The inside of our westy and van would be practically unusable by humans if our dog Thompson got in after "breading himself" (we call it) in the dirt after a dip in the stream. Likewise human children after trips the the beach--sand is even more insidious than mud. Our answer is a tarp that lives under the back seat. It goes from behind the front seats where it tucks in under them (more or less, depending on which car and which seat configuration we have at the time) and over the back seat. We put stuff in the back to keep the dog from jumping the seat back, and put our packs or whatever in the passageway to keep him from coming up front. Holds up to claws and shoes. If you need to cut a hole for a seat belt, go ahead. Stows cleanly while wet and dirty. Cheap and easy. Can't be beat. Jim On Feb 20, 2007, at 4:39 PM, chris wrote: > those of you with dogs, what mods have you done to keep things clean? > > I have two german shepherds and we usually go to the beach 5-6 times a > week. Between the shedding, the sand and the water, it gets REALLY > messy > and fast. > > The route im considering now is going all vinyl for upholstery, vinyl > for the flooring and maybe a temp rug I can put on the floor and > easily > take out/shake out /trash. > > any tips? > > ps - posting about XM and serious was sort of vanagon related, but all > of the 'this shouldn't be on the list' stuff afterward was just > totally > worthless. > > the quickest way to keep crap off the list - don't post it. > if you have an issue with someones post, PRIVATE message them, not the > whole list. people that CC the whole list just show that they are more > interested in looking 'right' than making right. > |
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