WyoTraveler wrote: If I were a breeder showing animals and needed to transport them to shows, or I was a hunter and transported several animals to the field I would use a crate. I suspect that is where the real need of the crate came from.LOL
Nothing further from the truth. Hunters and people who show just happen to KNOW the importance of safely transporting a pet and implement it.
Loose dogs in a moving vehicle is just down right dangerous to the pet, the driver, and IMHO more importantly to the people driving around them.
A loose dog in any type of vehicle becomes a projectile in an accident. They can be ejected thru a windshield, be thrown about the inside of the vehicle causing them severe injuries and/or more importantly can be thrown into the driver possible causing more harm to the occupants being unable to control the vehicle and involving even more vehicles around them in the accident. All this can happen with a 30 mph rear end accident.
A loose dog in a vehicle involved in an accident which requires emergency medical personnel, the first thing the EMT is going to do to help the occupants is open the door and out goes your pet into traffic, most are killed instantly.
So no, crates where not designed just for hunters. They were designed to conform with airline requirements to safely ship animals in airplanes AND to be able to withstand being dropped, and/or thrown around within the belly of a plane and keep the animals safe from harm. I.E. their nomenclature of "airline crate".
Concerned and responsible pet owners secure their pets in crates while traveling in a vehicle for "safety" reasons.
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I'm planning a trial run with video this weekend. I will be taking him in the fiver, in a crate secured in place the best I can and driving 27 miles round trip. Traveling 6 miles on dirt road, 13 miles on county paved roads, and 8 miles on a US highway. I want to see how he reacts and will capture the ride on video. I realize this doesn't equal a 10 hour run across country but will be a representative sample. We are planning stops about every 2 1/2-3 hours.
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mowermech wrote: I, too, have a standard cab pickup. When we were traveling with the fifth wheel, the dogs and the cats were in the trailer, in travel cages, in the bedroom over the hitch, where the ride is best (DW rode back there once, and verified that the ride on the bed is quite comfortable).
Yes, they are ANIMALS, not children! Yes, they are also family pets, not "just dogs and cats". PETS, not children! No, they are NOT our "fur-kids". IMO that is a sickening description of a pet! I fathered 6 children, and not one of them has FUR!
How arrogant it is to say "It is obvious". Arrogant and asinine!
Anyway, I traveled with cats in the cab of a standard cab pickup many years ago. When cats are nervous, they shed. Oh, boy, do they shed! It took WEEKS to get all the hair out of all the nooks and crannies of that cab. NEVER AGAIN!
By the way, I would never allow my children or grandchildren to go out in the back yard and poop on the grass, either, like the PETS do. By the same token, the grandchildren are not allowed to ride in the trailer, or in the camper (when I had one), nor are they allowed to ride in the motorhome without being securely belted. PETS don't get that kind of consideration, only children do.
PETS are ANIMALS, not CHILDREN!
WOW!!!!! This is the best response I have read yet to all the people that are up in arms about an ANIMAL. Yes I have dogs, yes they are family pets, yes we love our pets, but they are exactly that, they are PETS, they are not one of our children and I think the people that run around referring to their pets as their "furkids" need to step back and take a look at the way they think. There is a reason there are comics/tv shows/movies that portray the "crazy cat lady" type person.
All that being said. If I were the OP I would check these out for shade. Would need to do some measuring to see if it works with the 5er Works Great
I have one and it works great with my Great Danes, in their kennels, secured in the bed of crewcab truck, where they should be, not in the cab where they can be a danger to us or themselves, by in some way interfering with safe driving. The back seat of the crewcab belongs to my KIDS. The real ones, our children, the human ones.
Most pets these days act better than kids tho
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Wills250psd wrote: We put ours in the crate in the TT has worked great!!
Obviously you have just a dog and not a family pet. If I wouldn't travel in the TT while on the road then I wouldn't expect our family pet to ride there.
