Hound in a Porsche
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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?
Anyone had an experience with a dog and a Panamera?
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
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! 
A Springer in Panamera:
It's not really tight but it's a bit cosy. When we put the roof down she just plonked herself down and seemed quite happy and there was still plenty of room to move about. We've arranged a test drive with her in it so we'll see how it goes after that. We also stuck her in a Macan just for comparison!
It's not really tight but it's a bit cosy. When we put the roof down she just plonked herself down and seemed quite happy and there was still plenty of room to move about. We've arranged a test drive with her in it so we'll see how it goes after that. We also stuck her in a Macan just for comparison!
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