Hi,
I have a small car, with three dogs and a baby. This has presented a challenge!
I have tried various configurations. I have had a steel mesh grill (out of a horsebox - v strong) in between front and back, with baby in front with me and dogs in back seat and boot. I have dog seat belts. If dh is there one of us squeezes the dogs up and sit behind the grill in the back.
I have had baby in the back, one dog in boot, two on front seat or one on frontseat and one in backseat. With the grill removed so I can access the baby but this is unsafe.
The trouble is; it is safer for baby to go on the backseat but for some odd reason dog seatbelts do not work on front seatbelts, I have tried several cars and my dog seatbelts will not go in any frontseat buckles. Which is very odd! I don't like the idea of loose dogs in the event of a crash. Can anyone recommend some that do?
One of the dogs is an old lady and she probably is on her last legs so really being sadly realistic in future I will have two. They are collie x and one is the size of a collie the other two are a little larger.
What do others do? I imagine most people have all the dogs in a large boot safely crated up! I am not sure how that works with larger dogs!
I guess if I had enough money I would get estate car but these are expensive and expensive to run....