what i did is went and bought two $1.19 U-bolts and i had two (i dont know what they are called but it is what is on the end of a dog leash) put them on the bolts and hook the dogs straight to it. so i hope this helps out some of the people out with trucks lookin how to keep there dogs in on the road and trail. My pictures wont up load so if some one will let me email it to them i dont know how to re size it.


Thanks

Clint

 

use www.photobucket.com upload it to 640X480 then copy the IMG code under the pic then paste it in the reply box

 

Not sure how you designed this but I have always had a general question about that. Aren't people affraid their dog will hang themselves if they do try to jump out - or get bounced out?

 

thats why you shortent the leash eough so they cant.

personally, my dog gets to be in the cab.

 

My dog got hung on the outside of my old truck, I had shortened the leash too. I always took them inside after that. Now they get to ride in the back section of the runner.

 

im always afraid when i see dogs in the bed that theyll jump out or get bounced out and really messed up. i guess when i do have a dog of my own itll go in the cab with me

 

use a harness so if the worst happens the dog wont get chocked

 

My dog is learning to ride in the back, but I have a cap on the truck. He pretty much rides with his head in the cab to get treats and pats on the head. Normally he rides in front, but two of us plus dog in a reg cab is pretty tight. Gotta train him somehow....he has a 4500 mile trip in front of him

 

My gal rides in the back, Guinness rides up front.

 

my german shephard wont get out unless i park it. in that case someone has to grab her before she jumps out and greets people

 

The best place for them is the cab!

We have had 2 jack russels and both have had experiences jumping out of trucks the second one hung himself off a shortened leash. To this day i dont know how the dog got to the edge of the truck. The first jumped out and tried to stop the truck for a few hundred yards!

 

this way i made it the dogs cant get over the edge not matter what. i had my chocolate lab jump out when i was drivin down town doin 25 she hung for a bit and got loose. she now rides with a tight colar and no length. im 99% sure my black lab wont jump. but if i can figure ou this photo buck it thing ill get a pic up

 

I was always afraid to tie my dog on in the back. He jumped out of the bed once in 9 years, when he was a puppy. Since then he would rather be in the back then anywhere else in the world.

My theory is... "free smelling". the oncoming air, is like sniffing 8 million peoples a$$es at the same time! haha.

If I was on the road, he'd never get out. The minute I stop off road, he jumps and runs along side.

It really depends on the dog. Mine seemed to know which way I was turning before I knew, and would lean, and switch sides of the truck accordingly.

One of the few times he rode in the cab. He ended up going out the window during a turn! haha. He wasn't hurt. It was a stop sign, and apparently on my lap was a bad thing.. for a sheppard HAHA

 

I have to admit.. Nothing brings a smile to my face like a nice truck and a cool dog in the back. Well except maybe a hot girl driving it!

 

My husky rides really well, when he has to go in the bed - he usually rides in the cab unless I have stuff or people he would bother in the truck with me.
I have a 3 peice steel cable joined around a steel ring in the middle, it makes a Big T, the two cross bars of the tee go to the cargo hooks in my bed, and the other leg of the T attached to the ring gets hooked to his collar, its not long enough for him to make it over either side of the truck. it works great...

EDIT: It looks like this, I realized that my idea might not have come across clearly. It works wonders.

 

My wife was a vet tech for over 20 years. In that time she saw MANY dogs who had jumped out or fallen out of pickup trucks, as well as car windows. Some lived with injuries, some died from the fall, or being hit by other cars, other suffered terribly before thay ultimately had to be put down. What do you supposed many of the owners said, more than anything else?

"Well, he never did that before."

Please secure your dogs.

 

I own a very large German Shepherd. I'm sorry, but he is NOT sitting inside that tiny cab - He loves the bed anyways.

Anytime I say "truck" he bolts off for my rig and tries to tear down the tailgate

 

What happens to your dog when you get in a crash and he/she goes flying out of the bed?

Rob

 

just make the tie down point in the front center of your bed not on a side with a short leash. dogs have to get used to riding in the back, they have to learn not to want to jump out every time they see someone they want to chase.

 

My wife is a vet tech as well, and just yesterday they had a 3 year old chocolate lab come in that fell out of the box of a truck and was dragged about a block by his leash (way too long to keep him in the truck) He'll make it but he's really torn up, and will lose a lot of use of one leg. It's really sad, so please secure your dogs.