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09/11/2015 at 4:22pm
Location: Leicester
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Hi,
We've still not purchased our MH, giving it plenty of thought, but are borrowing a freinds for a weekend - any advice on the best way to travel with a dog? She's well behaved but not sure I'd be able to get her to stay on her bed.
Do others let them wander around? Is this legal ? Kids will be sat in the back with her so she might stay put but I'm not sure.
She's a medium sized, collie cross/beagle?
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09/11/2015 at 4:41pm
Location: Shropshire
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Hi..
Any "legalities" aside, at the very least I'd be using a decent padded harness, securely tethered, rear of the cab..eg around a rear seat belt anchor point or table/furniture fixing?
Some dog owners do indeed just let them wander and/or settle where they want to...but on once having to hit the brakes at a modest 40mph-ish, resulting in a rucksack skidding down the van and slamming into the back of my cab seat..I'd hate to think what it would've done to a dog! 
More importantly, the kids WILL be in seat belts and not just sitting on habitation/lounge seats?...
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09/11/2015 at 5:15pm
Location: Milton Keynes
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We always travel our 2 dogs I a soft sided fabric crate. They like going in it and we never have problems getting them in. Much safer when travelling in a MH or even in the car. We even stand ours in the back of our Sorento behind a dog guard and they travel around in that. Much safer for the dogs in an accident.
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09/11/2015 at 5:59pm
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Hi,
We have the seat belt anchors for our dogs but to be honest don't use them.
They immediately settle down between the driver and passenger seat (in our Transit cab) or occasionally wander of and lay under the table of the dinette.
They are both medium labradoodles so we don't have enough room for crates.
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10/11/2015 at 2:31pm
Location: East Herts
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Our little dog always travels in his wire cage. If I do have to brake hard, or have an accident, he can't go far so he is unlikely to get seriously hurt. We got him used to the cage by leaving it indoors with the door open. He soon decided to explore it, and started going in it to sleep. Now when we go out it is in the back of the car and he just goes straight in and settles down, knowing he's off on another "adventure".
The cage folds up quite small when not in use, but when it comes out of the cupboard, Benji gets excited as he knows he's going somewhere.
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10/11/2015 at 10:21pm
Location: East Herts
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I quite agree it would be very dangerous if the cage were not anchored. Ours always is. Our dog has a lovely soft mattress in his cage, and he chooses to go in there. Before we got the cage he was a nuisance in the car. He was all over the place, and wouldn't settle. I was also concerned that if he were loose in the car and I was involved in an accident, or even had to brake hard, he would go flying and probably be badly hurt.
In his cage he can only go as far as the side of the cage. I'm sure he feels safer in there too, as he settles down straight away.
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10/11/2015 at 10:59pm
Location: Ayrshire
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Another vote for the soft crate (ours from Fiamma). Our dog is used to a steel crate at home but it doesn't fit into the MH. But also think about when you arrive - we have a long lead that's attached to the handle by the back door, dog is clipped on before the habitation door is opened or she'd dash out and run off. If we're sitting outside, she's clipped onto another long lead that's tied onto the back bumper. Others use a gadget that screws into the ground but the key thing is the dog mustn't run free on the site. As for sleeping - ah, well: that's for you all to sort out!
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10/11/2015 at 11:13pm
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We got one of these
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00K70Y1X0/ref=sr_ph?ie=UTF8&qid=1447197130&sr=1&keywords=soft+dog+crate
they come in all different sizes,
pack away nice also!
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11/11/2015 at 6:54am
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We also use a soft crate with both dog harness and crate secured to seat belt connection or something solid. Car or motorhome makes no difference, dog is to precious to be allowed to move freely about unsecured whether in the front or back of any vehicle.
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