https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:27:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traveling-with-dogs-and-a-baby#post-45684 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:16:49 +0000 mommacommaphd 45684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a lab and she's very good about leaving the baby alone. With our old cars, they just sat next to each other in the back seat- with the car seat in the middle. Now we have an Outback and the dog goes in the trunk unless we have it full of stuff, then she sits in the backseat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traveling-with-dogs-and-a-baby#post-45652 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:32:06 +0000 twodoghouse 45652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is something I'm so worried about! Our dogs do not run around in the car, but they are big (55 and 35 lbs) and I'm worried that even in our SUV, they will be too crowded with a baby's carseat back there (even though they lay all over each other in the back and don't really take up much room). Also, one of them still occasionally gets carsick. Currently, my husband drives while I sit in the back with the dogs so I can "catch" any doggie vomit with a convenient puke bucket we keep back there. I've pretty much decided that we are never going anywhere when we have a baby and everyone can come to us, ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traveling-with-dogs-and-a-baby#post-45585 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:39:03 +0000 chopsuey 45585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: hahaha i never had a cabbage patch doll! they scared me.. :P :) but yes. I would put the car seat in way in advance so you have time to train the doggies to stay off/away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traveling-with-dogs-and-a-baby#post-45583 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:37:37 +0000 mediagirl 45583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: that's a great idea. I was planning on, when we get closer to the due date, spending some time carrying a doll around with me though-out the house and teaching them doll=no lap time for puppy. I think we will do the carseat thing way before the baby is born. I might or might not still own a couple of Cabbage Patch Dolls.... I just can't bear to get rid of them! My lovees! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traveling-with-dogs-and-a-baby#post-45578 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:31:44 +0000 chopsuey 45578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: you should install your car seat and let the doggies get used to having it there. Maybe put a doll in the seat? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traveling-with-dogs-and-a-baby#post-45549 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:06:10 +0000 pelikila 45549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I would be more worried about my dogs going over or knocking the carseat if we had it in the middle of the back seat but since it is on the side, even if they jumped over it, they wouldn't have anywhere to land so they don't try. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traveling-with-dogs-and-a-baby#post-45546 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:03:22 +0000 heffalump 45546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only have one big dog and since the baby came he gets shot gun and he wears a seat belt. I take the back with the baby because I know he'd just sit there licking her the whole time.</p> <p>Personally I feel a lot safer having the dog in his seat belt, especially if they're sitting in back with a baby. If you get in an accident they could be flung anywhere, so it's safer for the dogs and your lo to keep them in a belt. Plus, I think its taught my dog that when he's in the car he has to sit still and he just lies down now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traveling-with-dogs-and-a-baby#post-45525 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:40:04 +0000 brownie 45525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bought a new car. We go the Mazda 5 microvan and the little dog goes into the foot well of the back seat and the big dog gets the way back. It's the only way for those things to work out. We have seen the big dog leap over the baby seat (sans baby). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traveling-with-dogs-and-a-baby#post-45524 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:39:23 +0000 mediagirl 45524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pelikila: Now that I think of it, they do settle down once we are on the highway. They're just hyper when we're stuck in slow-moving traffic at the beginning or end of the trip. I hope they respect the car seat like your dogs do. it's not a bad idea to put one seat down, either. My husbands seats don't split but mine do so, we'll have to look into that.</p> <p>Our big thing is, we are just paying off our cars and don't want to have to get a brand new car payment just because we're getting a brand new baby. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traveling-with-dogs-and-a-baby#post-45521 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:32:03 +0000 MamaMoose 45521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have an SUV? We do and we always put the dog in the trunk. He sometimes jumps over into the back seat so once a baby arrives we will likely get a gate so he can't jump over. If you don't have an SUV where you could separate them I would probably consider leaving the pups behind. I wouldn't be comfortable with two dogs and a baby all in the backseat together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traveling-with-dogs-and-a-baby#post-45505 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:23:28 +0000 pelikila 45505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also have two dogs that are used to getting the backseat to themselves when on car trips. Our dogs tend to settle down once we get on the highway so we don't have too much issue with them going from window to window. We have my son's carseat behind the front passenger seat so the dogs seem to automatically respect that they can't sit there since it is in their way. We have started to lay down all but the one seat my son's in and let them have more movement room, even if it is on top of our bags and such. We have also put one of their beds in the car so they know where they should lay, even if they choose not to do so. Consider putting the carseat in your car with a babydoll or something strapped in and see how they react to a short trip. I know it isn't the same as a living baby and how they will react to your baby but it might be worth a shot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/traveling-with-dogs-and-a-baby#post-45499 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:15:50 +0000 mediagirl 45499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was wondering if anyone else has run into this situation. We have two dogs. We are also expecting baby #1 (who will be an only child). When we travel, the dogs normally get the whole backseat to themselves. Obviously this won't work when we have a LO. For travel, we are thinking trips to our parents houses - we do not want to board the dogs for these visits.</p> <p>Has anyone else run into this problem and figured out a way to keep their dogs from walking all over the baby while on car rides? Our dogs are the type that like to run from window to window and don't really care what's in their way.... We have looked into harnesses but would like to see other options. </p>