My prius and Dogs

[Schnauzermom]

Oh! Too cute! I just bought my Prius yesterday, and haven't taken my 4 Miniature Schnauzers for a ride yet.
I haven't looked at barriers yet, but am going to. Did you ever try anyout since you posted ?

Doggie seatbelt harnesses work well - I can give you a make and model on those if you like.

I'm probably going to get a couple of crates for my younger two, the agility dogs, for our trips to competitions, but I want the barrier in case I ever have to transport all 6 (including foster dogs, also schnauzers).

After seeing the Hurricane Katrina fiasco with pets, I decided I wanted to be able to put them all in something comfortably for travel. No hurricanes here, but there's the threat of a dam upstream breaking that could cause havoc in Nashville, and a fault line in Memphis that could give us a godawful earthquake - I could have gotten all 6 in the Prizm, but none too comfortably.

I've been wanting a hatchback for ages, but loved the milage on my Prizm - the Prius is the perfect solution.

Laura


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Just want to share photo of my two kids, and why I bought the Prius vs. the Civic Hybrid. also added a pic of my bike.(same gas consumption(almost))

Its been a week and my average consumption is 5.5L/100km for about 500kms.

Is there any mod that will beep the horn to confirm that you locked the car(mine doesn't come with the alarm system). without getting a security alarm system. One thing i find difficult wth my car is to close the hatch and not realizing this could leave my car open in a public parking lot. Also which Pet barrier will fit inside?

Im loving my car and its nice to have a net-community for it. Good day to all
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(dogfriend @ May 15 2007, 04:47 PM) [snapback]442757[/snapback]</div>

I haven't tried this, but it might work for you:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod...p;N=2001+113233

One of my dogs travels nicely on the back seat - the other one is very skillful and will eventually end up in the passengers lap.
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Barrier behind front seats

Barrier for behind rear seats for cargo area.

This would work too.

This is the harness I use for my co-pilot.

I prefer buckling him in to a barrier because I don't want him flying around the car if I have to brake suddenly or we're in an accident. I know that's a hassle with multiple dogs, but both he and my parents' dog are trained to sit like passengers when they ride in the car with they're harnesses. Less hassle than a babycarseat really.