What type of car do you drive with you CsV??
 

Planning for a potential future with this breed and my current cars probably isn't fit to drive them around.

So what do you drive to chauffeur them around in? ;-)

Hello and welcome to the forum:)

We drive a Japanese make pick-up truck - lots of space in the back! Whatever you go for, it needs to be covered (against the elements) but have good ventilation. Shadow now doesn't like to be inside a car because she sees the back of the truck as her 'portable den' and the front is for humans :lol:

we have a KIA Rio :) we have 2 csw´s on the back seat. but in the future, we would like to have Škoda Octavia combi. The best is a SUV for sure :)

The 2 are comfortable in the back of a rio? That makes me think - I was debating whether or not a SUV was totally necessary or would a family-sized sedan suffice?

Thanks for the replies, keep them coming! Definitely want to get a feel for the right vehicle:)

Hello and yes welcome from another newbie

I have a landrover discovery and although she is ment to travel in the boot she likes to take the back seat when ever she can!

An old disused prison van...;-)

Cheers,
Michael

I don't drive :oops: but my boys favourite modes of transport are trains and tubes,we often get lifts in a cadilac which he hates!(Could be the leather seats) But he loves their open backed jeep :)

Doggie-trailer behind my pushbike. Although today I go a lift from Pec pod Sněžkou to Prague in a Skoda Fabia - 3 adults, 1 baby & 5 CSVs :)

I used to drive a Honda Fit, and now a Scion xD..

I would suggest that if you are planning to do things with your dog that would require leaving him/her in the car, like perhaps at a trial or show, that you get a car that has enough space in the back to fit a 500 series crate.

As it goes, my Scion doesn't fit a crate, so I can't leave my CsV in the car by himself for any length of time. He helped me 'remodel' the insides of my Fit once when I did.. :)

you might also look at what anchor points are available in the back. when we shopped for cars, we specifically made my car the 'dog car', (we also have a SUV but OH says dogs are off limited.. ) so it was important for me to have various anchor points in convenient areas - all my dogs ride belted in crash-tested seat harnesses that need them.

we can use only back seats. the back is full of my boyfriends music - car audio freak :D

Nice Topic !!!
 

I drive a Volvo V70 whit a dog cage that is crash tested in a V70 :p

" VOLVO FOR LIFE " :ylsuper

http://forumbilder.se/images/048201151112P8858.jpg
Rasty whit Zilja and Zeta

The SP test (Swedish Testing Institute)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rXQ9UecZ8c

Best regards / Mikael

Michael,

Do they make these cages for other vehicles? We could do with a proper one.

Yes, they are not just for Volvo, so you can put them in (all) cars...
>>> http://www.mim.se/?p=productgroup&i=1&l=en

Best regards / Mikael

Thanks, Michael - I'll look them up :)

That cage looks great! Thanks for the great feedback guys :)

and yokidomari, after I've seen you fit Ghost and the others into your xd - it looks like I don't necessarily have to look towards a SUV for the right vehicle

As often, Mikaels postings are most interesting and informative...!
:cool3:gent

Best greetings to Sweden

Uli alias Silvester

i want this cage too, but i didn't find how much it would cost :|
i drive nissan almera, maximum 5 dogs fit... 8)

hi everyone :) well my CSW Saygo loves my VW GOLF estate.... he jums in the boot very easily and waits when we open the boot to take the leash...never had run away on the street or smht... i had a honda civic before...well it's good if you travel with your friend (human) and 2 csw...

it is time to create a new brand of cars specifically for us - WOLFSWAGEN :lol::lol:

Hey Morian, nice game with words ! I like "Wolfswagen"...!:wink:

You´re good in German language... :ylsuper

But did you know already that "Volkswagen" originally was only produced in a town named "Wolfsburg"??

So you had the right imagination....

Strastwujitje to you in Russia !

Uli alias Silvester

wolfsburg, really? i didn't know :lol: very nice, so vw had a chance to be wolfswagen maybe :lol::lol::lol: anyway if one day i buy vw - i will change the logo into wolfswagen, just for fun :lol:

hallo to you in germany :beerchug2

Hey guys,
we have an Opel Astra Kombi, with box 2 dogs and 5 persons...or 2 person s and 4 dogsare possible...
and our 2nd car, even better
VW Caddy Maxi
very huge box...3 or 4 dogs are possible...and 5 people ;))

like Morian wrote, a really super "Wolfswagen" ;)

Tanja

This one might be a good dogcar :p

http://forumbilder.se/images/8a9201181743Pb93b.jpg

Best regards / Mikael

I have Wolfswagen :p Transporter with big cage inside. Last time I had inside 7 wolfdogs + 5 people.....
If you wish photos, I can send...

Originally posted by Mikael:
This one might be a good dogcar :p

http://forumbilder.se/images/8a9201181743Pb93b.jpg

Best regards / Mikael

Hey Mikael - is it your car ??

