Dogs (big) in back of a SWB

[Hopeydaze]

Now I have switched from a Jack Russell to a full-on very active Dobermann I am wondering what people do regarding securing dogs in the back. My 88 is a station wagon not a pickup.
Do you apply the 1960s,70s,80s norm of saying its a Land Rover, so chuck it in the back, or do you go with a dog guard (is there one?) and some sort of harness.
For reference I bought a genuine 'load space protector' for my 2010 Defender.  It's the bees-knees, and should be for £300.

[Alan Drover]

Dog Guard behind the bulkhead?
Your dog is a good anti theft device.

[whitehillbilly64]

A long nose, long tail, short legged, Australian Terrier would be a better option!!!!

whitehillbilly

[Bonnet-rouge]

Bruce sits in the middle , harness and have a short lead attached to the spare wheel mount in tub .

[Alan Drover]

These are mine. They ride in the back. They make no attempt to climb into the front as they're trained that their place is in the back.

[island dormy]

  My dog likes riding up front.
  However she's not much of a guard dog.

  Victor

[diffwhine]

I reckon the censors should be checking out that first image...

[Larry S]

Winston's definitely a Rover mutt.

[Hopeydaze]

Thanks everyone; some good ideas which i will try out. 

[w3526602]

Hi OT,

... but many years ago, I bought an "entire" Shetland stallion (£20) but had to
 borrow a mate's (Big Nebbie in DVL management) to get it home.

On vendor's advice, I climbed into the back of the Cortina, while the vendor and his mate picked up 'orrible 'ector, and threw him in the back with me. He spent the journey stamping his hooves on the bare metal floor, and shrieking into Barbara's ear.

Even forty years later, Barbara says the hair on the back of her neck stands up, when reminded of the event.

Hector was my first experience of crouching beside an unconcious Hector, holding his hind leg out of the way, so he could attack the "genitalia" with his scalpel. In the Swansea Valleys, vets expect their clients to "get involved" ... even with post-mortems. A neighbour's daughter was less impressed to arrive home, to find two blokes crouched over an apparently dead donkey, in the middle of her father's immaculate lawn. She enquired about the two "lumps of meat", also lying on the lawn, but lost interest, very quickly, when we confirmed her suspicions.

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[Richard]

I sit in the middle, just like border-before-me Rakker always did, sometimes underneath the "glove box", most of the time on the missus's lap. I know this is unwise of Richard, irresponsible, imprudent, reckless, dangerous, inconsiderate, not to mention unlawful, punishable, reprehensible and unethical even, but it's sooooo gezellig...

Izzie