What should I bring pup home in?

[Inbedbynine]

I have a mini dachshund who is coming home soon but not sure what to put him in for the car?

I wanted to buy a solvit but breeder thinks pup will be too small for the harness in it to start off with. He does have a crate but don’t want to put him in the boot on the drive home. It’s just me and dc (pre teen and teen) so ideally want to put him sat between them. Do I buy a small cheap fabric crate just for the first few weeks?

i think i would get something like this (a cheaper version of the solvit) until he is older, because what fits him now obviously wont in a few months time. all the best x

With puppies I always just wrap them in a blanket and hold onto them.

The law is a dog must be restrained in a car... which he wouldn’t be on a lap? I’m a LP so only adult, he will be with the dc for the 45 minute drive? It’s across county and if he’s sick or pees or poos on the dc not many places to pull over to sort them out?

That looks cute on amazon, will have to go hunting as delivery is too late for when we get him. sleep have you seen one in real life? Wondering how it attaches to the chair as in picture that’s a front seat? My car has individual back seats but in a row IYSWIM?

I bought a soft crate which had handles that looped over the headrest on the back seat and I also put the seat belt through another handle.

i have seen one similar in real life, and it was used on the back seat. wasn't mine so didn't get to see how it was attached but looked secure x

I brought mine home in a deep cardboard box with blankets in

I have plenty of cardboard boxes.... but I’m worried about him getting out/getting excited etc and I’m driving..... if dc has their way he would be on their laps!

Borrow a car carrier...

Cat lol

Cat carrier...

Is it actually the law? Didn't know that

Cat carrier would be fine. I attempted bring a puppy home in a cardboard box once and it was a nightmare 🤣, a crate or cat carrier is probably best if you don’t want it on your dc’s lap.

I actually don’t know anyone with a cat to ask for a carrier!!!

Yes apparently that is the law about a dog has to be secured in the car.

Brought our puppy home in a cat carrier which we put in the boot. He liked the dark, curled up and went to sleep and in fact we crate trained him in that cat carrier too only moving to his big crate when he got too big for the cat carrier. We now have a big soft collapsible travel crate in the boot that he happily jumps into whenever we go out but he gets really distressed if he travels in the actual car.

We brought our puppy home in a cardboard box on the back seat, lined with puppy pads, with a blanket and toy that smelled of her mum. I was expecting it to be an awful 5h drive but she slept for half, woke when we stopped at the services, had a drink and then slept again for the rest. Not a peep out of her! I’m a single parent and my 13y old sat next to her and my 9y old in the front (she thought she was very lucky as has never been in the front!) with me.
Thereafter we used the soft car crate that we can zip her into but the box was great for getting her home as my daughter could fully watch her.