S211 Dog Cage

[Deadhead]

The new puppy is a bit incontinent. In fact he's generally sick on even quite short trips. I'm expecting that this will improve over time as it did with his dad. However the puppy's diarrhoea is a bit troublesome.

Several times a year we take the dog to the south of France and we plan to take his puppy too. So I'd quite like to contain his erm... emissions to just one easy-to-clean area of the boot.

Anybody got any experience of or recommendations for cages to fit S211 E class estates?

 

[Deleted member 55947]

www.dogguardsrus.co.uk or www.boot-buddy.com

 

[SL300-24]

You ban buy a plastic boot liner from Mercedes main dealers which you can just hose out, and use the luggage net to contain the dog. Works well for my Old English Sheepdog and German Shepherd.
They also come up used on ebay.

 

[BTB 500]

I assume you don't leave the dogs unattended in the car, if so a cage is probably a bit OTT. Having said that if it's just for the pup to travel in any cheap folding cage that will fit in the boot would do - it doesn't need to be an expensive custom job. They are actually pretty handy to have around - we've got 3 of various sizes ... we take one to Germany for one of ours (who can be bit destructive!) to sleep in when we stay with the in-laws.

Boot liners are good but you'll need some rubber matting or similar to stop the dogs sliding around.

 

[Troon]

Take a look in the accessories catalogue for ideas and part numbers. I have a copy here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6933863/S211/accessories.pdf

 

[Deadhead]

According to my local dealer the shallow boot tubs and the deep boot tubs are "no longer available to order for your vehicle". Which is a bit of a surprise given that it is just over 2 years old and still in warranty.

Oh well, that's one decision I don't have to make. It's off to ebay for me then.

 

[BTB 500]

If you do end up getting a folding cage just be aware that some have the door in the 'short' side, some in the 'long' side, and some have both!

It's worth also giving some thought to how you'd get the dog(s) out in an emergency ... e.g. if you were unfortunate enough to get hit from behind on a motorway and the tailgate couldn't be opened.

 

[Deleted member 37751]

According to my local dealer the shallow boot tubs and the deep boot tubs are "no longer available to order for your vehicle". Which is a bit of a surprise given that it is just over 2 years old and still in warranty.

Oh well, that's one decision I don't have to make. It's off to ebay for me then.

I stumbled upon this when I was browsing Inchcape a while ago and I nearly posted it in the 'spotted' section of the forum but didn't think it would interest anyone;

Partition grille, lower - E Class 2002 - On 320CDI V6 Es - Mercedes-Benz Parts, Inchcape

Hope that's of use to you.....

 

[nick mercedes]

According to my local dealer the shallow boot tubs and the deep boot tubs are "no longer available to order for your vehicle". Which is a bit of a surprise given that it is just over 2 years old and still in warranty.

Oh well, that's one decision I don't have to make. It's off to ebay for me then.

B66648058 - should be easy enough to get one (see page 2 of google search results for a new one half price...)

 

[Markedes]

I would suggest that you also discuss this with your vet as it may be that the pup will always be stressed and need medication to overcome this problem. I have a number of working German Pointers and have one that is 2yrs old still sick in the car. If on long journey I would feed a little and make sure the pup remains hydrated. regular stops and make sure the pup is not salivating,a sure sign of anxiety and stress which can be fatal.

Regards

 

[Deadhead]

I would suggest that you also discuss this with your vet as it may be that the pup will always be stressed and need medication to overcome this problem. I have a number of working German Pointers and have one that is 2yrs old still sick in the car. If on long journey I would feed a little and make sure the pup remains hydrated. regular stops and make sure the pup is not salivating,a sure sign of anxiety and stress which can be fatal.

Regards

Thanks. If it persists I will. I'm hoping he takes after his dad who was carsick as a pup but grew out of it. He doesn't appear anxious - he doesn't cry and spends most of his time looking out of the windows. He is also well aware that when we get somewhere its usually an interesting place for a good walk.

 

[BTB 500]

Approx. half of my dogs (Standard Poodles and Border Collies) have been carsick when young - it's pretty common. They've all grown out of it though ... the worst lasted to about 2 years old (that's unusual).

There are various alleged remedies - one that's easy to try is giving them a ginger nut biscuit before leaving. Ginger is supposed to help.

And if it doesn't work you still have the rest of the pack to dunk in your tea/coffee

 

[Deadhead]

Good plan. We appear to have a bit of a ginger nut shortage around here currently. New year, need to shed some kilos, yadda, yadda, yadda. Be a good excuse to buy some more.

 

[WOODYTHEWISE]

I would consider using the Mrs car until the puppy remains dry.

 

[Deadhead]

I would consider using the Mrs car until the puppy remains dry.

Don't think I haven't suggested it.

Small Mitsubishi Colt. No boot really. Puppy would need to ride on the back seat. She took the pup's dad out in it and on the way back he vomited up a rabbit head that he'd just eaten. Neither he nor I [why me? I wasn't even there!] were at all popular for quite a while.

 

[Spinal]

Leash + Towbar? :evilgrin: Could be used in stead of the daily walk too...

(kidding of course)

 

[Deadhead]

OK. Well that problem's now gone away temporarily.

Judging from JJ's (the pup's dad) behaviour on our walk this morning there seems to be a bitch in heat around here somewhere. And not the one with the Mitsubishi. Since then JJ's been regularly trying to mount his son. Pup seems to think its a game which, since his dad generally ignores him all of the time, he doesn't see as a particularly bad thing. At 18 weeks his testicles still haven't dropped.

So they won't be together in the boot for a little while. Even if they don't seem to mind that much I'm not particularly enthusiastic about it.

 

[SavMan]

Just get a dog crate from a local pet shop, try petsathome as they normally have them in stock. you can also cut a vet bed to size as they are easy to wash out and will dry quickly even on route.

 

[Deleted member 55947]

OK. Well that problem's now gone away temporarily.

Judging from JJ's (the pup's dad) behaviour on our walk this morning there seems to be a bitch in heat around here somewhere. And not the one with the Mitsubishi. Since then JJ's been regularly trying to mount his son. Pup seems to think its a game which, since his dad generally ignores him all of the time, he doesn't see as a particularly bad thing. At 18 weeks his testicles still haven't dropped.

So they won't be together in the boot for a little while. Even if they don't seem to mind that much I'm not particularly enthusiastic about it.

You can buy a separator grid to put in the centre of the boot