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Title: Portable kennels in back of p/u and exhaust question
Post by: huntnfmly on February 20, 2022, 08:17:22 PM: Hey guys I’m going to start putting my dog in a kennel with a cover in truck bed and was wondering if there are any issues you guys who do that also have ran into with exhaust making dogs sick any precautions I should take?
Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Portable kennels in back of p/u and exhaust question
Post by: ghosthunter on February 20, 2022, 08:45:50 PM: I have done that for years with no issues I know of. I might be concerned it I were stuck in heavy traffic for a long period of time.
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Post by: huntnfmly on February 21, 2022, 05:18:16 AM: Thank you
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Post by: follow maggie on February 21, 2022, 09:58:59 AM: I’ve also done it for many years with no problems, as has my hunting partner
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Post by: Stein on February 21, 2022, 10:56:49 AM: I've done it for years as have probably a bunch of other people. Unless you have some trick exhaust that somehow directs it or the wind is blowing at the back and you are idling I wouldn't worry about it.
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Post by: UplandSetter on February 22, 2022, 04:20:13 AM: I've also done it for many years and never had an issue, as has everyone that I've run dogs with.

If you're getting one of those insulated mud river crate covers, they work great. Just FYI, I was always told to never zip it all the way up because the dog could theoretically suffocate. Not sure if that's true or not, but I always leave a gap between the zippers at least two inches just in case. I don't want to find out.
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Post by: Buckmark on February 22, 2022, 07:23:41 AM: Heck, used to tide in pickup beds with a canopy and without for years as a kid and still alive :tup:
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Post by: follow maggie on February 22, 2022, 12:18:59 PM: The dog’s in no danger of suffocating with the cover zipped, but leaving it open a couple or few inches can help a lot with condensation inside when it’s cold out.
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Post by: BD1 on February 22, 2022, 12:57:25 PM: :yeah:
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Post by: huntnfmly on February 22, 2022, 01:05:27 PM: Thank you again for all the info
It’s kind of what I was thinking but always like asking
Title: Re: Portable kennels in back of p/u and exhaust question
Post by: rasbo on February 22, 2022, 01:13:12 PM: Never had an issue with a pk,but I had a 73 blazer you had to keep the rear window closed
Title: Re: Portable kennels in back of p/u and exhaust question
Post by: huntnfmly on February 22, 2022, 02:32:17 PM: 👍
Title: Re: Portable kennels in back of p/u and exhaust question
Post by: follow maggie on February 23, 2022, 11:38:01 AM: Quote from: rasbo on February 22, 2022, 01:13:12 PM
Never had an issue with a pk,but I had a 73 blazer you had to keep the rear window closed

Most suvs are like that. The way the air moves around them creates a bubble of low pressure at the back so the exhaust gets pushed there. I think that’s why we don’t see suvs w/ back windows that roll down, anymore.
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Post by: KP-Skagit on February 23, 2022, 12:03:55 PM: I have heard a rumor, via my fiance, that there have been instances of CO poisoning in dogs in the back of pickups with canopies when the canopies are buttoned up tight. (CO comes in through to gap between tailgate and bed and builds up inside.) Says you are supposed to leave the window open to allow air flow through the canopy.

I am not sure I believe it. I am also sure that my opinion does not matter in this particular case.
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Post by: huntnfmly on February 23, 2022, 02:31:17 PM: Thanks everyone very much appreciated
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Post by: metlhead on February 23, 2022, 06:57:37 PM: Serious question, but why bother with a kennel in the back? probably breaking code here, but my dog has a permanent seat in the cab with me. I've an incredibly durable seat cover on the back bench. Just haven't the heart to have him hunt so hard, then toss him in a box. How would you feed him corndogs and peach rings😯
Title: Re: Portable kennels in back of p/u and exhaust question
Post by: huntnfmly on February 23, 2022, 07:27:20 PM: Quote from: metlhead on February 23, 2022, 06:57:37 PM
Serious question, but why bother with a kennel in the back? probably breaking code here, but my dog has a permanent seat in the cab with me. I've an incredibly durable seat cover on the back bench. Just haven't the heart to have him hunt so hard, then toss him in a box. How would you feed him corndogs and peach rings😯

I agree with how you feel my main reason is safety and sometimes a dog has to be a dog
He can have the corn dog and peach rings when we get back😁
Title: Re: Portable kennels in back of p/u and exhaust question
Post by: 509 on March 07, 2022, 03:20:41 PM: I did it for a few years, when we had a regular truck. I did notice my dogs were not happy riding in the back. And once the "smell" of exhaust got my attention, the next truck, had a extended cab and the dogs rode there.

You could put a battery CO2 meter back there and check the readings. Be sure the meter has a "history" record.

I won't do it again. I think the dog is safer and better off by having you remove the canopy, if you want the dog to ride back there.
Title: Re: Portable kennels in back of p/u and exhaust question
Post by: huntnfmly on March 07, 2022, 06:37:10 PM: Quote from: 509 on March 07, 2022, 03:20:41 PM
I did it for a few years, when we had a regular truck. I did notice my dogs were not happy riding in the back. And once the "smell" of exhaust got my attention, the next truck, had a extended cab and the dogs rode there.

You could put a battery CO2 meter back there and check the readings. Be sure the meter has a "history" record.

I won't do it again. I think the dog is safer and better off by having you remove the canopy, if you want the dog to ride back there.

Thank you for your experience with that
I do not have a canopy