Create a shade for your dogs while traveling
Here’s a good idea for when you’re traveling with your dog or dogs. I have often taken road trips from Kansas to Minnesota, and from Kansas to Colorado, and I like to take my two mutts with me, in the back seat.
I find they’re a lot happier when they don’t have the sun shining down on them. If they get too hot, they pant and pant and move around and try to get some shade. So I devised a doggie shade for my car.
I got one of those pliable, lightweight windshield shades — the kind that folds down into a small circle. I use some clothesline cord or something similar, and I thread it back and forth a few times between the head rests in the front seat to the buttons above the back seat that allow the seat to fold down.You can usually find some kind of peg or button or head rest to wrap around from front to back.
The window shade then just rests on top of the “webbing” that I just created. The webbing doesn’t have to be overly tight or strong, since the window shade is very lightweight. This blocks the sun from the dogs, and they sleep a lot better that way. It also keeps them from looking out the window all the time, wondering what’s going on out there. It seems to keep them calmer.
It’s very quick and easy, and is certainly inexpensive. After the trip, it’s very easy to take it down and put away. It’s been an excellent solution for my dogs. They love to travel with me, and I love having them along.
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I hope you find this information helpful. I know it has helped my dogs be a lot more comfortable when they travel with me. And they’re so much fun to be around on my visits back home with family.