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Lara53 · 22/01/2020 20:45

Hello! We are excitedly awaiting the birth of our Golden Retriever pup. My current car is not suitable so at some point in the next few months I will need a replacement. Ideally needs to be an estate or MPV with a large boot. What cars do you have with larger dogs? Thanks

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Witchonastick · 23/01/2020 15:30

Shogun, but I have giant a breed and live rurally.

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Wolfiefan · 23/01/2020 15:33

I had an S max and loved it. The only thing is that it’s high. You need to be able to lift the dog in or use a ramp.
We now have our second giant breed so a van!!

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Stellaris22 · 23/01/2020 15:43

We have a Ford Focus estate as we have a medium to large breed. Also do a camping activity with large canvas tents regularly so can say the boot space is excellent, admittedly we got it for this before getting a dog!

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Sexnotgender · 23/01/2020 15:44

I’ve got 2 greyhounds and have a Skoda Fabia Estate.

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Moondancer73 · 23/01/2020 15:48

Octavia estate - huge boot and loads of legroom

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handinclove · 23/01/2020 15:51

We've got a Mokka. What's most important is the height of the boot. Our large dog can sit up in our car which is what we wanted. I found the boots on most SUVs taller that estate cars.

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Xiaoxiong · 23/01/2020 16:14

We have a GSDx Lab and she is very happy in the boot of our Vauxhall Astra estate. It's tall enough for her to completely sit up, the window doesn't slope down too much.

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CMOTDibbler · 23/01/2020 16:19

We have two lurchers, and have a Skoda Superb (actually the boot is a bit big for them) and an elderly Honda CRV (perfect size boot). We are just about to replace the Skoda with a new CRV.

If you can run to it, a car where you can fit a car crate so the dog is in there and you still have some boot space is great - otherwise everything goes on the back seat

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rabbitsandrhubarb · 25/01/2020 22:26

Subaru Forester - estate, but with 4 wheel drive, perfect for 2 springer spaniels. Slightly higher ground clearance than a standard estate, but not as high as our previous Discovery - this becomes important as the dog gets older and is not so able to jump in to the boot. Also check that the boot is flat ie has no lip - makes it easier for dog to jump in or for you to put the crate (or shopping, or anything heavy) into the boot.

When we were looking for new cars we took our crate with us to check it would fit in the boot.

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VanillaGodzilla · 25/01/2020 23:06

Tiguan - enough space for our 30kg dog but we also considered the Passat and golf estate which also have huge boot space.

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Labralion · 25/01/2020 23:10

We got a vauxhall Astra estate and the boot is huge! We got a boot separator for those trips away and it's been perfect for our large lab! It was a great price too, very affordable.