That would be where you are WRONG, our dog feels safer in the crate and do not like to ride in the truck(stresses out) So before you judge maybe you should take a minute and think about the stupidity about to drip out of your mouth. I stated what works for me and dont care what you think!!
i suggest you ride in your TT while someone else drives. then maybe you might change your mind.
i drove just a mile with the DW in our HTT and she cursed me up and down and said to never do that again. and that was at a very low speed.
So you put your Wife in the TT and you advise me not to put my pet in their.LMFAO
i said i drove a mile at low speed. we had to move the trailer and she said she'd be fine in the trailer for that short of a trip, even though i tried to convince her otherwise.
all i suggested is that you see what it's like inside the trailer when traveling. then you'll know what it's like and if that's o.k. in your opinion, for your dog.
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Wills250psd wrote: We put ours in the crate in the TT has worked great!!
Obviously you have just a dog and not a family pet. If I wouldn't travel in the TT while on the road then I wouldn't expect our family pet to ride there.
That would be where you are WRONG, our dog feels safer in the crate and do not like to ride in the truck(stresses out) So before you judge maybe you should take a minute and think about the stupidity about to drip out of your mouth. I stated what works for me and dont care what you think!!
i suggest you ride in your TT while someone else drives. then maybe you might change your mind.
i drove just a mile with the DW in our HTT and she cursed me up and down and said to never do that again. and that was at a very low speed.
So you put your Wife in the TT and you advise me not to put my pet in their.LMFAO
i said i drove a mile at low speed. we had to move the trailer and she said she'd be fine in the trailer for that short of a trip, even though i tried to convince her otherwise.
all i suggested is that you see what it's like inside the trailer when traveling. then you'll know what it's like and if that's o.k. in your opinion, for your dog.
Maybe with Mor-Ryde suspension the ride wouldn't be so bad.
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Terryallan wrote: You got to wonder about all them poor horses riding in their trailers. It's really sad They can't ride in the cab too.
I must be really bad.., I have over 300 horses confined under the hood!
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mowermech wrote: I, too, have a standard cab pickup. When we were traveling with the fifth wheel, the dogs and the cats were in the trailer, in travel cages, in the bedroom over the hitch, where the ride is best (DW rode back there once, and verified that the ride on the bed is quite comfortable).
Yes, they are ANIMALS, not children! Yes, they are also family pets, not "just dogs and cats". PETS, not children! No, they are NOT our "fur-kids". IMO that is a sickening description of a pet! I fathered 6 children, and not one of them has FUR!
How arrogant it is to say "It is obvious". Arrogant and asinine!
Anyway, I traveled with cats in the cab of a standard cab pickup many years ago. When cats are nervous, they shed. Oh, boy, do they shed! It took WEEKS to get all the hair out of all the nooks and crannies of that cab. NEVER AGAIN!
By the way, I would never allow my children or grandchildren to go out in the back yard and poop on the grass, either, like the PETS do. By the same token, the grandchildren are not allowed to ride in the trailer, or in the camper (when I had one), nor are they allowed to ride in the motorhome without being securely belted. PETS don't get that kind of consideration, only children do.
PETS are ANIMALS, not CHILDREN!
WOW!!!!! This is the best response I have read yet to all the people that are up in arms about an ANIMAL. Yes I have dogs, yes they are family pets, yes we love our pets, but they are exactly that, they are PETS, they are not one of our children and I think the people that run around referring to their pets as their "furkids" need to step back and take a look at the way they think. There is a reason there are comics/tv shows/movies that portray the "crazy cat lady" type person.
All that being said. If I were the OP I would check these out for shade. Would need to do some measuring to see if it works with the 5er Works Great
I have one and it works great with my Great Danes, in their kennels, secured in the bed of crewcab truck, where they should be, not in the cab where they can be a danger to us or themselves, by in some way interfering with safe driving. The back seat of the crewcab belongs to my KIDS. The real ones, our children, the human ones.
armyeng beat me to it but I was gonna also say what mowermech pretty much said, very well stated!
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