My son has a 4 month old Sprocker spaniel who absolutely hates being in the car when it is on the move. My son drives a Honda Civic.
Initially he put the puppy in a fabric box designed for placing on the passenger seat, but the puppy chewed through the straps and tried to jump into my son’s lap when he was driving.
He then bought a dog guard to attach to the rear seats to keep the puppy in the boot….the puppy was fine on short drives but last Sunday he went on a 20 minute drive…..and the puppy had chewed and badly tore the rear seat backs (including the leather). This is about 200 pounds worth of damage!
My son then bought a medium sized crate (he didn’t want to crate train him) but the puppy is very happy to go in it and rest/sleep. Unfortunately as the Honda Civic has a sloping rear closing door, the crate won’t fit unless he has both rear seats down.
My son is now looking for a car with automatic transmission which will take a medium sized crate without having to fold the rear seats and turn his car into a two seater! Obviously nothing with a sloping roof and he can’t have a large SUV (we have a Hyundai Tucson) which won’t fit into his small driveway. He’s happy to buy a hybrid but a car which is about 18 months - 3 years old.
Does anyone have any ideas or can recommend their car please?