Does anyone use this for a GSD? I' have a 71 lbs detection dog and wanna know if the opening will be ok for a working dog in the back of the truck???
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Hi, our dog is 86 lbs and of similar body type to a GSD. I think this bowl/opening would work fine in the back of a truck. However, you'd need to secure the bowl to something as it weighs quite a bit when full and would be dangerous if sliding around. Also, bring additional water as one bowlful may not last a whole day.
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This is a great ramp. But we only use it in the back of our pickup. I'm 72 years old and have no problem opening and closing it up. Our 70 lb Siberian husky walks right up it. Never had to train her at all, mainly cause the service is just like our treadmill that she walks on everyday. If I had to put it in my Tahoe SUV, I'm sure it would fit. It has a handle and is not that heavy. Hope this info helps. Lynda california
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I don't think this would work - the opening is 25" tall - my German Shepherd loves it and its perfect for her, she's only 70 pounds.
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It is huge and not made very well. I also have a GSD. If your GSD is very active in the crate I would not recommend this one. I would invest in a sturdier one.
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Hi Kristina, it has done a great job holding my 60lb dog so far. I make all my dogs were a vest harness and then attach the dog seatbelt to the vest and it does a wonderful job of keeping them from climbing to the front seat. Also I losen it enough so they can put there heads out the window but not enough for them to lean out the window so much. So for my dog, yes it works great. I think it depends on your dogs tendencies, if you have a dog that will jump out the window then I'm not sure; but if you want something to hold them in place than this should work just fine. Hope this helps
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We have 4 dogs, 45-80 lbs, Yukon vehicle, works great for us. Our dogs are able to put their noses thru the far sides to peak out to us in the front seat, which is high up. Hard to say for small dogs though. But we like the barrier.
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I will chime in and also add that I believe that this will work for your dog. We have 2 bischon-poodles mix pups that are about the 18-22 pound range. This door is perfect in every way. My bro-in-law has a 80-90 lb black lab that squeezed himself through the door a couple of times because he saw the smaller dogs do it. Anything bigger than 50-60 lbs would be too big for this door IMO. Anything less is great
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Fred Beans...doesn't ring a bell. Not sure I bought from this vendor. If they say it fits your year; there ya go! CALL and query the vendor and save his E-mail reply and be CLEAR on return policies. I have a dog gate/grate that is a "Subaru" item and it did not depict a large opening that I consider gastly-the return postage was nearly the expense of the item-nearly $200. as it was an over sized box. Good luck
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My Rott is 120# and we purchased a LARGE. His body size is more of a German rather than an American Rott. We needed a device to hoist him into a sit/standing position from lying down because his back legs are no longer strong enough. The front half of the design of this harness works fairly well; we detached and disposed of the back half because it cut a groove into his groin...that which resulted in a serious infection. We now supplement a sheepskin lined harness similar to a fire log carrier to hoist his back half into a stand position(after lifting his front half into a sit position).
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Is it safe to use for tethering a dog to a seatbelt using the back ring? I don't believe this product was ever designed for that purpose. The straps are not that wide, so if the dog were to be restrained during an accident, I don't imagine that it would feel too good for the dog. My answer for that would have to be NO. I will say, that the intended purpose for use with dogs that pull has worked wonderfully for my 9 month old boxer dog. Of course, having an excellent trainer direct us didn't hurt either, but this harness is comfortable for dogs and works. I would definitely recommend this harness and proper positive reinforcement techniques together to correct pulling.
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We have 3 German Shepherds (78lb female, 90lb male, and 95lb female) and they do fine in them... we only have 2 of the cases though for the 2 younger/smaller shepherds... in a pinch I put the 2 females in one case together when we had a repair guy over... it was cramped, but they both fit and could both lay down.
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I don't see why it would not work. I have a 65lb GSD mix that it works great on. One word of caution though, after using one that worked great for almost 2 years, I decided to purchase 2 more. One was perfectly fine, just like the first one I purchased, but one had too small of a "nub" that holds the collar clip to the leash so it popped off when we were out on our walk. Luckily my dog decided to obey my "sit and stay" command until I could tie the leash on his collar to get him home.
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I would not want to move this back and forth. It would be a hassle. I have one determined large dog that will maneuver past this that we are training not to. The other 2 large dogs don't even try. It should work pretty well but it is not full proof. Good luck. If the Explorer is much bigger than a Jeep Grand Cherokee, this MAY be to small.
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If you have this on firm enough, I do not believe your dog could get out of this and as long as this is larger then the opening your precious one tries to or actually does escape from, this ought to work. Good luck!
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I also have a big boy GSD. I would buy big just in case. You can always take as many links out as you need to fit it properly.
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Yes Kristin I believe it will. My GSD is 110lbs and he has room on it... however, he still prefers to do the part on/part off
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Yes! My German Shepherd tried to dart across the front of the bike to get to a squirrel and the angle she took (because it is attached at the rear of the bike) was through the front wheel. I thought a crash was imminent, but it kept her from even touching the wheel. I have an Aussie as well who loves to chase squirrels and was always a challenge to keep focused on walks... She is "cured" of that with this attachment. She tried to dart at first and the attachment keeps her from going anywhere and I barely felt a tug. My dogs are 70 pounds and 65 pounds