I really don't countenance leaving your dog in your car but when you have to transport it you need to make sure it's safe. I've bought one of these and it is a fantastic bit of kit, a bargain at the price to know your dog is safe! I work mine and when we're training at the club, but the dogs aren't working they are in the cage in the back with the tailgate and windows open, so it's a useful check that it's not getting too warm in there.


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I like the look of this as most of what we do is based around the hounds , even our holiday is based around the hounds as we rent a property in the New Forest .... am also looking for the best option when it comes to a new cage for the Range Rover and there are so many suppliers out there with all sorts of different options , the one I really fount of interest was a company call Lintran that make there cages out of a toolbox type of material , the only trouble is the wanted to supply me with a standard size cage which is only 29 inches high and my hounds stand at lot higher than that.

I have to say that I was really surprised by the size of the back of the Range Rover as in it was smaller than I was expecting it to be but to be honest I want a cage that will take full advantage of the internal hight of the car and I think its going to be a case of getting a cage made to measure or going for the cage Bargo do that takes advantage of all of the internal space of the back of the Range Rover but the only problem with this is if I needed to take it out , it means taking it apart form the inside ..... oh the joys of making the decision and it get worse as the car is with Cam-Tech-Craig at the mo having loads of work done and we go away the first two week of July so need the cage sorted before then

Might be a silly question but do you have a Range Rover and if so what sort of cage have you got ??

Cheers

Dave

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I'm with the not leaving dogs in cars, alarm or no alarm.

My 2 like me to leave the boot open when it's on the drive so they can use it like a kennel. Of course, they're free to hop in and out as they please.

Otherwise I wouldn't leave them in a car they couldn't get out of themselves unless we're travelling, in which case they've normally got the back windows a bit anyway.

The alarm thing is a decent enough idea but I would be worried about it failing. My boys are much more important than anything which would need me to leave them in an unattended car.

To me this alarm is like seatbelts and airbags. They don't mean that you can now drive like an idiot.

When you leave your dog(s) in the car, you should do it in a way that they can't be harmed AT ALL, by anything. The alarm will help in cases where the car may be warming up, you can't see it and the dog(s) is/are asleep for example. The alarm is like the seatbelt, you hope that it will never ever be needed in your entire lifetime but it could come in handy on day when things really don't go as planned. MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
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I have to say as a long time dedicated lover of dogs I think the comment of You shouldn't leave the dog in a car for any reason is a bit overkill in my honest opinion as when ever ours have been left in the car for one I would make sure it was an area in the shade and as ours are in a lockable cage on the V70 the tailgate would be open and would always make it a priority that there was plenty of air getting into the car and if was to hot like when we were on holiday last , while the Boss was having a tattoo done I was driving around with the aircon going until she had finished . We always make the care of our dogs a top priority with things like cool blankets that you soak in water but the surface that is in contact with the dog is not wet but does keep them cool. maybe this is going to be taken as me ranting but just felt the comment was a bit on the strong side.

Oh I meant to add to that ..... that i would be able to see them.

But hey you guys are entitled to your opinion

Should have added "unattended"

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I was surprised at the lack of space in the boot area as well, for such a big car you are expecting it to be HUGE!! I've just sold my FF but had a TransK9 box (pictured below). I was very impressed with the quality, I've previously had a Lintran box and in my opinion these are leagues apart. As it happens I've not had chance to put it on ebay yet so drop me a PM if you're interested? I've also got the dog guard and load liner that will be going on ebay shortly too.

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To me this alarm is like seatbelts and airbags. They don't mean that you can now drive like an idiot.

When you leave your dog(s) in the car, you should do it in a way that they can't be harmed AT ALL, by anything. The alarm will help in cases where the car may be warming up, you can't see it and the dog(s) is/are asleep for example. The alarm is like the seatbelt, you hope that it will never ever be needed in your entire lifetime but it could come in handy on day when things really don't go as planned.

I have to transport my dog to work and have a box made by a firm in North Yorkshire called CAB.

My box was originally made for a Renault scenic so is tall, but fits the Rangy perfectly.

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That's where I've got my next one on order from as they'll make it to measure - bit of a wait though but they're making one that goes through over where the back seats are folded down so loads of room for my too.

Do you know Kini by any chance?

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Its funny that I was only on the phone to these people this afternoon and then found out that the rear escape hatch is an added extra which to me is crazy because if you were involved in a serious rear end crash you wouldn't be able to get the dogs out and i found it even more bizarre that the person I spoke to said most people preferred it without the escape door ........ maybe its just that the cage I have at the moment in my v70 has an escape door at the front that I would have to have the same in the new cage and I would of been interested in your cage but to be honest I really want a cage the will take advantage of the full hight of the interior of the car and funnily enough was looking at the Lintran full hight security cage but am getting the impression that you were not impressed by the Lintran cages which sort of puts me off that idea as well but would like to know why you weren't impressed with the lintran cages ??

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Yes, that was my misgiving about the TransK9 as although it is allegedly specific to the FF it does'nt take advantage of the height available. At the time I needed one in a hurry and CAB was too long a wait so I went for the TransK9 as it was in stock. In fairness I found that the dogs tended to lie down in it anyway when we were moving so it was OK. Having said that the new one is going to be as tall as possible!

I think CAB put everything on as an extra so you can spec it how you want and you only pay for the features you want. I've been to a lot of bumps with work and I can't recall ever going to one where a dog was trapped in the rear, either in a box or otherwise. I'm not saying it won't or couldn't happen but I suspect if the car was that badly damaged you couldn't open the boot then you might be struggling to open the rear doors and fold the rear seats, never mind open the escape hatch. The water fairies would oblige though, I'm sure.

The Lintran box I had was nothing like as solid and hadn't got the structural integrity of either CAB or TransK9. I certainly wouldn't be confident that one of my Shepherds couldn't wreck the gate if they got fired up. A simple test of the strength/integrity of the design is that I would quite happily stand on either the CAB or the TransK9 and not worry, whereas I wouldn't climb on top of my Lintran and stand on it. It depends what dogs you are putting in I guess but in the scale of things there isn't that much of a price difference.

Hope that helps?