this may not work if you have kids, but ours are gone,

and the wife has to take the pup to Obedience class,

and she can't control him enough to keep him in the back seat.

that red leash is part of an old retractable leash that broke.

just long enough for him to get out, without hanging himself. note it's on the chest ring.

he can get his out the window, but not his body.

that's an old table cloth, plastic to catch any slobber or mess. flannel lined on back.

and snap the rear cubby hole lids down on it. keeps it from sliding under him

 

Best way is to crate the dog. Should be enough room to get the crate inside that huge back seat area in our trucks! Also a lot better for the dog.

 

that dog have ridgeback in him?

 

Ours stick thier heads out the back window so the side of the truck catches most the slobber.

 

I got sick of the dog hair stuck in the carpet on the back of the rear seat(when folded down).... i also got sick of my lunch cooler sliding on that same carpet... So I bought a truck bed rubber mat(the 6'x8' generic version), and then trimmed up the shape I needed for the back of my mega cab...

 

wife can't pick up a crate. she can do this by herself.

the intent is for me not to be required to be present any time the dog has to travel (vet, class)

mom is papered Bull Mastiff, dad is BM and Rottie mix.


yes, a BM is a slobbering fella, lemme tell ya.....
he can string it all over

that sounds like a better idea.
12 packs of diet coke are the worst.

 

put the crates in the bed of the truck and get the dog to jump into the back and walk them into the crate i use bungee cord to hold the crate on the tie down from sliding around.

 

I'm old school....Put the dog in the back and let him ride...that is if you dog has enough sense not jump out the back. Let him slobber all he wants back there.

 

That's where mine goes unless it's long trips then he rides on the floor in the quad cab.

 

I have Border Collies, about the same size as your dog. I bought a medium size folding crate, not that heavy AND you can fold it up/down right in the backseat area with the seat/floor folded down. When I am teaching my young dogs to ride in the truck, or my Jeep TJ, I use the folding crate.

I also cut a bed mat to fit the area and got one of those dog dividers that I place just behind the front seat. As my dogs get older I use this to teach them that THEIR area IS the back. After a while they just jump in, lay down, and the training is over.

I also teach them to ride in the bed. Start with the crate, then move to tying them to a short lead that is attached to a center ring mounted on my tool box. They can lay down, but they cannot reach the bedsides with anything but their nose. That way they don't hang themselves over the sides of the bed. I have seen dogs hanging dead over the bedsides and out the windows - when they can reach their head over the side or out the window they can also find a way to get the other end out there first and hang themselves. You never want them to be able to get their head out when training with a lead rope/chain. Once they are trained, stop chewing seatbelts, stop puking all over if you happen to have a dog that gets car sick, then you can have them loose in the back without any problems. If they are allowed to stick their head out, you have extended what THEY see as territory and they will try to go there with whatever they can get out there. My dogs will sit with a window fully down and never have their nose cross the window line. It is all about how they view their space and territory, at some point if they bite someone outside the window line they see that as their territory and YOU become responsible legally. I would rather take no chances about the legal stuff and teach my dogs what I expect of them in manners. Same applies to the open bed, the bed rail is as far as their nose can reach, they are still considered IN my truck and if someone reaches in, that person is theirs to dispose of in their space, no legal ramifications as that is considered tresspass.

CD

 

Nice looking dog. I had a BM/Rott mix also and he was awesome. At 120 pounds, that dog could EAT

 

A crate is much safer for the dog. Put it in the bed and tie it down good. If he must ride in the back seat, again use a crate and tie it down. The crate is a 'safe' place for the dog never use it for punishment (dogs do not understand punishment in our terms).