Can’t Beat A Handy Husband…

 …especially when he takes two days out of his life to build custom platforms just for our dogs.

You see, before the platforms, Meadow’s crate sat on an angle due to the hump that the rear seats created when folded down. So she was constantly sliding, which we believe was contributing to her motion sickness. Plus, when the seats were down, it left dangerous gaps where paws could slip in, and possibly end up in an emergency vet visit.

But Nick solved all of these problems with $20.00 worth of supplies from Home Depot, along with scraps of wood and gym matting that he had lying around the basement…and it made our trip to Florida a heck of a lot more comfortable for the dogs.

Here are the two wood platforms he built…

Which fit into the Jeep like so…

He made sure he cut the angles to fit to fit tightly…

Next he cut up some extra floor mats he had from his Dojo…

The two top pieces were made to sit over the wood platform, and the bottom piece protects the carpet that is not covered by the platforms and keeps the rear platforms firmly in place…

This is a view of the platform from the side door. Nifty place to stash paper towels for doggies accidents on the go…

The mats also fit snug, to protect doggie paws from slipping through the gaps…

The reason he made the platform in two pieces was so that he could take one back out when needed…

…so we could still use the rear seat…

He even cut an extra piece of matting to cover the gap that using the rear seat created…

And finally, the end result…

When we drove to Florida, we put our luggage on top of the Jeep in a cargo carrier and kept Meadow in the crate, which left Leah tons of room in the space behind it. She wasn’t all that thrilled about being that far away from me, but we gave her a blanket to lie on, and she eventually got used to it. Plus, Meadow did not get car sick, and both dogs were comfortable and slept for the majority of the trip.

I’d say his handiwork was a huge success!

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