Booster seat/restraint as dog grows

[mothercoder]

I'm getting a Golden Retriever puppy next month, about 4 weeks before I hit the road. I plan on taking her with me in the truck everywhere I go during that first month so she can get used to it. I am researching good seating for her in the passenger seat which can be changed as she grows. To see out, she will need a booster seat to start with. And I believe in restraints for your pet passenger. I am open to suggestions on how best to pull this off. TIA

 

[tav-2020]

I'm getting a Golden Retriever puppy next month, about 4 weeks before I hit the road. I plan on taking her with me in the truck everywhere I go during that first month so she can get used to it. I am researching good seating for her in the passenger seat which can be changed as she grows. To see out, she will need a booster seat to start with. And I believe in restraints for your pet passenger. I am open to suggestions on how best to pull this off. TIA

How exciting!
Do you have back seat that is available(or at least half available)?
I use this hammock:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YYL0WA...91c2-8107008cc331&ie=UTF8&qid=1518106061&sr=3

Puppies tend to pee and barf a lot in the car until they mature and get used to the motion. This hammock gives them room to move around without tumbling off seats, is waterproof for accidents, hoses off and dries quickly. 

Back seat is safer for animal to travel in than front (death) seat.  I also attach a short length safety restraint to back headrest and then to dog harness, not collar! (see RED one in this pic)

 

[tav-2020]

here is a pic of Soren and Frazz when they were pups on their hammock.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I travel with a beagle in a standard cab pickup.  I built a platform for him to rest on since the seat is a little small for even a 30 lb. dog.  The platform allows him to stretch out, turn around, get into/out of the sun.  He wears a harness when traveling that is tied into the non-retracting part of the seatbelt.  The length of the tether is so he can touch me but not jump on me and doesn't hit the front in a rear end accident.  Sides of platform are because he claws at the windows, dash, seat when he sees animals. It also has a fixed water bowl he can't tip over.

 

[mothercoder]

How exciting!
Do you have back seat that is available(or at least half available)?

I'm not sure I will, at least for the first portion of the trip as I go to pick up my trailer.  I like the hammock better and it's a better solution as she grows.  I'll have to see what I can do to fit all my junk in the back.

 

[mothercoder]

here is a pic of Soren and Frazz when they were pups on their hammock.

How cute are they???

 

[DuneElliot]

My dogs would kill me if I did that to them. They ride in the back of the truck!

 

[packnrat]

cheap and simple.
plywood cut to fit seat, with supports bolted to the floor.
cover with thin foam and nice carpet for there comfort.
use a strap or seatbelts to make a cross line. then using a body harnes lock it to said cross strap.
only open windows as needed for your pup to stick his/her head out for air.