| Dog Guards refer to any method of restricting, | | | | about or even fighting each other. Other types of |
| confining or keeping a dog safe from its environment, | | | | cages are used to transport dogs safely and securely |
| or safely keeping the surroundings out of reach from | | | | from one location to another; these types of cage |
| a dog. This is achieved by the use of various | | | | are generally much smaller than those used by dog |
| methods and some of these can include:o Barriers / | | | | breeders, and the dog is only confined for a short |
| Fencingo Cageso Door guardso Car interior guards | | | | amount of time or the duration of the journey. |
| Dogs can often be very playful and sometimes unruly | | | | Car interior guards are guards which have been |
| and may need to be confined to a particular area of | | | | specifically designed to fit into the back of a car and |
| the garden so as the remaining area can be left free | | | | in particular an estate type car, or car which allows |
| and clean for the residents. Barriers in the form of | | | | full access to the back of the car. These guards may |
| fencing may be erected thus preventing dogs from | | | | be small cages which fit into the back of the car or |
| wandering into the resident's area and spoiling it etc. | | | | they may be partitions which separate the back of |
| Another excellent way of safely and comfortably | | | | the car from the driver and passenger. |
| confining a dog is to use a door guard. Door guards | | | | There are guards available for many different makes |
| are generally waist height barriers which are easily | | | | and models of car and most of them are easily fitted |
| fixed into a doorway and many of them allow access | | | | into the vehicle without the need for any special |
| for residents by having a gate incorporated into | | | | tools, and no holes need to be drilled. |
| them. These types of guard can be used to prevent | | | | Dog guards are manufactured with steel which has |
| dogs from leaving or entering the house and are | | | | been powder coated or made from lightweight |
| particularly useful in warmer weather so the door | | | | aluminium. Dog cages or crates are simply loaded into |
| may be kept open. | | | | the back of the vehicle and the dog then put inside. |
| Cages are used mainly by breeders, vets or dog | | | | Guards of the partition or dividing variety are fitted |
| handlers, where there is more than one dog or | | | | into the car by means of extending supports which |
| different types of dog. These help to keep the dogs | | | | clamp the guard securely and safely to the interior |
| safely confined and prevent them from wandering | | | | and this allows a dog more room. |