First of all, you need to take your dogs in the car with you aaaaaaaall the time. You might have suspected because of my excitement that I'm in reality, a dog. I happen to be a 10 year old yellow Lab and I love a great cruise in your car. Traveling in the car was all about me till my boss brought home an evil, horrible new pup. The evil puppy brought on dozens of complications and one of them has been exactly how for getting us both out from the car at the same time without anyone busting a leg. A plan and a little training should make this event rather easy to deal with.
Before you take multiple dogs in your vehicle along with you, put together a master plan about the best way to get us both out of the vehicle. At any time you do not have a plan we definitely will each bounce out just as soon as the car door is open. This can be cause bedlam. We all know that I should certainly get to go out first, but the evil brand new puppy dog does not seem to have an understanding of that. The actual main problem is that getting to cruise in the car is usually more thrilling than just about anything else, however getting out of your car is somehow 10 times greater. We all just get way too enthusiastic to be able to pay attention and do what you tell us to. Owning a pair of dogs this enthusiastic positively makes this a bigger problem.
There are actually a couple issues created by having a couple pets that both want to get out from the vehicle first. 1) During the turmoil, we could possibly get loose and race towards next block (or even worse, to the road). 2) We can potentially fall over each other and fall to the cement (which I am really certain would be painful. Although (cue the school marm tone of voice) I'm fairly sure we're supposed to be in a crate or possibly a canine seatbelt when we're in your car. Shhhh, do not tell our veterinarian about this because we get to be in the center seat in our car. Don't tell the boss either because I don't want to ride inside a dog crate.
The actual solution to this specific situation is the seat for the front car seat. Whenever you open the back car door to let us out, make sure you instantly move in front of the open door to block our exit path. You will want to stay as close to the vehicle as possible and you should shut the door a little bit if you can. You may really have to set your own foot up on the spot where your feet go inside of the vehicle. I was kind of shocked with the evil new pup and just how she was able to fit thru every small ray of light that she saw so you will need to be really careful so that you can block the exit.
Here is the plan:
*Open the vehicle door and quickly block the exit.
*Connect both dogs to their leashes. You shouldn't use a double leash here, someone could get injured.
*Choose who will get to go first. (I think the old dog really should go first, although I could very well be partial.)
*Wrap the lead on the evil, I mean 2nd puppy around the headrest of the front car seat.
*Hold the leash tight so they cannot hop out of the car.
*Tell the 1st dog to go - by name. "Baylor-go"
*When the first dog is out of your car and away from the landing place, tell the other doggie to "Stay" (for control)
*Unwrap their lead
*Tell them to go - by name. "Scout - go"
Yes, my name is Baylor and the bad other puppy is Scout.
I need to mention that this is not very easy to learn, however just like every thing else it can be done with perseverance, repetition. I used to be anxious that the evil new dog was going to jump on me. Today it seems to be fairly non eventful. Getting two dogs is a great thing but usually there are things that could cause issues. Training the dogs to get out in a somewhat organized fashion will wipe out the stress and chances for injuries.
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