(Most of all I like the tongue of this vehicle- it´s automatically cleaning the streets , right ?;-))

Can you send us a picture of your house too, dear Mikael ? I´m really curious now how it might look like....

Best wishes to you in Sweden, Uli alias Silvester

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...9_238864_n.jpg

My wolfwagon...

Fiat Punto classic. Have a cage in the back and use backseats for baggage in case I travel far (2100 km in 4 days, for example). For short trips (10-15 km), Frei fits in the cage together with her similarly sized friend without problems.

Before I used my father's Toyota Yaris (3 door version), good for driving short trips without any conversion, and with backseats put down (mostly for the dog's safety - I didn't want her mauled in case some big truck does not notice me in front of him) used for cca 2x1000 km trip for the mating (only me and Frei in the car). I used the shotgun seat for baggage and dog food (frozen meat) for the week-long trip.

My friend has Ford Mondeo, with most of the back space turned to spacious cage, but there is enough space between the cage and back seats for quite a lot of baggage. Once we drove the whole pack of puppies (8 pcs aged cca 4 weeks) in the cage, while the back seats where down, one half of the created space turned to a space for the Frei (again very spacious) and the rest was for baggage for 2 people and the pack for 3-4 days including food for all and puppy-fence. And everyone was quite comportable ;)

I think Pato should get a patent for that one (he has the copyright already :lol:) - he converted an old Lada into one - the sedan model, so we used the trunk as trunk, the back seats were taken off, and there was a Skoda - Favorit mash screwed to a wooden barrier to keep the dog from getting to front seats. For longer parking the windows were open and fitted with another mesh - hard to describe but enough to keep the dog in but the car ventilated. Although he needed to repair the front seat once - Frei managed to tear off the wooden wall, and chew through the drivers seat to be able to sit in front waiting for us to return.

lada? haha incredible :lol:

Well, my experience says Lada (for me always Zhiguli) is a car for every use. Saw one that crossed two-thirds of the long axis of Baikal, on the Baikal, when it was frozen of course. The newer models (like the one Pato had) had also quite good power, not so bad consumption, and apart from the terrible looks and turning radius (shirokaya strana rodnaya) approaching that of MIG at Mach-1 :lol: quite fun to drive. Although, instead of power steering it had a mini-fittness gym for the driver installed.

surprising description from a foreign person, really :D
we think... something like this:

http://autolet.ru/.files/articles/11...age_middle.jpg

I would LOVE to see a picture of 7 wolfdogs and 5 people:lol:

5 humans + 6 wolfdogs fit in vw t4... we tried :lol:

I found a photo ;-)

Hello djb_yan. I wrote it bad... I have not photos of situiation 7+5. But it was easy. I have VW Transporter, longer version. So 3 wolfdogs in bigger cage, 2 in smaller cage and 2 under feets on owners. And 5 people on seats....
I can show you photos of "normal" situation...:
http://wolfdog.wbs.cz/fotogalerie/34/originaly/vw1.jpg
http://wolfdog.wbs.cz/fotogalerie/34/originaly/vw2.jpg

& here she is...

That's great! Super cool8)

Ha ha, that one was funny :lol:

Best regards / Mikael

Ottokar started at the backseat of our BMW 5- series sedan, last year we changed to a Toyota Land Cruiser, with a boot, that could serve as a wolfdog family den, but of course Ottokar still prefers the back seat, so he can lick our ears every now 'n then. :lol:

Anlways a very old Ford mondeo station wagon and in the past a Lada :)
So I can transport all kind of pets and other species :lol:

But in the meantime I did become "famous" with cars with troubles and "longer stay" in all kind of CsW meetings in different countries:))) hahhaha

:shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock:: shock: mijke, you? :shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock: i've never seen ladas (or other russian "miracles") in europe. only this year in hrabusice i saw 2 russian cars, both from slovakia. but... but... in holland... incredible :lol:

There are lots of Lada's in west Europe!:lol:
Even in my country all regions has several dealers :rock_3

I did have a very old fashioned big one ;-) But it did drive very well and most importent for me: in wintertime the heater did work much better than in other cars!:lol:

it's normal, russian winters... :lol:

Privet Morian !

well, you will be astonished - for I had got also not only a russian motorcycle in the past ....but since 7 years I´m now married with a russian wife !:love:bussi

So in this time we´ve also got a fine little "mix"- daughter ....:lol:
She´s almost five years old now - and I´m VERY satisfied with both of maia schenschina, you can be sure!:ylsuper:sooo_hapy

( And by the way I was able to learn a little russian language...)

So why not driving a russian car ???;-)

Best greetings to you - poka, da vstrjetschi

Uli alias Silvester

My travelling dog kennel.....
The outside

http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/z...h_paws_001.jpg

and inside

http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/z...9/ac505b7b.jpg

http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/z...9/7e511a57.jpg

http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/z...9/d8bcc180.jpg