Traveling with pets

[Petrol Only]

I regularly travel 200 plus miles with seb. He's a pretty big lad. 25kg and all legs. He is in the boot of the car on his bed. Happy as larry. Is there anything else I should do? He can't fit through the gap so I don't need a dog guard? From reading the thread in GG dogs and two seaters. People chirping in saying have full harness etc and seatbelt for the dog. Maybe I'm being a bit lax with his safety?

[HumbleJim]

What I want is to keep dog-beast on the back seat and in an emergency stop keep him from flying about injuring himself/me/wife.

I use a harness and he settles down okay for 2.5 hrs between breaks. It's better in the MB because the front seat backs are hard up against the back seat cushion so no where to fall. Wifes Peugeot not so clever because he can fall into the foot well even with the harness.

I don't think you need a harness, if he could get through or be flung through to the cabin a dog guard would be a good idea. no point in a flimsy one though.

[Jasandjules]

We have a harness that locks into the seatbelt. Or we can attach a double chain to the back of it and secure the dog to a loading point in the back of the car.

If we crash the dogs won't go flying about the car. Bear in mind dogs have been killed by getting out of a crashed car and then being run over..