016
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Love it! I had a chat with an OPC sales bloke today who wasn't wildly convinced that a dog would fit - comfortably - in the boot of a Panamera but that I was more than welcome to bring my Spaniel down and try one out.. I'll have a mooch down this weekend I think and have a look.

911Alan

92 posts

142 months

Tuesday 29th November 2016
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My springer enjoys going out for trips in my Cayman, she normally hops in the drivers seat as soon as I open the door!




Tom_Spotley_When

496 posts

156 months

Tuesday 29th November 2016
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This is all vastly relevant to my interests.

I'm keen to find something interesting that will:
- Make my daily commute less stressful than a day at a spa
- Provide space for a Golden Retriever that apparently refuses to stop growing
- Have enough Schnell to cross continents in a single bound

Two of those are relatively easy to achieve with a barge of some sort, but the hound makes life tricky.

I'd basically narrowed it down to a Panamera or, the slightly boring and predictable choice of an A6 Allroad (caveat being the bitdi version.)

Anyone got a pic of hound in Panamera?

pete.g

1,527 posts

205 months

Tuesday 29th November 2016
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I think a good option is to train the dog to love a collapsible fabric based travel crate. which is easily done with treats and short car trips ending in walks/play - especially if it's Springer Spaniel sized.

Then you can put it on the back seat of a saloon, the front seat of some larger cars and in the load compartment of an estate or 4x4.

It might also save the inside of your car from getting covered in dog hairs.

You could sell it to the missus on safety grounds - it can be strapped in safely.

I don't use this method personally, but a couple I know have always had 2 dogs (Cocker Spaniels) and have always driven saloons using 2 crates on the back seat.


Osinjak

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5,453 posts

120 months

Tuesday 29th November 2016
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This is where mine sits just now:


Mr Moley

527 posts

189 months

Tuesday 29th November 2016
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^^^ that is like a suite at the Ritz! Bert was always pretty happy in the turbo and is relaxed about sharing the front seat of the aston with any nice young ladies he's stepping out with


fel71

477 posts

208 months

Tuesday 29th November 2016
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Darcy fits a treat in the back seats.