Comments on: DogCars.com: I wanna be a cowgirl, revisited http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/07/18/dogcarscom-i-wanna-be-a-cowgirl-revisited/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts led by Dr. Marty Becker. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:56:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Barb http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/07/18/dogcarscom-i-wanna-be-a-cowgirl-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-108609 Barb Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:41:09 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/07/18/dogcarscom-i-wanna-be-a-cowgirl-revisited/#comment-108609 Gina & Christie, Since you review 'dog friendly' vehicles, please see the email I just sent you with a link to an online interview with my sister, Paula Lawlor, discussing the proposed Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 216 - Roof Crush Resistance found here: http://www.thepatientsvoice.com/shows/currentshow.htm Gina & Christie,

Since you review ‘dog friendly’ vehicles, please see the email I just sent you with a link to an online interview with my sister, Paula Lawlor, discussing the proposed Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 216 - Roof Crush Resistance found here:

http://www.thepatientsvoice.co.....ntshow.htm

]]> By: KathyF http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/07/18/dogcarscom-i-wanna-be-a-cowgirl-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-96805 KathyF Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:47:01 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/07/18/dogcarscom-i-wanna-be-a-cowgirl-revisited/#comment-96805 My friend drove me in her Mini the other day, and it looked plenty big enough to get Bailey in the back. She puts her two samoyeds back there, though not in a crate. My friend drove me in her Mini the other day, and it looked plenty big enough to get Bailey in the back. She puts her two samoyeds back there, though not in a crate.

]]> By: Deanna http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/07/18/dogcarscom-i-wanna-be-a-cowgirl-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-96296 Deanna Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:04:30 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/07/18/dogcarscom-i-wanna-be-a-cowgirl-revisited/#comment-96296 Yup, gotta have my truck. (An F-150 utility vehicle -- no uber-plush interiors for us and lots of hualing and towing capacity with HD shocks, battery and brakes to go with the large engine). When I'm not towing a horse trailer and sleeping under the bed topper (on an inflatible mattress, thank you very much), hubby is hauling demolition debris (we are forever working on our house) or the two retrievers to field training. Hubby once hauled a port-a-loo for a pro field trainer who had a majority of female clients at a retriever training seminar. And as a dog-mobile, it's the bomb. With the topper on it and some modifications. We changed out the window in the back to the kind that opens (so we could get A/C to the topper compartment), we put dog crates on a platform made of PVC tubing and plywood (bungied to the truck bed). Two under-bed Sterilite containers fit perfectly under the platform. Storage for folding chairs and muck boots is alongside the crates. Additional crates, tables, ex-pens, etc. go on top. Coolers, bumper-filled buckets, dog water and misc. items go in front of the crates. And we yanked out the seats in the crew cab to make room for crates for our smaller dogs. Two humans and four dogs were able to travel comfortably for a day's drive to a week of field, obedience and conformation events. The dogs are comfortable and shaded with flip-up side windows and the flip-up back door (it's like a van door with a vertical door inside of it as well -- I gave my tailgate to a friend who had hers stolen at a mall). The flip-up back even provides a bit of shade for the humans. Yup, real women drive trucks. Yup, gotta have my truck. (An F-150 utility vehicle — no uber-plush interiors for us and lots of hualing and towing capacity with HD shocks, battery and brakes to go with the large engine). When I’m not towing a horse trailer and sleeping under the bed topper (on an inflatible mattress, thank you very much), hubby is hauling demolition debris (we are forever working on our house) or the two retrievers to field training. Hubby once hauled a port-a-loo for a pro field trainer who had a majority of female clients at a retriever training seminar.

And as a dog-mobile, it’s the bomb. With the topper on it and some modifications. We changed out the window in the back to the kind that opens (so we could get A/C to the topper compartment), we put dog crates on a platform made of PVC tubing and plywood (bungied to the truck bed). Two under-bed Sterilite containers fit perfectly under the platform. Storage for folding chairs and muck boots is alongside the crates. Additional crates, tables, ex-pens, etc. go on top. Coolers, bumper-filled buckets, dog water and misc. items go in front of the crates. And we yanked out the seats in the crew cab to make room for crates for our smaller dogs. Two humans and four dogs were able to travel comfortably for a day’s drive to a week of field, obedience and conformation events. The dogs are comfortable and shaded with flip-up side windows and the flip-up back door (it’s like a van door with a vertical door inside of it as well — I gave my tailgate to a friend who had hers stolen at a mall). The flip-up back even provides a bit of shade for the humans.

Yup, real women drive trucks.

]]> By: straybaby http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/07/18/dogcarscom-i-wanna-be-a-cowgirl-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-96067 straybaby Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:19:15 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/07/18/dogcarscom-i-wanna-be-a-cowgirl-revisited/#comment-96067 beautiful pic of Woody! beautiful pic of Woody!

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