Homemade CarSeats 4 Attachment(s) Hi all! I thought I'd show off my homemade car seats. I made them out of a rubbermaid container, eggcrate bed padding and pillows. The pups did great on their long drive from SC to our new home in OH. It was about 10 hours. Buckeye (Boston) was a little too heavy for his flimsy hook and the fabric broke. So he wasn't hooked in for about half of the way. It was great though. Tank slept the whole way and Buckeye just looked out the window taking in all the sites. |
That is so clever!!! |
Cool! I looked for a rubbermaid (well, any plastic container) that I thought would fit my SUV console - in the hopes of making my own - but couldn't find one. I will look again though! Thanks for sharing! |
Thats a very good idea. I'm going to have to try it ;) But I do have a question, does it sit high enough for them to look out the window? Did you just add more pillows to sit them up higher? |
That is such a great idea! I need to try that. |
Very nice! Please share how you rigged the strapping to secure them in the seat. |
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1. How did you secure the dog to the carseat 2. How did you secure the car seat to the car??? |
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I have one that I got on clearance at Penney's and my furkids love it! I only take one at a time in it, of course. |
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SOrry I haven't bee back on in a few days ot answer your questions. I was terribly sick :( But all better now! I covered the container like you would wrap just the bottom of a box (you know so it looks wrapped but you can take the top off without taking off the paper). I used industrial strength velcroe to secure the fabric to the inside of the container. Then I cut a small slit on the back corners of the fabric. This wear I slipped the seatbelt through lke you would on a child's carseat. When I buckled it in I made sure it was secured to wear the seatbelt makes the clicky noise. When I bought the boys retractable leashed they came with a nylon choke kind of collar (don't wory I've never used it on them). I looped it through two small slits I made in the back of the carseat and sewed it shut. I didn't sew Buckeye's very well which is why his broke. Anyway, I then used a small clasps that I attached to the leash and then to their harnesses. As far as the height, I bought a rubbermaid tub that was deep enough that I could put 2 pillows in it. The 2 pillows elevated them to about the height of what the store bought car seats claim. In my hubbys trailblazer it was plenty high, but in my Audi they are a little low still. Well, that's that...if you have any other questions let me know. I had fun making them. Just be sure that if you try this you buy a heavy fabric for the cover that it will hold the short leash. I'm sure you could make a better cover by sewing and all that but I'm a terrible seamstress so I just sewed enough to hold them in and cheated on the rest. |
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I was wondering if it wouldn't be more secure if the seatbelt went through the holes in the rubbermaid container rather than the fabric. Also I think I would make button holes for the leashes to go through the fabric and then attach then to the rubbermaid container as well, especially with the boston as it is heavier. Would that be doable? Nancy |
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How clever you are. Where is your new home in Ohio ? I'm in Cincinnati. Janie |
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